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FABER, FABRI

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FABER, FABRI Or FABRY (surnamed STAPULENSIS), JACOBUS [Jacques Lefevre d'ftaples] (c. 1455-c. 1536), a See also:pioneer of the See also:Protestant See also:movement in See also:France, was See also:born of humble parents at Staples, in Pas de See also:Calais, See also:Picardy, about 1455. He appears to have been possessed of considerable means. He had already been ordained See also:priest when he entered the university of See also:Paris for higher See also:education. Hermonymus of See also:Sparta was his See also:master in See also:Greek. He visited See also:Italy before 1486, for he heard the lectures of See also:Argyropulus, who died in that See also:year; he formed a friendship with See also:Paulus See also:Aemilius of See also:Verona. In 1492 he again travelled in Italy, studying in See also:Florence, See also:Rome and See also:Venice, making himself See also:familiar with the writings of See also:Aristotle, though greatly influenced by the Platonic See also:philosophy. Returning to Paris, he became See also:professor in the See also:college of See also:Cardinal Lemoine. Among his famous pupils were F. W. Vatable and See also:Farel; his connexion with the latter See also:drew him to the Calvinistic See also:side of the movement of reform.

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time he began the publication, with See also:critical vpparatus, of See also:Boetius (De Arithmetica), and Aristotle's Physics (1492), See also:Ethics (1497), See also:Meta-physics (1501) and Politics (15o6). In 1507 he took up his See also:residence in the See also:Benedictine See also:Abbey of St Germain See also:des Pres, near Paris; this was due to his connexion with the See also:family of Briconnet (one of whom was the See also:superior), especially with See also:William Briconnet, cardinal See also:bishop of St Maio (See also:Meaux). He now began to give himself to Biblical studies, the first-See also:fruit of which was his Quintuplex Psalterium: Gallicum, Romanum, Hebraicum, Vetus, Concilialum (1509); the Conciliatum was his own version. This was followed by S. See also:Pauli Epistolae xiv. ex vulgata edition, adjecta intelligentia ex Graeco cum commentariis (1512), a See also:work of See also:great See also:independence and See also:judgment. His De Maria Magdalena et triduo Christi disceptatio (1517) provoked violent controversy and was condemned by the See also:Sorbonne (1521). He had See also:left Parisduring the whole of 1520, and, removing to Meaux, was appointed (May 1, 1523) See also:vicar-See also:general to Bishop Briconnet, and published his See also:French version of the New Testament (1523). This (See also:con-temporary with See also:Luther's See also:German version) has been the basis of all subsequent See also:translations into French. From this, in the same year, he extracted the versions of the Gospels and Epistles " a l'usage du See also:diocese de Meaux." The prefaces and notes to both these expressed the view that See also:Holy Scripture is the only See also:rule of See also:doctrine, and that See also:justification is by faith alone. He incurred much hostility, but was protected by See also:Francis I. and the princess See also:Margaret. Francis being in captivity after the See also:battle of See also:Pavia (See also:February 25, 1525), Faber was condemned and his See also:works sup-pressed by See also:commission of the See also:parlement; these See also:measures were quashed on the return of Francis some months later. He issued Le Psautier de See also:David (1525), and was appointed royal librarian at See also:Blois (1526); his version of the See also:Pentateuch appeared two years later.

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complete version of the See also:Bible (1530), on the basis of See also:Jerome, took the same See also:place as his version of the New Testament. Margaret (now See also:queen of See also:Navarre) led him to take See also:refuge (1531) at See also:Nerac from persecution. He is said to have been visited (1533) by See also:Calvin on his See also:flight from France. He died in 1536 or 1537. See C. H. See also:Graf, Essai sur la See also:vie et See also:les ecrils (1842); G. Bonet-See also:Maury, in A. See also:Herzog-Hauck's Realencyklopadie (1898). (A.

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