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Biel, Gabriel
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Biel, Gabriel

(born c. 1420, Speyer [Germany]—died Dec. 7, 1495, Tübingen, Württemberg) German philosopher, economist, and Scholastic theologian. He became professor at the University of Tübingen (1484). His Collectorium circa IV libros sententiarum presented the teachings of William of Ockham; the work influenced followers known as Gabrielistae. His economic theories favoured fair taxation and price control. See also Scholasticism.



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Gabriel Biel was considered a progressive economist in his time (circa 1565).
The late medieval theology Luther learned as a student, in writers like Gabriel Biel, acknowledged that grace is necessary for salvation.
It was during his Harvard years that Oberman wrote what may prove to have been his most important book, The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism, a vigorous rethinking of the theological significance of the Ockhamist movement.
 
 
 
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