DRIEDO, JEAN. - Theologian, b. at Darisdonk (whence the name D.; his family name was Neys) near Turnhout in Brabant in 1478 or the beginning of 1479, d. at Louvain on 4 August 1535. He first taught philosophy from 1499 to 1509, when he also became a member of the University council for the arts; Baccalaureus formatus in 1511, he was promoted to doctor of theology in 1512 by his teacher Adrian of Utrecht (the future Adrian VI). A professor and then dean of the theological faculty, in 1518 he was elected rector of the University (for the second time in 1533), and from 1520 he enjoyed a canonry in the collegiate church of St. Peter.
He wrote: De ecclesiasticis scripturis et dogmatibus I. IV (ed. R. Tapper, vol. I), a treatise introducing Sacred Scripture, notable for its hermeneutical rules and its ideas on the authenticity of the Vulgate, adopted in the decisions of the fourth session of the Council of Trent; De captivitate et redemptione generis humani liber unus (ed. Tapper, vol. II); De concordia liberi arbitrii et proedestinationis divinae liber unus (ed. Tapper, vol. III); De Gratia et libero arbitrio libri duo (ed. Tapper, vol. III); De libertate christiana, left incomplete (ed. Tapper, vol. IV).
His theology rests on Sacred Scripture and on the Fathers, among whom he especially prefers St. Augustine, and it belongs to the Augustinian current of his time, which would continue at Louvain down to Baius and beyond.
The complete edition of D.'s works was edited by R. Tapper, Louvain 1546, 1552, 1556, in 4 volumes.
Bibliography6 worksH. De Jongh, L'ancienne faculté de Théologie de Louvain au premier siècle de son existence (1432-1540), Louvain 1911, p. 156 ff.; R. Seeberg
BIBL.: H. De Jongh, L'ancienne faculté de Théologie de Louvain au premier siècle de son existence (1432-1540), Louvain 1911, p. 156 ff.; R. Seeberg, Der Augustinismus des Johannes D., in Geschichtliche Studien A. Hauch zum 70. Geburtstag, Leipzig 1916, pp. 210-19; P. Polman, L'élément historique dans la controverse religieuse du XVIIe siècle, Gembloux 1932, passim; H. De Vocht, Texts and Studies about Louvain humanists of the first half of the XVI century, Louvain 1934, p. 344 ff.; H. Peeters, Doctrina Joannis Driedonis a Turnhout de concordia gratiae et liberi arbitrii, Malines 1938; R. Draguet, Le maître humaniste D. inspirateur du décret de Trente sur la Vulgate, in Miscellanea historica in honorem Alberti de Meyer, Louvain-Brussels 1946, pp. 836-54.
Rogger, Igino. “Driedo, jean.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1929. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/driedo-jean.
MLA
Rogger, Igino. “Driedo, jean.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1929. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/driedo-jean.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_driedo_jean,
author = {Rogger, Igino},
title = {Driedo, jean},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {1929},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/driedo-jean}
}
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