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Bacon urged the reform of theological study, emphasizing the study of the [[Bible]] in its original source languages and decrying the corruption of scriptural texts and the works of [[Greek philosophers]] by mistranslations and misunderstandings. He urged [[theologians]] to study the sciences and add them to the [[university]] curriculum. He rejected the blind following of prior authorities, both in theological and scientific study.
Bacon urged the reform of theological study, emphasizing the study of the [[Bible]] in its original source languages and decrying the corruption of scriptural texts and the works of [[Greek philosophers]] by mistranslations and misunderstandings. He urged [[theologians]] to study the sciences and add them to the [[university]] curriculum. He rejected the blind following of prior authorities, both in theological and scientific study.
For his prolific work and encyclopedic knowledge he could be considered a [[polymath]].
==Calendar reform==
==Calendar reform==
<ref>''The first Scientist: A life of Roger Bacon'', Brian Clegg</ref>
<ref>''The first Scientist: A life of Roger Bacon'', Brian Clegg</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Philosophy]]
*[[Seven Sages of Greece]]
== External links ==
*[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Bacon.html Roger Bacon]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13111b.htm Roger Bacon] Catholic Encyclopedia.
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