Hincmar of Rheims as a Theologian of the Trinity
Leo Donald Davis
In one of the very few essays in English on Hincmar, archbishop Rheims, Eleanor Shipley Duckett calls him a prince Church, statesman, an administrator, scholar who rises far above other figures she surveys and stands out company Charles Great Pope Nicholas I historical records ninth century. His long life, from his birth northern France 806, entry into monastery St. Denis 814, consecration as 845, to death 882 at Epernay while fleeing Danish invasion, was series combats calling for variety talents. He revealed deep knowledge canon law various ecclesiastical disputes with recalcitrant clergy laity, astute diplomatic talent attempts knit together rapidly unraveling unity empire, broad but unoriginal scholarship theological controversies over predestination Trinity which brought grips leading thinkers Carolingian renaissance, especially redoubtable Saxon Gottschalk, monk Orbais. It is this last controversy that paper will be concerned.
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