Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg

Hugo Ripelin from Strasbourg ( * 1205 in Strasbourg, † around 1270 ) was a Dominican theologian from Alsace.

Life

Hugo was born in the period around 1200-1210 in Strasbourg and came from the prestigious family of Ripelin, his father was probably Burkhart Ripelin. After 1224 (the date of the founding of the monastery ), he appeared there in the Dominican order, and received his education. From 1232 to 1259 he was at times prior, sub-prior of the temporarily established from Strasbourg Dominican monastery in Zurich. 1259 or in the spring of 1260 he returned to Strasbourg. There he ruled as chairman of a court of arbitration dispute between Rudolf of Habsburg and the provost of driving. In Strasbourg he was Prior Whether he has his major work yet to be established in Zurich or already in Strasbourg, is not finally resolved. Johann Meyer, a Dominican chronicler, gives death as 1268.

Work

Hugo wrote probably in 1260 or 1268 one of the most widely used for centuries Manuals of religious use literature, the Compendium theologicae veritatis - perhaps the most widely read in late medieval theological works .. There are more than 1,000 manuscripts and numerous prints.

The manual is divided into 7 volumes which treat of creation, fall, incarnation, grace, sacraments and eschatology. It is influenced, inter alia, by Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Lombard, Hugh of St. Victor, Bonaventure.

Among other Hugo Works attributed include a Sentences commentary and Quodlibeta, quaestiones, Disputationes et variae in Divinos libros explanationes.