Vincent Contenson

Theologia mentis et cordis, 1768

Vincent Contenson (born at Altivillare (Gers), Diocese of Condon, 1641; died Creil-sur-Oise, 26 December 1674) was a French Dominican theologian and preacher.

He was seventeen years old when he entered the Order of Preachers. He taught philosophy for a time at Albi, followed by theology at Toulouse. Afterwards, he had a brief but popular career as a preacher.

Contenson died in the pulpit at Creil, where he was giving a mission. He was buried there; his epitaph describes him as "in years a youth, mature in wisdom and in virtue venerable".

Works

Contenson's major work was Theologia Mentis et Cordis, published posthumously at Lyons in nine volumes, 1681; second edition, 1687. The 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia praises its use of "illustrations and images borrowed from the Church Fathers" to enrich the "prevailing dry reasoning of Scholasticism."

References

• "Histoire des hommes illustres de l'ordre de Saint Dominique", volume 5, by Antoine Touron.
• Henry John Rose, New General Biographical Dictionary (London, 1848)
• Louis Moréri, Le Grand Dictionaire historique (Paris, 1759)
•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Vincent Contenson". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• Lozier, C. (2003). "Contenson, Guillaume Vincent De". New Catholic Encyclopedia . Vol. 4: Com–Dyn (2 ed.). Detroit: Thomson Gale. p. 211.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Vincent Contenson". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.