The Fulfillment of Science: Nature, Creation and Man in the Hexaemeron of Robert Grosseteste (2016)
Robert Grosseteste’s commentary on the six days of creation, the Hexaemeron, is one of his most extensive and detailed theological works. Composed during his time as bishop of Lincoln, it draws on earlier lectures, notably those on Genesis, and his scientific treatises. In the Hexaemeron Grosseteste provides a powerful definition of theology, arguing that it should not be identified as a science, but in the course of this definition deploying Aristotelian definitions with great skill. The Hexaemeron displays to the full the depth of range of Grosseteste’s reading, and provides, in its commentary on creation, the fulfillment of his earlier work, placing investigation of natural phenomena in the service of exegesis. This paper will explore pertinent themes for Grosseteste’s use of his earlier writing, and the implications of their subsequent interpretation. Nature, Creation and their interpretation by human reason allow Grosseteste wide scope for commentary, all grounded in the proper subject of theology, the unifying work of Christ.
...MoreBook Jack P. Cunningham; Mark Hocknull (2016) Robert Grosseteste and the Pursuit of Religious and Scientific Learning in the Middle Ages.
Similar Citations
Book
Cunningham, Jack;
(2012)
Robert Grosseteste: His Thought and Its Impact
(/isis/citation/CBB001260630/)
Chapter
Sean Murphy;
(2016)
The Corruption of the Elements: The Science of Ritual Impurity in the Early Thirteenth Century
(/isis/citation/CBB367432483/)
Chapter
Christopher Bonfield;
(2016)
Medicine for the Body and Soul: Healthy Living in the Age of Bishop Grosseteste c. 1100–1400
(/isis/citation/CBB648408421/)
Chapter
Angelo Silvestri;
(2016)
Intelligo ut credam, credo ut intelligam: Robert Grosseteste Between Faith and Reason
(/isis/citation/CBB112035988/)
Chapter
Victor Salas;
(2016)
A Theoretical Fulcrum: Robert Grosseteste on (Divine) Infinitude
(/isis/citation/CBB252132595/)
Thesis
Ziomkowski, Robert Marian;
(2000)
Science, theology, and myth in medieval creationism: Cosmogony in the twelfth century
(/isis/citation/CBB001560525/)
Book
Maria Sorokina;
(2021)
Les sphères, les astres et les théologiens: L’influence céleste entre science et foi dans les commentaires des Sentences (v. 1220 - v. 1340)
(/isis/citation/CBB416019954/)
Article
McVaugh, Michael;
(2006)
Arnau de Vilanova and Paris: One Embassy or Two?
(/isis/citation/CBB001021596/)
Article
Matus, Zachary;
(2013)
Resurrected Bodies and Roger Bacon's Elixir
(/isis/citation/CBB001213516/)
Article
Harkins, Franklin T.;
(2011)
The Embodiment of Angels: A Debate in Mid-Thirteenth-Century Theology
(/isis/citation/CBB001200456/)
Thesis
Frunzeanu, Eduard;
(2007)
Les configurations de la natura dans le “Speculum maius” de Vincent de Beauvais
(/isis/citation/CBB001561222/)
Book
Hille, Markus;
(2005)
Die Pariser Verurteilung vom 10. Dezember 1270: im Spannungsfeld von Universitätsgeschichte, Theologie und Philosophie
(/isis/citation/CBB001020076/)
Chapter
Eichinger, Alexander;
(2006)
Optics and the Knowledge of Christ in Richard Fishacre
(/isis/citation/CBB001020115/)
Chapter
Meirinhos, José Francisco;
(2006)
De l'intellect à la theophilosia: la plus haute réalisation de l'âme chez Petrus Hispanus Portugalensis
(/isis/citation/CBB001020146/)
Article
Carroll, William E.;
(2012)
Aquinas and Contemporary Cosmology: Creation and Beginnings
(/isis/citation/CBB001200889/)
Article
Christian Brouwer;
(2020)
Robert Grosseteste: la lumière et les fondements du monde
(/isis/citation/CBB203070990/)
Chapter
Rossi, Pietro B.;
(2012)
Grosseteste's Influence on Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century British Commentators on Posterior Analytics: A Preliminary Survey
(/isis/citation/CBB001200424/)
Book
Grosseteste, Robert;
Goering, Joseph Ward;
Ginther, James R.;
Flood, John;
John, of Damascus Saint;
(2013)
Robert Grosseteste and His Intellectual Milieu: New Editions and Studies
(/isis/citation/CBB001451326/)
Thesis
Dowd, Matthew F.;
(2003)
Astronomy and Compotus at Oxford University in the Early Thirteenth Century: The Works of Robert Grosseteste
(/isis/citation/CBB001561971/)
Chapter
Cecilia Panti;
(2016)
The Theological Use of Science in Robert Grosseteste and Adam Marsh According to Roger Bacon: The Case Study of the Rainbow
(/isis/citation/CBB393065581/)
Be the first to comment!