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. 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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References
  • B. Hechich (1958), De Immaculata Conceptione Beatae Mariae Virginis secundum Thomas de Sutton O.P. et Robertus Cowton O.F.M.
  • Hermann Theissing (1970), Glaube und Theologie bei Robert Cowton OFM
  •  "Cowton, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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