GOUDIN, AN-
TOINE. – Dominican philosopher and theologian, born at Limoges around 1639, died there on 25 October 1695. He began his brilliant teaching career in the convent of that same city, where he had entered religious life in 1657. More important later was his teaching as an associate professor at the Academy of Avignon, until 1669. In that year he became prior of the convent of Brives, and was then sent to Paris to teach theology in the general novitiate. At the end of his life he was prior of S. Giacomo (Paris).
His teaching at the Avignon academy gave rise to that manual which can still be consulted with profit today: Philosophia iuxta inconcussa tutissimaque Divi Thomae dogmata tt. IV comprehensa (Lyon 1671; corrected and expanded, Paris 1674). By 1692 it had already reached 10 editions, and it was published several more times thereafter. His works Tractatus theologici iuxta inconcussa tutissimaque dogmata Thomae Ag., Doctoris Angelici, 2 vols., Cologne 1723 (posthumous), enjoyed less success. A new edition was prepared by A. Dummermuth (Louvain 1874). The reason for the lesser success of the theological treatises may perhaps be sought in G.’s moderation concerning the theses most debated at the time, although he remained faithful to Thomism.