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Byzantium in the Near East: Its Relations with the Seljuk
Sultanate of Rum in Asia Minor, the Armenians of Cilicia
and the Mongols, A.D. c. 1192–1237(Thessaloniki: Kent-
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Century(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971).
sentences The classical meaning of the Latin sententia
derives from the verb sentio,“to feel about” or “to have a
thought or judgment on.” From about 1120, sentences
were made up of collections of theological texts, citations
of the FATHERS OF THE CHURCH, and explanations of other
theologians. This term eventually especially referred to
the Liber sententiarumof PETERLOMBARD.
In 1155–57, Peter Lombard collected together the
materials taught in the schools and separated theological
thought and problems into four books divided into dis-
tinctions. The idea of ST. AUGUSTINEthat all knowledge
concerned either things or their signs provided him with
a guiding framework. His Book of Sentenceswas superior
to any previous and was moderate in its principles and
ideas. It became a standard textbook of theology. From
this starting point each master now had to write a com-
mentary displaying his personal way of reading the Book