Name Martin Becanus | ||
Books A Briefe Discoverie [of the Crafte and Pollicie which Protestant Ministers Use in Seducing Theire Followers], 1621, [by] Thomas Doughty; [and], The English Iarre [i.e. Jarre], 1612, [by] Martinus Becanus; [translated from the Latin by I.W.P. I.e. John Wilson, Priest; And], The Triall of Christian Truth, 1614, by Edward Weston |
Martinus Becanus (6 January 1563 – 24 January 1624) was a Flemish Jesuit priest, known as a theologian and controversialist.
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Life
He was born in Hilvarenbeek in the Southern Netherlands; his original surname was Schellekens. He entered the Society of Jesus on 22 March 1583, and taught Theology for twenty-two years at Würzburg, Mainz, and Vienna.
He died in Vienna, where he was the confessor to the Emperor Ferdinand II.
Works
A first class controversialist and prolific writer Becanus is the author of some 37 books, most of them works of polemics.
Among numerous other works was his Summa Theologiae Scholasticae.
References
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