Although he is one of the most important Theologians of his time, little information is known of him. He was probably born in Northern Italy at Lumellogno in Navarre at around 1100 He attended Bologna possibly Vercelli, France to study first in Reins and then in Paris. He was then elected bishop of Paris in 1159; he soon died a year later. Peter was an Italian theologian and bishop of Paris, his Four Books of Sentences became the main theological handbook of the Middle Ages. He was a student at Paris, where he was the student of the French philosopher Peter Abelard. Lombard was a teacher of theology in the school of Notre Dame and Paris, from 1136 to 1150. The famous twelfth century theologian, Peter Lombard, wrote four books of which are the only books that attribute to him that are considered authentic. Peter Lombard’s setting and context of his time was living through and during the renaissance of the 12 century which included the crusades.
Lombard’s ministry was partly as his role of Bishop of Paris but secondly was his role as a Theological Writer, with The Four Books of Sentences, the sermons, and the two Biblical Commentaries. His fame and ministry were partly due to his book The four Books of Sentences Many in the early Middle Ages where overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of theological opinions, disputations, and distinctions, stemming from the church and rapidly growing in size and diversity. Students in the schools, teachers in the monasteries, preachers in the pulpits desperately, needed a handbook. Peter Lombard wrote it and it was titled The Four Books of Sentences. The Life of Peter Lombard was, to say the least, successful and has an effect on why he is still remembered after over 800 years.
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... This is why the more philosophical principles. Peter Lombard’s teachings can still inform us to this day whether of the Trinity or eschatology. “Book 1 of The Sentences discusses the Trinity, knowledge and will of God; Book 2 covers creation, angels, the six days of Genesis one, the fall and grace; Book 3 explains the incarnation, virtues, sins and the cannon; Book 4 argues the sacraments and eschatology”. (Philip, 2007)
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Overall, Peter Abelard, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Dante and the Chartres Cathedral all showed a world that placed faith and reason at the center of man’s search of the truth. Their ideas and contributions helped synthesized and reintroduced classical thought to the philosophical and religious aspects of the middle age. They all portrayed that the universe is the reason of God’s existence and that through God and his will there is truth.
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Peter Abelard was one of the new thinkers that applied scholasticism to his theological aspects. According to the excerpt "Scholastic thinkers assumed that some teachings of Christianity, which thy accepted as true by faith, could also be demonstrated to be true by reason" (238). Peter Abelard's famous literary work was Sic et Non (Yes or No). He collected a list of about 150 philosophical and theological questions. He then produced quotations from the Fathers [Church] on one side, and on the other side their contradictory statements. From this work he used rational argument to discover truth. He believed that through reason, man could gain a greater knowledge of God. His greatest achievement was dialect, he created a new method of logical analysis. "Although he never intended to challenge the Christian Faith, Abelard raised, with critical scrutiny, fears that the dialectical approach would undermine faith and foster heresy"(238). His goal was to simplify theological works to logical analysis. A Cistercian monk, later known as St. Bernard of Clairvaux, opposed Abelard's logical views. Because of St. Bernard, Abelard was forced to quit his teachings, shortly after he died in 1142. Ideally, Abelard wanted prospective thinkers to search for the underlying truth about Catholicism....
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There is no doubt that the fundamental idea of Church, faith, and prayer lived by the early Christian, needs to be rediscovered among many contemporary Christians. The conviction that the apostles had to preach the Gospel of Jesus certainly was aided by their idea of Church, faith, and prayer. In his book “Catholicism: A Journey to the Heat of the Faith”, Father Robert Barron tries to revive the idea of Catholicism that seems to weaken and lose its real sense. With my understanding of Church, faith, and prayer, I argue that because of the lack of understanding about Catholicism that exist today in our midst, many people fall short about what Catholicism really means. However, it is not my intention to answer this question.