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Nicolas Cornet

1572 – 1663

French theologian

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Lived 1572 – 1663 (aged 90–91). Nicolas Cornet was a French theologian.

Nicolas Cornet (Amiens, 1572 – Paris, 1663) was a French Catholic theologian.

Life

He studied at the Jesuit college of Amiens, took the doctorate of theology at the University of Paris, 1626, and soon became president of the Collège de Navarre and syndic of the Sorbonne (faculty of theology). In this latter capacity he reported to the assembly of the Sorbonne, 1649, seven propositions, two taken from Antoine Arnauld's Fréquente Communion and five from the Augustinus of Jansenius.

In spite of strong opposition created by members of the faculty who, with , appealed to Parliament and by Jansenists like De Bourseis in "Propositiones de gratiâ in Sorbonnæ facultate prope diem examinandæ, propositæ Cal. Junii 1649", and Arnauld in "Considérations sur l'entreprise faite par M. Cornet, syndic de la faculté, en l'assemblée de Juillet 1649", he succeeded in having the Assembly of the Clergy of 1650 denounce the five propositions of the Augustinus to Pope Innocent X, who condemned them, 31 May 1653.

Maligned by Jansenist writers like Hermant, Cornet was held in high esteem by Richelieu and Mazarin. His eulogy was pronounced by Bossuet. He left no writings, but is said to have collaborated with Richelieu on the Méthodes de controverse.

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Important facts

Born
1572, Amiens
Birth century
Died
1663
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Education
University of Paris
Employers
University of Paris

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Who was Nicolas Cornet?

French theologian

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Nicolas Cornet was born in 1572 in Amiens.

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Nicolas Cornet died in 1663.

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Nicolas Cornet was a theologian.

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Nicolas Cornet was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nicolas Cornet

· Wikidata: Q3340217

· DBpedia: Nicolas Cornet

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