John Punch (theologian)
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Born | 1603 priest , philosopher and theologian |
John Punch (or John Ponce or, in the Latinate form, Johannes Poncius)
Punch was ultimately responsible for the now classic formulation of
Life
His name was John Punch, but he is often known as "Ponce", which was a derivation of the Latin form of his surname: Poncius. At an early age, he went to
Punch succeeded Martin Walsh in governing Ludovisi College at Rome for the education of Irish
- "the English report that the king will not give satisfaction to our commissioners (from the Confederates) though he keep them in expectation and to delay them for his own interest".
Works
In 1643 he published in Rome his Cursus philosophiæ. Some of his opinions were opposed by
Punch also assisted Luke Wadding in editing the works of Scotus. Wadding says that he was endowed with a powerful and subtle intellect, a great facility of communicating knowledge, a graceful style, and that though immersed in the severer studies of philosophy and theology he was an ardent student of the classics.
His other works are:
- "Judicium doctrinæ SS. Augustini et Thomæ", Paris, 1657;
- "Scotus Hiberniae restitutus", in answer to Angelus of St. Francis Mason, who claimed Scotus as an Englishman;
- "Deplorabilis populi Hibernici pro religione, rege et libertate status" (Paris, 1651).
See also
- John Barnewall
- Valentine Browne
References
- Sbaralea, Scriptores Ordinis (Rome, 1806);
- Bibliotheca universa Franciscana (Madrid, 1732);
- Ware's Works, ed. Harris (Dublin, 1764);
- Smith, The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork (Cork, 1815);
- Brenan, The Ecclesiastical History of Ireland (Dublin, 1864);
- Von Hurter, Nomenclator literarius theologiae catholicae, theologos exhibens aetate, natione, disciplinis distinctos, 5 Bände, 1871–1886 (1903–1913)
- Contemporary History of Affairs in Ireland, etc., ed. Gilbert (Dublin, 1880);
- History of the Irish Confederation and War in Ireland, ed. Gilbert (Dublin, 1891);
- Holzapfel, Geschichte des Franziskanerordens (Freiburg, 1908);
- Patrem, Tableau synoptique de l'histoire de l'Ordre Séraphique (Paris, 1879);
- Allibone, Dictionary of Authors (Philadelphia);
- Manuscripts preserved in the library of Franciscan Convent, Dublin, and at St Isidore's College, Rome
References
- ^ John Punch; Johannes Poncius
- A. C. Crombie, Medieval and Early Modern Science II (1959 edition) pg. 30.
- ^ a b Johannes Poncius’s commentary on John Duns Scotus's Opus Oxoniense, book III, dist. 34, q. 1. in John Duns Scotus Opera Omnia, vol.15, Ed. Luke Wadding, Louvain (1639), reprinted Paris: Vives, (1894) p.483a
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John Ponce". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.