Diogo de Paiva de Andrade
Diogo de Payva de Andrada | |
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Theologian | |
Notable work | Defensio tridentinae fidei catholicae et integerrimae (1578) |
Diogo de Payva de Andrada[a] (26 July 1528 – 1 December 1575) was a celebrated Portuguese theologian of the sixteenth century.
Biography
He was born at
So great was his reputation that
Between 1562 and 1567, Diogo de Payva de Andrada published many controversial tracts, especially against the
He published also three volumes of sermons in Portuguese. Payva de Andrada had not only a grasp of theological questions which won for him an important position among sixteenth-century theologians, but he was also so clear and convincing in the exposition of his arguments that he proved an admirable apologist, and it was matter of regret that his death prevented the completion of his great work, the Defensio Tridentinæ fidei This had progressed as far as the fifth session, inclusive of the doctrine upon the Immaculate Conception in defense of which it marshalled an imposing array of authorities.[1]
Diego died, aged 47, at
Notes
- ^ Depending on the source, the spelling varies between "Payva" and "Paiva", "Andrada" and "Andrade"; another common variation is "Diogo Andrada de Payva".
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c McCaffray 1913.
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
Bibliography
- McCaffray, Arthur J. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Andrada, Diego de Paiva de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Baynes, T. S., ed. (1875–1889). Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. .