Charles du Plessis d'Argentré (16 May 1673 – 17 October 1740) was a French Catholic theologian and
bishop of Tulle.
Life
He entered the seminary of St. Sulpice at Paris, and studied theology at the
Sorbonne
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* Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities.
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; he was ordained priest in 1699, and was made Doctor of Theology in 1700. He held successively the offices of Abbé de Sainte Croix de Guingamp, Dean of Laval, Vicar-General of the Bishop of Tréguier (1707), and Royal Almoner. He was made Bishop of Tulle in 1723.
Works
Among his writings were:
* "Analyse de la foi divine" (Paris, 1697);
* "Elementa Theologica" (Paris, 1702), in which he rejects
papal infallibility
Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church which states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope when he speaks ''ex cathedra'' is preserved from the possibility of error on doctrine "initially given to the aposto ...
but defends that of the Catholic Church in the matter of the condemned
Jansenist
Jansenism was an early modern theological movement within Catholicism, primarily active in the Kingdom of France, that emphasized original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and predestination. It was declared a heresy by th ...
propositions;
* "Lexicon Philosophicum" (Hague, 1706), a treatise on the difference between the natural and the supernatural order (Paris, 1707), "Explication des sacrements de l'eglise" (Tulle, 1734), and other theological, scriptural, and philosophical works.
He edited the theological works of
Martin Grandin (Paris, 1710–12) and added several theological dissertations of his own, among them one on
Pope Honorius. He is best known by his "Collectio Judiciorum de novis erroribus qui ab initio saec. XII
o 1735in Ecclesia proscripti stint atque notati; Censoria etiam judicia academiarum", 3 vols. (Paris, 1724–36). This collection contains many documents relative to theological controversies since the twelfth century, pontifical "acta," decisions of Roman Congregations, and decisions of universities (Oxford, Paris, Douai, Louvain, principally those of Paris). The latest document quoted is dated 1723. There is a complete bibliography of his French and Latin works in the "Memoires de Trévoux" (1734), I, 223-225.
References
;Attribution
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1673 births
1740 deaths
Bishops of Tulle
18th-century French Catholic theologians