Cornelius Jansen (Bishop of Ghent)
Ghent, Spanish Netherlands
Cornelius Jansen, the Elder
Life
He received his early education at Ghent from the
On his return,
Works
While at Tongerloo, Jansen wrote a great deal; as pastor at Kortrijk, he had already become widely known for his exegetical work.[3]
Among Jansen's writings is the Concordia evangelica (Leuven, 1529). To this he later added the Commentarius in Concordiam et totem historiam evangelicam (Leuven, 1572), his major work. In his
Jansen's Commentarius in Proverbia Salomonis (Leuven, 1567) and Commentarius in Ecclesiasticum (Leuven, 1569) were republished in one work at Antwerp in 1589.[4] His Commentarius in omnes Psalmos Davidicos (Leuven, 1569) gives an introduction to each psalm, a paraphrase of the text, and explanations of the difficult passages. He also published Paraphrases in ea Veteris Testamenti Cantica, quae per ferias singulas totius anni usus ecclesiasticus observat (Leuven, 1569), and, posthumously, Annotationes in Librum Sapientiae (Leuven, 1577).
References
- ^ Also Jansens, Janssen, Janssenius or Jansenius Gandavensis.
- ^ ISBN 9780429721571
- ^ a b c Schlager, Patricius. "Cornelius Jansen, the Elder." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 27 January 2021
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- ISBN 9781575068800
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Cornelius Jansen, the Elder". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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