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Holcot, Robert
Holcot, Robert (d. 1349), Scholastic theologian. He entered the Dominican Order and studied and taught at Oxford. By 1343 he had been transferred to Northampton, where he is said to have died nursing the sick during the plague. His commentary on the Sentences circulated widely. Working in Oxford at a time when the impact of William of Ockham was fresh and it was difficult to maintain that a fully demonstrable proof could be found for God's existence or His creation of the world, Holcot was reduced to saying that God communicates to men of goodwill sufficient knowledge of Himself for salvation. In his biblical commentaries the main emphasis is on the application of the text for preaching.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Holcot, Robert." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Holcot, Robert." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-HolcotRobert.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Holcot, Robert." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-HolcotRobert.html |
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Holcot, Robert
Holcot, Robert (d. 1349), a Dominican who was theologically a follower of Ockham in his insistence on human free will, in opposition to his contemporary Bradwardine. The canon of his works is large but uncertain; his most important work is his Moralitates Historiarum, a series of metaphorical stories which influenced the Gesta Romanorum. Throughout his work he alluded to and used ‘pictures’, metaphorical representations of abstract phenomena, in a lively and literary way.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Holcot, Robert." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Holcot, Robert." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HolcotRobert.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Holcot, Robert." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HolcotRobert.html |
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