Mathias Hauzeur (1589 at

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) was a Belgian

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theologian.

Life

He was for many years professor of theology. He was a prolific writer and left behind twenty works, while, as a keen controversialist, he attained great celebrity in consequence of his disputation with the Calvinist preacher Gabriel Hotton, which continued from 19 to 22 April 1633, and, was brought by Hauzeur to such a conclusion that the Catholics throughout the vicinity lit bonfires to celebrate his triumph.

Works

He describes this controversy in his (Liège, 1633), issued also in Latin under the title (Liège, 1633). Other important works of Hauzeur are: * (2 vols., Augustae Eburonum 1643-45) * (2 vols., Liège and Namur, 1652) * (Liège, 1636), combining: ** (Liège, 1634), directed against Hotton ** (Liège, 1635), against the Calvinist Samuel des Maretz ** (Liège, 1634) of which he published a Synopsis in French * (Aug. Eburorum, 1650, and 1653), in reply to Boverius's He also issued a Flemish translation of Augustin's (Liège, 1636), but his writings against

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remained unpublished.

References

* Sbaralea, ''Supplementum ad Scriptores Ord. Min.'' (Rome, 1806), 531; *Dirks, ''Histoire litteraire et bibliographique des Freres Mineurs de l'Observance en Belgique ''(Antwerp, 1885), 246-56.

External links

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