William Reynolds (theologian)
William Reynolds (also Rainolds, Raynolds, Latin Reginaldus) (c.1544 at Pinhorn near Exeter - 24 August 1594 at Antwerp) was an English Catholic theologian and Biblical scholar.
Life
Educated at
Thomas Harding, and partly by the personal influence of William Allen
.
In 1575 he made a public
Reims Testament
.
Some years before his death he had left the college to become chaplain to the
Beguines at Antwerp
.
Works
Reynolds translated several of the writings of Allen and Harding into Latin, and wrote a "Refutation" of
Douay-Rheims Bible, which was also worked on by others at Douai, notably Allen, Thomas Worthington and Richard Bristow.[1][2]
Other works by Reynolds include:
- De justa reipublicæ christianæ in reges impios et hæreticos authoritate (Paris, 1590), under the name of Rossæus
- a treatise on the Blessed Sacrament (Antwerp, 1593)
- Calvino-Turcismus (Antwerp, 1597)
Family
He was the second son of Richard Rainolds, and elder brother of
King James Bible
.
See also
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "William Reynolds". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Kirby, Annals of Winchester College (London, 1892);
- Foster, Alumni Oxonienses (Oxford. 1891);
- Douay Diaries (London, 1878);
- Anthony à Wood, Athenae Oxonienses (London, 1813);
- John Pitts, De illustribus Angliae scriptoribus (Paris, 1619);
- Charles Dodd, Church History, II (Brussels vere Wolverhampton, 1737-42);
- Joseph Gillow, in Biographical Dictionary of English Catholics, s. v.;
- Rigg, James McMullen (1885–1900). . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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