André Duval (theologian)

André Duval (Latin: Andreas Duvallius; 15 January 1564 – 9 September 1638) was a French Roman Catholic priest, professor and theologian.

Biography

André Duval was born in Pontoise and received his doctorate in theology from the Sorbonne on March 15, 1594. He studied successively at the college of Pontoise and in Paris. After having devoted some time to law, he turned to the priesthood. He received the title of Doctor of Theology from the Cardinal of Piacenza, Filippo Sega, then papal legate in France. For a while, he thought of joining a religious congregation, but he ultimately decided otherwise.

In 1597, he was the first holder of the chair of contemplative Theology at the College of Sorbonne, created by Henri IV. Duval was dean of the Faculty of Theology of Paris and superior of the Carmelites of France. He became Vincent de Paul's confessor after Bérulle's death. He was also the confessor of Barbe Acarie.

From 1597 to 1638, Duval intervened, often decisively, in the major activities of the Catholic reform. His doctrinal authority was strengthened not only by the support of the nuncios who were mandated to support him, but also by his upright, even passionate, character, which was very friendly to legality.

He received the conversion and the general confession from Nicolas de Sancy, superintendent of finances. President Pierre Séguier (1504–1580) and the Grand Master of Waters and Forests both called him to dispose of them to death.

In the doctrinal order, Duval engaged in controversy for a while with the minister Pierre Du Moulin. He opposed the Gallicanism of Edmond Richer and published a treatise on the sovereign authority of the pope over the Church. Duval went so far as to defend Antonio Santarelli in 1626.

He was the cousin of Guillaume Du Val who was his student in his theology course.

Works

• Libelli de ecclesiastica et politica potestate (1612)
• De Suprema romani pontificis in Ecclesiam potestate disputatio quadripartita (1614)
• La Vie admirable de soeur Marie de l'Incarnation, religieuse converse en l'ordre de Nostre Dame du Mont Carmel et fondatrice d'iceluy en France, appelée au monde la damoiselle Acarie (1621)

References

• Bergin, Joseph (2014). The Politics of Religion in Early Modern France. New Haven/London: Yale University Press.
• Cognet, Louis (1966). La Spiritualité Moderne. Paris: Aubier.
• De Franceschi, Sylvio Hermann (2007). "Gallicanisme, Antirichérisme et Reconnaissance de la Romanité Ecclésiale: La Dispute entre le Cardinal Bellarmin et le Théologien Parisien André Duval (1614)." In: Papes, Princes et Savants dans l’Europe Moderne: Mélanges à la Mémoire de Bruno Neveu. Geneva: Droz, pp. 97–121.
• Féret, Pierre (1906). La Faculté de Théologie de Paris et Ses Docteurs les Plus Célèbres, Vol. 4. Paris: A. Picard et Fils.
• Parsons, Jotham (2004). The Church in the Republic: Gallicanism and Political Ideology in Renaissance France. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press.
• Mujica, Bárbara (2020). Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Ávila. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

External links

• Works by André Duval at Gallica
• Works by André Duval at Open Library
• Works by André Duval at Biblioteca Nacional de España