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Gottschalk of Orbais

805 - 869

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Gottschalk of Orbais (Latin: Godescalc, Gotteschalchus) (c. 808 – 30 October 868) was a Saxon theologian, monk and poet. Gottschalk was an early advocate for the doctrine of double predestination, an issue that ripped through both Italy and Francia from 848 into the 850s and 860s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottschalk of Orbais has received more than 76,668 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gottschalk of Orbais is the 2,459th most popular writer (down from 2,366th in 2019), the 2,604th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,463rd in 2019) and the 155th most popular German Writer.

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Gottschalk & a medieval predestination controversy
Sources, History of doctrines, Predestination
2010
Gottschalk & a Medieval Predestination Controversy
The question of predestination and its nature, which drew strong protests from the monks of Provence in the early fifth century against the teaching of Augustine of Hippo, was initially settled by the Council of Orange in 529. But in the Carolingian renaissance in the ninth century, the Benedictine monk, Gottschalk of Orbais, brought the teachings of the late Augustine to the forefront of theological debate and greatly disturbed the clergy and faithful with his doctrine of double predestination of some to the joy of heaven and of others to the eternal punishment of hell -- a doctrine that he claimed was that of Augustine and the Catholic faith. The present volume provides for the first time an English translation of Gottschalk's key writings on predestination and various reactions and comments from leading theologians of the ninth century, as well as a learned introduction to Gottschalk's life and controversies. - Publisher.
2010

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 2,459 out of 7,302. Before him are Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Predrag Matvejević, Léon Werth, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Parthenius of Nicaea, and Guan Hanqing. After him are Winston Groom, William Beckford, Alois Musil, María Kodama, Annie Proulx, and Rolf Hochhuth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 805, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 3. Before him are Liudolf, Duke of Saxony, and Vlastimir. After him are Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, Lupus Servatus, and Guy I of Spoleto. Among people deceased in 869, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 5. Before him are Lothair II, Al-Mu'tazz, Ermentrude of Orléans, and Edmund the Martyr.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 2,604 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269), Ivica Račan (1944), Toni Turek (1919), Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (1773), Franz Reuleaux (1829), and Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1560). After him are Fritz Wepper (1941), Erich Ribbeck (1937), Master Francke (1380), Rolf Hochhuth (1931), Hans Thoma (1839), and Rudi Altig (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Gottschalk of Orbais ranks 155. Before him are Berthold Auerbach (1812), Armin T. Wegner (1886), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Edith Hamilton (1867), Charlotte Buff (1753), and Johann Karl August Musäus (1735). After him are Rolf Hochhuth (1931), Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739), Wilhelm Raabe (1831), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), Stefan Heym (1913), and Heinrich Hoffmann (1809).

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