GOUDIN, ANTOINE. - Dominican philosopher and theologian, born in Limoges ca. 1639, died there on 25 Oct. 1695. He began his brilliant academic career at the convent of the same city, where he had entered the religious life in 1657. More significant was his subsequent teaching as a master attached to the Academy of Avignon, until 1669. At that date he became prior of the convent of Brives, then was sent to Paris to teach theology in the general novitiate. At the end of his life he was prior of Saint-Jacques (Paris).
The fruit of his teaching at the Avignon academy is the manual that can still be consulted with profit: *Philosophia iuxta inconcussa tuissimaeque Divi Thomae dogmata* tt. IV comprehensa (Lyon 1671; corrected and enlarged, Paris 1674). By 1692 it had already run to 10 editions and was reprinted many times thereafter. Less fortunate, however, were his *Tractatus theologici juxta inconcussa tuissimaeque dogmata Thomae Aq., Doctoris Angelici*, 2 vols., Cologne 1723 (posthumous). A new edition was prepared by A. Dummermuth (Lucerne 1874). The lesser success of the theological treatises may perhaps be traced to Goudin’s moderation on the most debated theses of his day, though he remained faithful to Thomism.