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Council of Soissons

Type Event Region France Time 1121

In early 1121, a church council at Soissons, France, condemned parts of Peter Abelard's writings on the Trinity as heresy and ordered the manuscripts…

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  1. 1121Soissons · FranceFrench bishops and theologians assembled at Soissons to review Abelard's texts including On the Trinity. The council held that his use of rational dialectics to discuss divine mysteries exceeded the bounds of orthodox theology and posed a potential heretical threat.
  2. 1121Soissons · FranceThe council ordered Abelard's problematic works burned publicly at Soissons and required him to retract the relevant statements and temporarily leave his teaching post. Abelard subsequently retired to the Abbey of Saint-Denis, and his rationalist theological path suffered a major setback.

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