Peter Lombard c. 1096 – 1160
Peter Lombard (c. 1096 – 1160) was an Italian philosopher of the Medieval era, associated with Medieval Philosophy, Christian Philosophy, and Scholasticism.
Peter Lombard, known as the Master of the Sentences, was an Italian theologian and bishop of Paris, and the author of the most influential textbook of medieval scholastic theology. Born in Lombardy and trained at Reims, Bologna, and Paris, he taught at the cathedral school of Notre Dame before his elevation to the see of Paris in 1159. His Four Books of Sentences, completed around 1158, organized the whole of Christian doctrine into a single ordered work drawn from Scripture and the Church Fathers. From the thirteenth century onward, every aspirant master of theology in Latin Europe was required to lecture on the Sentences, making it the principal vehicle of medieval theological argument.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Italian
- Era
- Medieval
- Movements
- Medieval Philosophy, Christian Philosophy, Scholasticism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Peter Lombard:
“There are four books of the Sentences: God, creation, redemption, the sacraments.”
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Attributed to Peter Lombard:
“Charity is God himself, dwelling in the soul.”
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Attributed to Peter Lombard:
“What we believe we owe to authority; what we know we owe to reason.”
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Attributed to Peter Lombard:
“A sacrament is the visible sign of an invisible grace.”
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Attributed to Peter Lombard:
“Theology is the study of God and of all things in relation to God.”
Peter Lombard by topic
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- Peter Lombard was born in c. 1096 and died in 1160.
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- Peter Lombard was an Italian philosopher of the Medieval era.
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- Peter Lombard was associated with Medieval Philosophy, Christian Philosophy, and Scholasticism.
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- Peter Lombard, known as the Master of the Sentences, was an Italian theologian and bishop of Paris, and the author of the most influential textbook of medieval scholastic theology.
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