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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Hervetus, Gentianus
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a French theologian, was born in 1499 at Olivet, near Orleans. In word and writing he combated Calvinism; was present at the colloquy of Poissy and at the council of Trent. In 1562 he was made canon of Rheims, and died in 1584. Besides a great many translations, he published of his own, Oratio ad Concilium Tridentinum (Paris, 1556, 1563): — Catechisme ou Sommaire de la Foi (1561): — Traite du Purgatoire, (1562): — Les Ruses et Finesses du Diable pour Tocher a Abolir le Saint Sacrifice de Jesus- Christ (1562). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:888; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v. (B.P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hervetus, Gentianus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/hervetus-gentianus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hervetus, Gentianus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/hervetus-gentianus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.