Scotists of the 1600s

During the Golden Age of Scotism, there were hundreds and perhaps even thousands of Scotists who published works, and far more who taught Scotist philosophy and theology, but never published anything. Here are some noteworthy figures active in this century.

• Juan de Rada, O.F.M. Obs. (†1608), wrote a four-volume comparison of Thomas and Scotus.
• Juan de Ovando de Páredes O.F.M. Obs. (†1610), published a commentary on book III of the Opus Oxoniense.
• Francesco Pitigiani of Arezzo, O.F.M. Obs. (†1616), published commentaries on Scotus’s works.
• Filippo Fabri, O.F.M. Conv. (†1630), contributed to reviving Scotism in the 1600s.
• Hugh MacCaghwell, O.F.M. Obs. (†1626), prepared editions of Scotus’s works,
• Luke Wadding, O.F.M. Rec. (†1657), was the theologian of the Spanish mission to obtain a definition of the Immaculate Conception and the head of the team that produced the Wadding edition.
• Angelo Volpe, O.F.M. Conv. (†1647), wrote the first Scotist summa.
• François Carrière, O.F.M. Conv. (†1665), published theological treatises.
• Bonaventura Belluto, O.F.M. Conv. (†1676), worked with Mastri.
• John Punch, O.F.M. Obs. (†1661), wrote the first cursus of Scotist philosophy (1643).
• Carlo Lantieri, O.F.M. Obs. († after 1672), wrote theological treatises.
• Bartolomeo Mastri of Meldola, O.F.M. Conv. (†1673), called by some the “princeps scotistarum,”, wrote with Belluto a cursus of Scotist philosophy that competed with Punch’s.
• Willem Herincx, O.F.M. Rec. (†1678): his textbooks of dogmatic and moral theology were reprinted for decades.
• Francisco Macedo (†1681): first a Jesuit and then a Franciscan, he wrote over a hundred works, including comparisons of Thomism with Scotism.
• Tomás Francés de Urrutigoyti y Lerma (†1682), O.F.M. Obs., wrote a verbose but theologically profound Mariology, as well as sermons.
• Lorenzo Card. Brancati, O.F.M. Conv. (†1693): his commentaries on Scotus earned him a place in multiple Roman Congregations.
• Anton Wissingh, O.F.M. Conv. (†1716), expressed Scotist theology in verse.
• Antonio Castel, O.F.M. Obs. (†1717): his exposition of the Sentences is useful for finding Scotists who wrote on a given topic.