Felix of Urgell

Felix von Urgell († 818 ) was an early medieval theologian and bishop of Urgell .

Adoptianism Debate

Felix followed the adoptianist doctrine advocated by Archbishop Elipand of Toledo in Spain , according to which Christ was by his divine nature a natural Son, but his human nature was only an adopted Son of God. He was forced to revoke in 792 at the Synod of Regensburg . Back in his diocese Urgell, however, he returned to adoptianism. Therefore his teaching was condemned again at the Synod of Frankfurt in 794 .

Alcuin ( Libellus adversus Felicis haeresim , Contra Felicem Urgellitanum libri VII , Adversus Elipandum libri IV ) and Paulinus of Aquileia ( Contra Felicem Urgellitanum episcopum libri VII ) dealt in detail with the refutation of the positions of Felix and Elipand in a series of writings. The controversy reached its culmination point in 799 with a disputation between Alcuin and Felix at the Council of Aachen . Felix was forced to renounce his diocese and from then on remained in captivity in Lyon , where he died in 818. He is considered the teacher of Bishop Claudius of Turin .

literature

Odilo Engels : Art. Felix, Bishop of Urgel († 818) , in: Lexicon of the Middle Ages , Vol. 4: Arch Chancellor to Hiddensee , Artemis, Munich a. a. 1989, col. 342.
Wilhelm Heil: Art. Adoptianism , in: Lexicon of the Middle Ages , Vol. 1: Aachen to Bettelordenskirchen , Artemis, Munich a. a. 1980, col. 162-163.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Felix, Bishop of Urgel. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 13-14. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Felix von Urgell in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

Individual evidence

↑ Odilo Engels: Art. Felix, Bishop of Urgel († 818) , in: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 4: Arch Chancellor to Hiddensee , Artemis, Munich a. a. 1989, col. 342.

personal data
SURNAME	Felix of Urgell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Felix von Urgel; Felix Urgellensis; Felix organ litanus; Feliu d'Urgell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish theologian and Bishop of Urgell
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century
DATE OF DEATH	818

[1] Odilo Engels: Art. Felix, Bishop of Urgel († 818) , in: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 4: Arch Chancellor to Hiddensee , Artemis, Munich a. a. 1989, col. 342.