Blackwell, George
Blackwell, George
(c.1545 -1613 ) Archpriest , born Middlesex, England ; died London. Ordained at Douai, 1575 , he served in England for nearly 20 years. When Cardinal Allen died , 1594 , he was named archpriest by Clement VIII, 1597 -1598 . On the promulgation of the Oath of Allegiance of James I, 1606 , he was confused by its ingenious wording into thinking it acceptable to conscientious Catholics, and in spite of its condemnation by Paul V, 1606 and 1607 , he signed it and urged the clergy to do so. On defending his conduct, he was deposed from the office of archpriest by the pope and replaced by George Birkhead, or Birket, 1608 .
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Blackwell, George
an English divine of the Roman Church, was born in Middlesex in 1545, and educated at Trinity College, Oxford, and at the English College in Douay. He approved of the oath of allegiance to the crown of England, and advised the Romanists to take it. This led to a controversy with cardinal Bellarmine. He died in Rome, Jan. 13, 1612. His Letters to the Romish Priests, touching the lawfulness of taking the oath of allegiance, were published in 1597. He also published a Letter to Cardinal Cajutane (1596), and some other papers on the same subject. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.; Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.