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JOHN GIBBONS

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Jesuit theologian and controversialist; b. 1544, at or near Wells,
Somersetshire; died 16 Aug. or 3 Dec., 1589, during a visit to the monastery of
Himmelbrode, near Trier. He entered Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1561, but left
the university without a degree. After studying philosophy and theology for
seven years in the German College, Rome, he obtained the doctorate in both,
1576. Gregory XIII gave him a canonry in the Cathedral Church in Bonn, in
Germany, but he resigned this on entering the Society of Jesus at Trier, in
1578. In the college of this latter place he filled successively the offices of
confessor, professor of theology, professor of Sacred Scripture, prefect of
studies, and rector. Though remarkable for his zeal, charity, and admirable
administrative ability, he became more eminent on account of his controversial
talents, which he displayed in frequent contests with the Lutherans of Germany.
When Dr. Allen suggested Father Gibbons as a fit candidate for the English
mission, the latter wrote both to the general of the Society and Dr. Allen, that
he hoped he should give no disedification by saying that he had not the
spiritual strength necessary for such an enterprise, but that he would lend it
all the assistance in his power.

Among his literary works must be mentioned: "Concertatio Ecclesiæ Catholicæ in
Anglica, adversus Calvino-Papistas et Puritanos" (Trier, 1583). The work was
republished on a larger scale in 1588 and 1594, by Dr. John Bridgewater, who
numbered among his assistants Cardinal Allen and Dr. Humphrey Ely. Dr.
Bridgewater also edited (see, however, Dict. Nat. Biog., s.v.) a posthumous work
of Gibbons entitled "Confutatio virulentæ disputationis theologicæ in qua
Georgius Sohn, Professor Academiæ Heidelburgensis, conatus est docere Pontificum
Romanum esse Antichristum a prophgetis et apostolis prædictum" (Trier, 1589).
The Calvinist aspersions on the Roman pontiff are disposed of without much
difficulty.

SOURCES

Cooper in Dict. Nat. Biog. s.v.; Hurter, Nomenclator, I, 56 (Innsbruck, 1892;
Sommervogel, Bibliothéque de la Compagnie de Jésus, III; Southwell, Bibl.
Script. Soc. Jesu, 453.

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APA citation. Maas, A. (1909). John Gibbons. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New
York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549a.htm

MLA citation. Maas, Anthony. "John Gibbons." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6.
New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06549a.htm>.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. September 1, 1909. Remy Lafort,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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