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Jean Hessels
A distinguished theologian of Louvain; born 1522; died 1566. He
had been teaching for eight years in Parc, the Dominican house near
Louvain, when he was appointed professor of theology at the
university. Like Baius, who was his senior colleague, Hessels
preferred drawing his theology from the Fathers, especially from
Augustine, rather than from the Schoolmen, without, however, ever
swerving from traditional doctrine. In 1559 he accompanied the elder
Jansen (later Bishop of Ghent, died 1576) and Baius to Trent and
took an active part in the council, e. g. he prepared the decree "De
invocatione et reliquiis sanctorum et sacris imaginibus". Even at
Trent the Scholastic party found fault with his departure from the
beaten tracks of learning; after his return the attacks continued.
Hessels, however, used his energy against the Protestants instead of
wasting it in dogmatic quarrels. He upheld the doctrine of the
Immaculate Conception (impugned by Baius), and he is a protagonist
of papal infallibility in his "De perpetuitate Cathedræ Petri
et ejus indefectibilitate", which is an appendix to his polemical
work "Confutatio novitiae fidei quam specialem vocant, adv. Johannem
Monhemium" (Louvain, 1565) His other polemical works are: "De
invocatione sanctorum . . . censura" (1568); "Probatio corporalis
præsentiæ corporis et sanguinis dominici in Eucharistia
(Cologne, 1563); "Confutatio confessionis hæreticæ,
teutonice emissæ, qua ostenditur Christum esse sacrificium
propitiatorium" (Louvain, 1565); "Oratio de officio pii viri
exsurgente et vigente hæresi" (Louvain, 1565); "Declaratio
quod sumptio Eucharistiæ sub unica panis specie neque Christi
præcepto aut institutioni adversetur" (Louvain). He also wrote
commentaries: "De Passione Domini" (Louvain, 1568); "de I Tim. et I
Petri" (Louvain, 1568); "Com. de Evang. Matthæi" (Louvain,
1572); "Com. de Epp. Johannis" (Douai, 1601). His chief dogmatic
work is an excellent "Catechism", first published in 1571, by Henry
Gravius, who removed from it all traces of Baianism. Hessels is not
a brilliant writer, but his judgment is accurate and all his work
most conscientious.
J. WILHELM.
Transcribed by Douglas J. Potter
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VII Copyright © 1910 by Robert Appleton Company Online Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight Nihil Obstat, June 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
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