Balthasar Cordier (Corderius) (b. at
Antwerp, 7 June 1592; d. at Rome, 24 June 1650) was a Belgian
Jesuit exegete and editor of
patristic works. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1612, and after teaching Greek, moral theology, and Sacred Scripture, devoted himself to translating and editing manuscripts of Greek ''
catenae'' and other works of the
Greek Fathers
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, for which he searched the libraries of Europe.
Works
He published the following:
*(1) Catena sexaginta quinque Patrum græcorum in S. Lucam" (Antwerp, 1628);
*(2) Catena Patrum græcorum in S. Joannem" (Antwerp, 1630);
*(3) Joannis Philoponi in cap. I Geneseos ... libri septem" (Antwerp, 1630);
*(4) S. Cyrilli apologiæ morales" (Vienna, 1630);
*(5) Opera S. Dionysii Areopagitæ cum S. Maximi scholiis" (Antwerp, 1634);
*(6) Expositio Patrum græcorum in Psalmos" (Antwerp, 1643–46);
*(7) Symbolæ in Matthæum" (2 vols., of which, however, only the second is by him; Toulouse, 1646–47);
*(8) S. Dorothei archimandritæ institutiones asceticæ" (Antwerp, 1646);
*(9) S. P. N. Cyrilli archiepiscopi Alexandini homiliæ XIX in Jeremiam" (Antwerp, 1648) – in this case his critical acumen was at fault; these homilies are
Origen
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's.
He is also the author of a commentary on the ''
Book of Job'', "Job Illustratus" (Antwerp, 1646; reprinted in
Migne's Cursus S. Scripturæ". XIII and XIV, and in Campon's edition of
Cornelius a Lapide
Cornelius Cornelii à Lapide (''né'' Cornelis Cornelissen van den Steen; 18 December 1567 – 12 March 1637) was a Flemish Catholic priest. He was a Jesuit and exegete of scripture.
Life
He was born at Bocholt, in Belgian Limburg. He studi ...
).
References
;Attribution
* The entry cites:
**
Sommervogel, ''Biblioth. de la c. de J.'', II, 1438, s. v.;
**
Hugo von Hurter
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Friedri ...
, ''Nomenclator''.
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1592 births
1650 deaths
Jesuits of the Spanish Netherlands
17th-century translators