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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

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