Huisseau, Jacques d2
Huisseau, Jacques d1
a French theologian, was born in the latter half of the 16th century. He entered the monastery at Marmoutiers, and was made great prior of his order in 1594. Refusing in 1604 admission to Matthieu Renusson, visitor of the order of St. Benoit for the province of Tours, he was deposed from his position, deprived of all power, and excommunicated. He, however, succeeded in regaining his position. At the time of his death, Sept. 24,1626, he was provincial of the Benedictine congregation of exempts in France. He published, for the use of his abbey, a collection of prayers, entitled Enchiridion Precum (Tours, 1607) Supplement a la Chronique des Abbs de Marmoutiers (1615) Chronique des Prieurs (1625). This last-named work Huisseau translated himself into Latin. Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gneral 25, 468 sq.
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Huisseau, Jacques d2
another French minister and theologian, who flourished in the 17th century. But little is known of his early life. He was professor of theology at Saumur and rendered himself famous by his La disciple des Eglises Reformees de France, avec uen recueil des observations et questions sur la plupart des articles tir des actes des synodes nationaux (1650,4to, probably published at Saumur; Geneva, 1666, 4to; Bionne, near Orleans, 1675, 12mo). The great success which followed this work estranged from him many of his acquaintances and associates in the Church, who envied his prospects, and who even presented complaints against him in 1656, meeting, however, with no encouragement from the superiors of Huisseau. In 1670 he published La Reunion du Christianisme, ou la matiere de rejoindre les Chretiens dans une seule Confession de foi (Saumur, 12mo). It favored the union of all who believed in Christ as the God or man Savior, and was attacked by L. Bastide in his Remarques sur un livre intitule La reunion, etc. (1670, 12mo), and it was condemned by the Synod of Anjou. Huisseau endeavored to explain his views, but the synod declined to give him a hearing, and finally deposed him from the priesthood. He immigrated to England, and was reinstated as minister without being obliged to retract. He died there before 1690, about 70 years of age. Biographie Universelle, 57, 441.