HABERT, LOUIS. - French moral theologian of Jansenist tendencies, born in Blois or nearby in 1635, died in Paris on 7 April 1718. He became a doctor of the Collège de Navarre and served as vicar general to several bishops.
In addition to his anonymous contributions to pastoral works, he authored a *Theologia dogmatica et moralis* (7 vols., Lyon 1709–12; 8 vols., Venice 1770). This work was prohibited and condemned for Jansenism by several bishops, including Fénelon, who subjected it to severe criticism. It was also attacked by M. Dumas, doctor of the Sorbonne, in his *Lettres d'un docteur de la Sorbonne* (letter 4), to which Habert replied in *Réponse à la quatrième lettre d'un docteur de la Sorbonne* (1714).
Condemned to exile for not accepting the bull *Unigenitus* except with serious reservations, he returned after the death of Louis XIV and continued his casuistical work at the Collège de Navarre until his death.