GORDON, James DD, SJ, Reverend Dr 1
- Born: About 1554 1
- Died: 17 November 1641 1
User ID: L891.
General Notes:
" 'Mr.' James (Gordon), described in the Balbithan MS. as 'a Jesuit who lived 1634'. This is apparently the James Gordon, D.D. (1555-1641) who is described in the Dictionary of National Biography as 'a member of the house of Lesmore'.
According to Oliver's History of the Jesuits, he was admitted into the Society at Paris in 1573. 'After teaching theology with distinguished reputation, he was appointed Rector of Tolouse and then of Bordeaux College. He took the degree of D.D., and was nominated Theologian of the Metropolitan Church of Bordeaux at the Council of Bordeaux. In his old age he was summoned to court to be Confessor to Louis XIII.' He died at Paris, November 17, 1641, aet. 88, Soc. 68, Prof. 52. He 'sent to the press' : -
1. Opus Chronologicum, Annorum seriem, Regnorum mutationes, et Rerum toto orbe gestavum memorabilium Seriem Annumque a Mundi exordio ad nostra usque tempora complectens. It appeared at Poictiers in 1613 and at Cologne the year after, in two volumes, the first of which contains 180 pages, the second 518 pages. Another edition was published at Poictiers in 1617.
2. De Catholica Veritate. Pro epithalamio. Ad Serenissimum Valitorum Principem, magnum Britanniarum haeredem, Bordeaux, 1623, 12mo.
3. Biblia Sacra cum commentariis, ad sensum literae, et explicationem ternporum, locorum, rerumque omnium, quae in Sacris codicibus habent obscuritatem, 3 vols., Paris, 1632, fol.
4. Theologia Movalis Universa, octo libris comprehensa, 2 vols., Paris, 1634, fol.
5. Opuscula tria. Chronologicum, Historicum, Geographicum, 3rd edition, Cologne, 1636, 12mo. This is extracted from the Opus Chronologicum. It has been printed several times.
6. F. N. Southwell (p. 366, Biblioth. SS.) mentions a volume, De Rebus Britanniae Novis, et in Nuptias Caroli Regis Britanniae."
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