Gérard Roussel

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Gérard Roussel was a 16th-century French bishop and humanist reformer associated with early evangelical currents within the Catholic Church.

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Gérard Roussel canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic bishop
Christian reformer
French humanist
human
aim reform the Church from within
associatedWith Catholic Reform
linked to: Counter-Reformation

French Reformation
centuryOfActivity 16th century
clergyStatus Catholic clergy
closeTo Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Marguerite de Navarre
conflictWith French conservative theologians
Sorbonne theologians
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
countryOfDiocese France
diocese Diocese of Oloron
doctrineEmphasized Scripture reading in the vernacular
justification by faith
educatedAt Collège de Navarre
era Renaissance
influencedBy Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
intellectualTradition Renaissance humanism
languageOfWorkOrName French
Latin
memberOf Meaux circle
linked to: Meaux Circle
movement Christian humanism
evangelical Catholic reform
name Gérard Roussel
notableFor association with early French evangelical currents
attempts at evangelical reform within the Catholic Church
preaching justification by faith while remaining Catholic
occupation bishop
humanist
theologian
placeOfActivity Kingdom of France
positionHeld bishop of Oloron
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
stanceTowardProtestantism rejected full separation from Rome
sympathetic to some evangelical doctrines
supportedBy Marguerite de Navarre
theologicalPosition evangelical Catholic
reformist but non‑Lutheran
workLocation Meaux
Navarre
Oloron
linked to: Oloron-Sainte-Marie

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Meaux Circle member Gérard Roussel
Meaux reform circle hasMember Gérard Roussel
Meaux reform circle hasKeyFigure Gérard Roussel
Gérard Roussel name Gérard Roussel