The writings of Holcot include: a commentary on Peter Lombard’s Sentences (De stellis, a commentary on Aristotle’s De caelo that was originally part of his commentary but circulated separately), the Sex articuli, De imputabilitate peccati, the Sermo finalis (his concluding sermon to his lectures on the Sentences), the Quaestiones quodlibetales, the Moralitates, the Convertimini, Postilla super librum Sapientiae (lectures on the Book of Wisdom), lectures on Matthew, lectures on the Book of the Twelve Prophets, select lectures on Ecclesiastes, and a sermon collection.
The above works can be divided into five general categories. First, Holcot wrote specifically theological works: a commentary on each book of the Lombard’s Sentences (6, 4, 1, and 8 questions on the four books of the Sentences respectively), and De imputabilitate peccati. Second, he also was involved in ordinary and quodlibetal debates, which were often more explicitly philosophical: the Quaestiones quodlibetales, and his Sex articuli that discuss questions of epistemology. Third, Holcot lectured on various books of the Bible, and produced the following Scriptural commentaries: his lectures on the book of Wisdom (Postilla super librum Sapientiae), a commentary on Ecclesiastes and on the 12 minor Prophets. Fourth, he composed two works for preachers: the Moralitates and the Convertimini. Finally, there is also a collection of Sermons preached by Holcot throughout his career.
The majority of Holcot’s writings are only available in late fifteenth-/early sixteenth-century editions and numerous manuscripts. Selected quodlibetal questions have been edited: the sex articuli, the sermo finalis, and the tractatus de stellis. Thus, the more philosophical works have been edited, but few of his theological works, sermons or commentaries. The best introduction to Holcot’s theological writings is found in the work of Fritz Hoffmann and Heiko Oberman.
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