St. Albert the Great

Also known as: Albertus Magnus, Albert
Dates: c. 1200–1280
Role: Dominican friar, Bishop of Regensburg, Doctor of the Church, philosopher-theologian

Dominican friar, Bishop of Regensburg, and Doctor of the Church. Teacher of Thomas Aquinas. Among the scholars who used Jerome's version of Scripture exclusively.

Preliminaries

PREFACE TO THE READER (1) — Listed among scholars who used Jerome's version
"Alexander, Albert, Thomas, Bonaventure"

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

Verse 14: Let There Be Lights in the Firmament — Cited alongside Avicenna for denying stars are luminous of themselves
"Albert, Avicenna, Bede, and Pliny (book II, ch. 6) deny this"
Verse 22: And He Blessed Them, Saying: Increase and Multiply — Cited for showing that the claim about vultures is fabulous
"that all these claims are fabulous is shown by Albertus Magnus"