Natalis Beda (French: Noël Beda; c. 1470 – 18 January 1537,

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) was a French civil magistrate (syndic) and

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best known for his staunch opposition to

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and the Protestant Reformation, including the Meaux group. He was professor of theology, principal of the

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from 1504 to 1513, and dean of the Sorbonne's Faculty of Theology. Charged by the Sorbonne with examining the doctrinal conformity of

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' paraphrase of the

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, he identified some fifty condemnable propositions. Beda was satirized by

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in ''

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''.

Works

* ''Annotations'' (1526) * ''Adversus clandestinos Lutheranos'' (1529)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beda, Natalis 1470 births French theologians 1537 deaths People of the Protestant Reformation

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