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'''Peter Cantor''', or '''Peter the Chanter''' (died 1197) was a French [[Roman Catholic]] theologian.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article</ref> He commented on [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]] books.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article</ref> His work on the [[sacrament]] of [[penance]] is especially noteworthy.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article</ref> His work reflects [[Scholasticism|Scholastic]] perspectives.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article</ref> |
'''Peter Cantor''', or '''Peter the Chanter''' (died 1197) was a French [[Roman Catholic]] theologian.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article</ref> |
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He received his education at Rheims, and later moved on to Paris, where in 1183 he became Chanter (hence his name) at Notre Dame. He was elected dean at [[Rheims]] in 1196, but died in the following year in the abbey of [[Longpont]], some time after 29 January 1197.<ref>Beryl Smalley, ''The Gospels in the Schools c. 1100 - c. 1280'', London 1985, p. 101</ref> |
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He commented on [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]] books.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article</ref> His work on the [[sacrament]] of [[penance]] is especially noteworthy.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article</ref> His work reflects [[Scholasticism|Scholastic]] perspectives.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article</ref> |
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[[Medievalist]] [[Jacques Le Goff]] cites Cantor when locating the "birth of [[purgatory]]" in the 12th century, based on Cantor's use of the term ''purgatorium'' as a noun in 1170.<ref>Le Goff, Jacques. The Birth of Purgatory. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.</ref> |
[[Medievalist]] [[Jacques Le Goff]] cites Cantor when locating the "birth of [[purgatory]]" in the 12th century, based on Cantor's use of the term ''purgatorium'' as a noun in 1170.<ref>Le Goff, Jacques. The Birth of Purgatory. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.</ref> |
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Peter Cantor, or Peter the Chanter (died 1197) was a French Roman Catholic theologian.[1] He received his education at Rheims, and later moved on to Paris, where in 1183 he became Chanter (hence his name) at Notre Dame. He was elected dean at Rheims in 1196, but died in the following year in the abbey of Longpont, some time after 29 January 1197.[2] He commented on Old Testament and New Testament books.[1] His work on the sacrament of penance is especially noteworthy.[1] His work reflects Scholastic perspectives.[1]
Medievalist Jacques Le Goff cites Cantor when locating the "birth of purgatory" in the 12th century, based on Cantor's use of the term purgatorium as a noun in 1170.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Peter Cantor - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Beryl Smalley, The Gospels in the Schools c. 1100 - c. 1280, London 1985, p. 101
- ^ Le Goff, Jacques. The Birth of Purgatory. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.
3. Monique Boutry. An Edition of the Long Version of Peter the Chanter's Verbum Abbreviatum Petri Cantoris Parisiensis. Verbum adbreviatum. Textus conflatus. (Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaeualis, 196.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2004, Pp. lxxiv+994
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