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Gottschalk
Gottschalk (c.804–c.869), heterodox theologian. Entered as an oblate at Fulda, he later sought to leave the monastic life. He elaborated an extreme doctrine of predestination, according to which the chosen are predestined to blessedness but others to eternal fire, though not to sin. He was ordained by a chorepiscopus and propagated his views in Italy and the Balkans. In 848 he returned to Germany and at the Synod of Mainz his teaching was condemned. He was sent to Hincmar, Abp. of Reims, and at the Synod of Quiercy in 849 he was again condemned, deprived of his orders, and sentenced to imprisonment. He replied to a pastoral letter of Hincmar with the statement of his views known as the ‘Confessio prolixior’. He also defended the use of the phrase ‘trina deitas’ against Hincmar.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gottschalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gottschalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Gottschalk.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gottschalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Gottschalk.html |
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Gottschalk
Gottschalk or Gottschalck , d. c.868, German theologian; son of the count of Saxony. He was placed as a boy in the monastery of Fulda (c.822). He did not wish to be a monk but was forced by Rabanus Maurus Magnentius , his superior, to remain. In 829 a synod freed him of his vows, but he went to the monastery of Orbais, where he was ordained a priest. He soon began to teach an extreme doctrine of predestination, holding that God had selected in advance whom God would save and whom God would condemn. His views, which he apparently derived from St. Augustine, created great interest. He preached in Italy and elsewhere. Rabanus and Hincmar worked to suppress him, and Gottschalk was condemned in 848 and 849, deposed from the priesthood, and imprisoned in the monastery of Hautvilliers. |
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"Gottschalk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Gottschalk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gottscha.html "Gottschalk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gottscha.html |
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Gottschalk
Gottschalk ♂ (German) Religious name, dating from the early Middle Ages; a compound of god, got ‘God’ + scalc ‘servant’. St Gotteschalk (d. 1066) was a Wendish prince who was married to a grand-niece of King Canute of England. An earlier Gotteschalk (d. c.868) preached total predestination.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gottschalk." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gottschalk." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Gottschalk.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gottschalk." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Gottschalk.html |
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