11 Facts About Roscellinus

Roscelin of Compiegne, better known by his Latinized name Roscellinus Compendiensis or Rucelinus, was a French philosopher and theologian, often regarded as the founder of nominalism.

Roscellinus studied at Soissons and Reims, was afterwards attached to the cathedral of Chartres and became canon of Compiegne.

Roscellinus had contact with Lanfranc, Anselm and St Ivo of Chartres.

Roscellinus maintained that it is merely a habit of speech which prevents our speaking of the three persons as three substances or three Gods.

Roscellinus seems to have put forward this doctrine in perfect good faith, and to have claimed for it at first the authority of Lanfranc and Anselm.

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Roscellinus fled to England, but having made himself unpopular by an attack on the doctrines of Anselm, he left the country and repaired to Rome, where he was well received and became reconciled to the Catholic Church.

Roscellinus then returned to France, taught at Tours and Loc-menach in France, and finally became canon of Besancon.

Roscellinus is heard of as late as 1121, when he came forward to oppose Abelard's views on the Trinity.

Roscellinus was sent a letter by Theobald of Etampes for having denigrated wrongfully the sons of priests.

Roscellinus denies to the whole, such as house, man, real existence of its parts.

Roscellinus even argues that if the three Divine Persons form but one God, all three have become incarnate.