- Claude D'Espence
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Claude D'Espence was a French theologian, born in 1511 at Châlons-sur-Marne; died 5 Oct., 1571, at Paris. He entered the Collège de Navarre in 1536, and later became the rector of the Sorbonne before he got his doctorate.[1] He was involved with the Council of Trent and argued against the Protestant apologist Theodore Beza about the value of tradition.
Reference
- ^ "Claude D' Espence". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
Categories:- 1511 births
- 1571 deaths
- University of Paris alumni
- Roman Catholic theologians
- Participants in the Council of Trent
- Rectors of the University of Paris
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