Author: Roger Bacon, O.F.M.
Dating: Roger studied liberal arts at Paris, receiving his degree in arts from either Paris or Oxford before 1239. As regent master in Paris, he was one of the first to lecture on the forbidden books of Aristotle at Paris where he lectured until 1247. Roger became a Franciscan sometime between 1257 and 1266. He taught the arts at the Franciscan studium at Paris. In 1266-8, he wrote the Opus maius, Opus minus and Opus tertium by order of Pope Clement IV. Some of Bacon's opinions were condemned by the master general, Jerome of Ascoli between 1277 and 1279. Bacon wrote the Compendium studii theologiae in 1292, the last available date for his life.
Works: Roger Bacon was not a theologian, but is included in
this list for criticism of contemporary methods of teaching theology
in his Compendium studii theologiae edited by Hasting
Rashdall, Aberdeen, 1911; reprinted 1966. For a guide to Bacon's
considerable corpus, see M. G. Hackett, "Bacon, Roger," DMA 2
(1983): 41
Bibliography:
Klaus Kienzler, "Roger Bacon," BBK 8 (1994): 537-40
J. O. North, "Roger Bacon," LMA 7 (1994): 940-2
M. G. Hackett, "Bacon, Roger," DMA 2 (1983): 35-42
Stegmüller, 5 (1955): 169-71