Jacques Le Fèvre
Jacques Le Fèvre was a French Roman Catholic theologian and controversialist.
Life
He became archdeacon of Lisieux and vicar-general of the Archbishopric of Bourges. In 1674 he received a doctorate in theology from the Sorbonne.Works
His works are the following:- Entretiens d'Eudoxe et d' Euchariste sur les histoires de l'arianisme et des iconoclastes du P. Maimbourg. The first of these dialogues was condemned and burned.
- Motifs invincibles pour convaincre ceux de la religion prétendue réformée, in which Le Fèvre endeavours to show that there is fundamental agreement between Catholic and Protestant teachings, the differences being of slight importance and mostly verbal. These conciliatory views were attacked by Antoine Arnauld, and, in answer, Le Fèvre wrote Réplique a M. Arnauld pour la défense du livre des motifs invincibles.
- Conférence avec un ministre touchant les causes de la separation des protestants
- Instructions pour confirmer les nouveaux convertis dans la foi de l'église
- Recueil de tout ce qui s'est fait pour et contre les protestants en France
- Lettres d'un docteur sur ce qui se passe dans les assemblées de la faculté de théologie de Paris. These letters were published anonymously when the work of the Jesuit Father Louis le Comte, "Mémoires sur la Chine", was referred to the faculty of theology.