Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
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Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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| Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples canonical | 12 |
| Jacques Lefevre d’Etaples | 1 |
| Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples | 1 |
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Target entity: Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples Context triple: [John Calvin, influencedBy, Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples]
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Robert Estienne
Robert Estienne was a 16th-century French printer and classical scholar renowned for his critical editions of the Bible and major contributions to typography and lexicography.
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Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza was a 16th-century French Reformed theologian and scholar who succeeded John Calvin as the leading figure of the Reformed Church in Geneva and a key systematizer of Calvinist doctrine.
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Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch Renaissance scholar, theologian, and humanist whose critical editions of the New Testament and satirical writings greatly influenced European intellectual and religious life.
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Lorenzo Valla
Lorenzo Valla was a 15th-century Italian humanist, philologist, and critic best known for his pioneering textual analysis that exposed the Donation of Constantine as a forgery and helped shape Renaissance humanist scholarship.
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William Ames
William Ames was an influential early 17th-century English Puritan theologian and moral philosopher whose writings helped shape Reformed and Puritan thought in England and New England.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples Target entity description: Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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A.
Robert Estienne
Robert Estienne was a 16th-century French printer and classical scholar renowned for his critical editions of the Bible and major contributions to typography and lexicography.
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B.
Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza was a 16th-century French Reformed theologian and scholar who succeeded John Calvin as the leading figure of the Reformed Church in Geneva and a key systematizer of Calvinist doctrine.
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C.
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch Renaissance scholar, theologian, and humanist whose critical editions of the New Testament and satirical writings greatly influenced European intellectual and religious life.
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D.
Lorenzo Valla
Lorenzo Valla was a 15th-century Italian humanist, philologist, and critic best known for his pioneering textual analysis that exposed the Donation of Constantine as a forgery and helped shape Renaissance humanist scholarship.
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E.
William Ames
William Ames was an influential early 17th-century English Puritan theologian and moral philosopher whose writings helped shape Reformed and Puritan thought in England and New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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Renaissance humanist ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ humanist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| advocated |
Scripture as primary authority in theology
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use of vernacular Scripture for laypeople ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Meaux Circle ⓘ |
| birthName |
Jacobus Faber Stapulensis
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Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples self-link ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1455 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1536 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sorbonne University
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surface form:
University of Paris
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| employer |
Collège du Cardinal Lemoine
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Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| era | Renaissance philosophy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Aristotelian studies
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biblical exegesis ⓘ patristics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
French Reformation
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surface form:
French Reformers
French Reformation ⓘ
surface form:
Protestant Reformation in France
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| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Church Fathers ⓘ Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
laying intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation
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reform-minded theology ⓘ vernacular Bible translation into French ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Latin ⓘ |
| movement |
Christian humanism
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Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aristotelian commentaries
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Commentary on the Pauline Epistles ⓘ French translation of the New Testament (1523) ⓘ French translation of the Psalms ⓘ Psalter ⓘ
surface form:
Quintuplex Psalterium
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| occupation | university teacher ⓘ |
| patron | Marguerite de Navarre ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Étaples, France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Nérac, France ⓘ |
| positionHeld | royal counselor on religious matters ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
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Subject: Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples Description of subject: Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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