Scotus Erigena, without, however, going entirely over to the side of Gottschalk. He sat in the council
of Quiercy (849), the first one called by Hincmar in the case of Gottschalk. He died about 860.
His complete works are:
- A patristic cento on the election of Bishops,^1301 written in 834, to show that in primitive
Christian times the bishops were always chosen by the free vote of the congregation and the clergy.
Therefore the interference of the king in such elections, which was one of the growing evils of the
time, was unwarranted by tradition and only defensible on the plea of necessity to preserve the
union between Church and State. - An Exposition of the Mass,^1302 compiled, according to his own express statement, for the
most part, from Cyprian, Ambrose, Augustin, and other Fathers. - A Treatise against Amalarius,^1303 in which he supports Agobard against Amalarius, who
had explained the liturgy in a mystical and allegorical manner.^1304
- A Martyrology,^1305 a continuation of Bede’s.
- Sermon on Predestination.^1306
- A treatise against Scotus Erigena’s errors,^1307 written in 852 in the name of the church
of Lyons. He calls attention to Erigena’s rationalistic treatment of the Scriptures and the Fathers;
rejects the definition of evil as negation; insists that faith in Christ and an inner revelation are
necessary to a right understanding of the Scriptures. It is noticeable that while he censures Erigena
for his abuse of secular science, he claims that it has its proper use.^1308
- St. Augustin’s Exposition of the Pauline Epistles,^1309 long attributed to Bede.
- Capitulary collected from the Law and the Canons.^1310
- Miscellaneous Poems,^1311 which prove him to have had a spark of true poetic genius.^1312
- There is also extant a letter which he wrote to the empress Judith.^1313
§ 171. Servatus Lupus.
I. Beatus Servatus Lupus: Opera, in Migne, Tom. CXIX. col. 423–694 (a reprint of the edition of
Baluze. Paris, 1664, 2d ed. 1710). The Homilies and hymns given by Migne (col. 693–700) are
spurious.
(^1301) Liber de electionibus episcoporum, collectus ex sententiis patrum, Migne CXIX. col. 11-14.
(^1302) Opusculum de expositione missae, Migne, CXIX, col. 15-72.
(^1303) Opusculum adversus Amalarium, ibid. col. 71-96.
(^1304) See Amalarius in Migne, CV. col. 815 sqq.
(^1305) Martyrologium, Migne, XCIV. col. 797 sqq.
(^1306) Sermo de praedestinatione, Migne, CXIX. col. 95-102.
(^1307) Adversus J. S. Erigenae erroneas definitiones liber, ibid. col. 101-250.
(^1308) See his preface (col. 101-103).
(^1309) Expositio in epistolas Beati Pauli ex operibus Sancti Augustini collecta, ibid. col. 279-420.
(^1310) Capitula ex lege et canone collecta, ibid. col. 419-422.
(^1311) Carmina varia, ibid. col. 249-278.
(^1312) Ebert discusses them, II. 269-272.
(^1313) Flori epistola ad imperatricem Judith, Migne, CXIX. col. 423, 424.