Henry of Oyta (german: Heinrich Totting von Oyta; c. 1330 – 1397) was a German theologian and
nominalist philosopher.
Life
He was born at
Friesoythe in present-day
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
.
Henry graduated M.A. at the
University of Prague in 1355. He was then rector of a school in
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
, and returned to Prague in 1366. In the course of a long-running dispute, Adalbert Ranconis accused him of heresy in 1369–70. He began teaching at the
University of Paris
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, latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis
, motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin)
, mottoeng = Here and a ...
in 1377.
For reasons connected with the
Western Schism, he left Paris in 1381; he then taught at Prague, 1381 to 1381, lecturing there on the
Psalms
The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived ...
and
Gospel of John
The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...
.
He was at the
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...
from 1384(?) to 1390; he drew up the statutes there in 1389, with
Henry of Langenstein.
He died in Vienna.
Works
* ''Tractatus de contractibus''
Around 1374 he abridged the ''Sentences'' commentary of
Adam Wodeham Adam of Wodeham, OFM (1298–1358) was a philosopher and theologian. Currently, Wodeham is best known for having been a secretary of William Ockham and for his interpretations of John Duns Scotus. Despite this associational fame, Wodeham was an inf ...
.
See also
*
Gabriel Biel
Gabriel Biel (; 1420 to 1425 – 7 December 1495) was a German scholastic philosopher and member of the Canons Regular of the Congregation of Windesheim, who were the clerical counterpart to the Brethren of the Common Life.
Biel was born in Spey ...
*
John Mair
*
Adam de Wodeham
Notes
External links
"Heinrich Totting von Oyta"at ''
Deutsche Biographie
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1330 births
1397 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
14th-century German Catholic theologians
14th-century Latin writers
People from Cloppenburg (district)
Scholastic philosophers