Heymeric de Campo (1395–1460) was a Dutch theologian and scholastic philosopher. He was a prominent

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, and forerunner of Nicholas of Cusa. He studied at the University of Paris, and taught at Cologne (where Nicholas studied under him), and

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. His ''Tractatus Problematicus'' began a series of polemical exchanges between the Albertists and the

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. The first part deals with

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, following closely

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, Heymeric's teacher. A belated reply was made on behalf of the Thomists by

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. He wrote a commentary on the

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,Derk Visser, ''Apocalypse As Utopian Expectation (800-1500): The Apocalypse Commentary of Berengaudus of Ferrieres and the Relationship Between Exegesis, Liturgy and Iconography'' (1996), p. 167. saw the Church as an organism, growing over time from one constitutional form to another.

References

*Maarten Hoenen, ''Academics and Intellectual Life in the Low Countries: The University Career of Heymeric de Campo (†1460)'', Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale 61 (1994), 173–209 *Hoenen, ''Denys the Carthusian and Heymeric de Campo on the Pilgrimages of Children to Mont-Saint-Michel (1458)'', Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du moyen âge 61 (1994), 387–418 *Anna Fredriksson Adman (2003), ''Heymericus de Campo: Dyalogus Super Reuelacionibus Beate Birgitte: A Critical Edition with an Introduction'' *Florian Hamann (2006), ''Das Siegel der Ewigkeit. Universalwissenschaft und Konziliarismus bei Heymericus de Campo'' *Andrea Fiamma (2016), ''Nicola Cusano ed Eimerico da Campo: gli anni coloniensi'', Medioevo. Rivista di storia della filosofia medievale 41 (2016), 217-257 * Cecilia Rusconi, / Klaus Reinhardt (2009): "Die dem Cusanus zugeschriebenen Glossen zu den Theoremata totius universi fundamentaliter doctrinalia des Heymericus de Campo“, in: Reinhardt, K., Schwaetzer, H., Stammkötter, F.-B. (Hrsg.), Heymericus de Campo. Philosophie und Theologie im 15. Jahrhundert, Roderer, Regensburg, 53-75. *Cecilia Rusconi / Klaus Reinhardt † (2018), "Heymericus de Campo: Tractatus de philosophica interpretatione Sacrae Scripturae" Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis 292A.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Campo, Heymeric De 1395 births 1460 deaths 15th-century Dutch Roman Catholic theologians Scholastic philosophers University of Cologne faculty Academic staff of the Old University of Leuven University of Paris alumni Dutch expatriates in France