Robert Cowton

Robert Cowton (fl. 1300) was a Franciscan theologian active at the University of Oxford early in the fourteenth century. He was a follower of Henry of Ghent,[1] and in the Augustinian tradition.[2] He was familiar with the doctrines of Duns Scotus and Thomas Aquinas, and attempted a synthesis of them.[3]

He entered the Franciscan Order before age 13.[4] He presented a commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard around 1310.[5] Later, in an abbreviated form, this became a standard textbook of theology.[3] The work was criticised by Thomas Sutton.[3][6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Antonie Vos, The Philosophy of John Duns Scotus (2006), p. 50.
  2. ↑ Alister E. McGrath, The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation (2003), p. 84.
  3. 1 2 3 J. I. Catto, Theologians 1220-1320 in The History of the University of Oxford (1984), p. 512.
  4. ↑ William J. Courtenay, Adam Wodeham: An Introduction to His Life and Writings (1978), p. 46.
  5. ↑ M. J. F. M. Hoenen, Marsilius of Inghen: Divine Knowledge in Late Medieval Thought (1993), p. 179.
  6. ↑ Hoenen, p. 46.

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