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Schoolmen

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Schoolmen, the succession of writers, from about the 11th to the 15th cent., who treat of logic, metaphysics, and theology, as taught in the ‘schools’ or universities of Italy, France, Germany, and England, that is to say on the basis of Aristotle and the Christian Fathers, whom the schoolmen endeavoured to harmonize. Among the great Schoolmen were Peter Lombard, Abelard, Albertus Magnus, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and Ockham. (See Scholasticism.)

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Schoolmen

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Schoolmen. The teachers of philosophy and theology at the medieval European universities, then usually called ‘schools’. See SCHOLASTICISM.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Schoolmen." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Schoolmen." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Schoolmen.html

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