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Gottschalk Of Orbais

Roman Catholic theologian
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Also known as: Godescalc of Orbais, Godescalchus of Orbais, Gottescalc of Orbais
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Gottschalk also spelled:
Gottescalc, Godescalc, or Godescalchus
Born:
c. 803, Saxony [Germany]
Died:
c. 868, Hautvillers, near Reims, France
Subjects Of Study:
predestination
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Gottschalk Of Orbais (born c. 803, Saxony [Germany]—died c. 868, Hautvillers, near Reims, France) was a monk, poet, and theologian whose teachings on predestination shook the Roman Catholic church in the 9th century. Of noble birth, Gottschalk was an oblate (i.e., a child dedicated to monastic life by its parents) in the Benedictine abbey of Fulda. Over the objection of his abbot and eventual lifelong enemy, Rabanus Maurus, Gottschalk requested release from his monastic obligations; this was granted (829) by a synod at Mainz. Maurus then demanded that the Carolingian emperor Louis I the Pious force him back into monastic ...(100 of 224 words)

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