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John Scotus

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John Scotus: see Duns Scotus, John Duns Scotus, John (dŭnz skō`təs) [Lat. Scotus=Irishman or Scot], c.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Erigena, John Scotus Erigena, John Scotus (skō`təs ĕrĭj`ĭnə) [Lat. Scotus=Irish, Erigena=born in Ireland], c.
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Bernard McGinn's portrait of Nicholas of Cusa as a theologian in the tradition of Maximus the Confessor, John Scotus Eriugena, and Meister Eckhart is one of the highlights of the volume.
Nicholas of Cusa and His Age: Intellect and Spirituality. Essays ... by Hudson, Nancy / Renaissance Quarterly
The great bridge builder of the early Middle Ages is John Scotus Erigena (died 877), an incredibly learned Irishman who, among other things, translated the writings of the Pseudo-Dionysius into Latin and thus, in a stroke, started a stream of "dark" or apophatic theology which would leave its mark on every major medieval thinker as well as subsequent figures like the great mystics John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila.
The Presence of God, A History of Western Christian Mysticism, vol 2: ... by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
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