fluence of Authority in Matters of Opinion_, 2nd ed.,
1875, p. 57. Mr Gladstone reviewed this work of Lewis, _Nineteenth
Century_ March, 1877.
{231b} Hugo of St. Victor (1097-1141), a celebrated Mystic born at Ypres
in Flanders. His collected works first appeared at Rouen in 1648.
{231c} St. Bonaventura (A.D. 1221-1274). Born at Bagnarea, near
Orvieto, in Tuscany, became a Franciscan monk and afterwards a Professor
of Theology at Paris, where he gained the title of the "Seraphic Doctor."
Made a Cardinal by Pope Gregory X, who sent him as his Legate to the
Council at Lyons, where he died. In 1482 he was canonized. His writings
appeared at Rome in 1588-96.
{231d} St. Thomas Aquinas (A.D. 1225-1274). The Angelic Doctor was born
at the castle of Rocca-Secca near Aquino, between Rome and Naples.
Entered the Dominican Order in 1243. Went to Paris in 1252 and attained
great distinction as a theologian. His _Summa Theologiae_ was followed
by his _Summa contra Gentiles_. His works were first collected in 17
volumes in 1570. Aquinas was canonized in 1323.
{232a} Dante (A.D. 1265-1321). The _Divina Commedia_ has been
translated into English by many scholars. The best known version is the
poetical renderings of H. F. Cary (1772-1844) and W. W. Longfellow (1807-
1882) and the prose translations (the "Inferno" only) of John Carlyle
(1801-79) and A. J. Butler in whose three volumes of the "Purgatory,"
"Paradise" and "Inferno" the original Italian may be studied side by side
with the translation.
{232b} Raymund of Sabunde, a physician of Toulouse of the fifteenth
century. He published his _Theologia naturalis_ at Strassburg in 1496.
"I found the concerts of the author to be excellent, the contexture of
his works well followed, and his project full of pietie" writes Montaigne
in telling us of his father's request that he should translate Sabunde's
_Theologia naturalis_. Florio's Translation. Book II, Ch. XII.
{232c} Nicholas of Cusa (A.D. 1401-1464) was born at Kues on the
Moselle. His _De Concordantia Catholica_ was a treatise in favour of the
Councils of the Church and against the authority of the Pope. He was
made a Cardinal by Pope Nicholas V.
{232d} Edward Reuss (1804-1891), a professor of Theology, who was born
at Strassburg. Published his _History of the New Testament_ in 1842 and
his _History of the Old Testament_ in 1881. _The Bible_, _a new
translation with Introduction and Commentaries_
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