Jean de La Haye
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Jean de La Haye was a French Franciscan
preacher and Biblical scholar.
Being called to France in 1620, he was assigned important offices both in the order and at the Court of Louis XIII.
and Anthony of Padua
, but his project of bringing out all important works by Franciscan authors in a Bibliotheca Ordinis Minorum was not realized.
Designed principally for the use of preachers were his commentaries:
Two major works were the "Biblia Magna", 5 vols. (Paris, 1643) and the "Biblia Maxima", 19 vols. (Paris 1660). The text of the Vulgate
forms the basis of the two. In the former the author quotes verbatim, after every chapter, the commentaries of Gagnaeus, Estius, Manuel de Sá
, Menochius, and Tirinus, S.J.; whereas in the latter he appends to each extract
The methods followed by the author have been praised; yet it has been observed that the prolegomena and his own interpretations of the text are lacking in judgment.
Franciscan
Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
preacher and Biblical scholar.
Life
He passed his boyhood in Spain and received the Franciscan habit in the province of St. Gabriel, of the Alcantarine Reform. He taught philosophy and theology, and distinguished himself as pulpit orator.Being called to France in 1620, he was assigned important offices both in the order and at the Court of Louis XIII.
Works
De la Haye is the author or editor of some forty folio volumes, besides several unpublished manuscripts. He edited the works of Bernardine of Siena, and the writings of Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...
and Anthony of Padua
Anthony of Padua
Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon, O.F.M., was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua, Italy, he was born to a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, which is where he was raised...
, but his project of bringing out all important works by Franciscan authors in a Bibliotheca Ordinis Minorum was not realized.
Designed principally for the use of preachers were his commentaries:
- "In Genesim, sive Arbor vitae concionatorum", 4 vols.;
- "In Exodum, vel Concionatorum virga, percutiens peccatores", 3 vols.;
- "In Apocalypsim", 3 vols.
Two major works were the "Biblia Magna", 5 vols. (Paris, 1643) and the "Biblia Maxima", 19 vols. (Paris 1660). The text of the Vulgate
Vulgate
The Vulgate is a late 4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. It was largely the work of St. Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382 to make a revision of the old Latin translations...
forms the basis of the two. In the former the author quotes verbatim, after every chapter, the commentaries of Gagnaeus, Estius, Manuel de Sá
Manuel de Sá
Manuel de Sá was a Portuguese Jesuit theologian and exegete.-History:...
, Menochius, and Tirinus, S.J.; whereas in the latter he appends to each extract
- the various readings of the versions,
- a paragraph in which the harmony of these readings and the literal meaning of the text are briefly discussed, and
- annotations drawn from the commentators above cited, but headed, in this case, by Nicolaus Lyranus, O.F.M.
The methods followed by the author have been praised; yet it has been observed that the prolegomena and his own interpretations of the text are lacking in judgment.