(Ebook) Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy : Texts Translated from the Latin by Victor Genke; Francis X. Gumerlock ISBN 9780874622546, 0874622549

(Ebook) Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy : Texts Translated from the Latin by Victor Genke; Francis X. Gumerlock ISBN 9780874622546, 0874622549

Gottschalk was an important figure in the social and political history of Germany, France, Italy and the Balkans. He was the first to use the expression gens teudisca,1 which is equivalent to deutsche Volk.2 Moreover, he is among the major witnesses for the formation of the independent Croatian state in Dalmatia. However, his place in the history of ideas is even more eminent. Between the Council of Orange in 529 and the sixteenth century, very few people dared to apply so radically the predestinarian theology of Augustine as Gottschalk did.3 T his introductory essay will briefly review current scholarship on Gottschalk, present the need for this book, and give an overview of Gottschalk’s life. It will then trace the course of events of the theological controversy over twofold predestination that he sparked, introducing the key persons involved the controversy and the literature they produced. Finally, it will summarize Gottschalk’s doctrine of predestination and offer suggestions for further study.