Luis de Carvajal
Friar Minor and
Tridentine theologian, b. about 1500; the
time of his death is uncertain. Of the noble and
wealthy family of Carvajal in the old Spanish province of Baetica, Carvajal was possessed of extraordinary gifts of
mind and heart, and at an early age was sent to the
University of Paris, where he completed his studies. Having entered the
Franciscan Order, he taught
theology at
Paris, whence he was sent as
legate of Cardinal
Angelus to the
Council of Trent. During the fifth session, in which the
doctrine of
original sin was discussed, Carvajal addressed the Council in favour of the
Immaculate Conception, in defending which he had already won fame at
Paris; it was doubtless owing to him that the Council inserted the words beginning "Declarat tamen" at the end of the fifth canon of this session. The last glimpse we get of Carvajal is at
Antwerp in 1548, at which
time he brought out the third edition of his "Theologicarum sententiarum liber singularis". Besides this work, he is the author of the "Declamatio expostulatoria pro immaculatâ conceptione" (Paris, 1541) and of a defence of the
religious orders against
Erasmus, entitled "Apologia monasticae professionis" (Antwerp, 1529).
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APA citation. Donovan, S. (1908). Luis de Carvajal. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03394a.htm
MLA citation. Donovan, Stephen. "Luis de Carvajal." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03394a.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Gerald M. Knight.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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