LOUIS

See also:

• LOUIS MAIMBOURG (1610—1686)

MAIMBOURG (1610—1686)  , French Jesuit and historian, was born at Nancy . He entered the Society of Jesus at the age of sixteen, and after studying at Rome became a classical master in the Jesuit college at Rouen . He afterwards devoted himself to preaching, but with only moderate success . After having taken some part in minor controversies he threw himself with energy into the dispute which had arisen as to the Gallican liberties; for his TraitE historique sur les prerogatives de l'Eglise de Rome (1682) he was by command of Innocent XI. expelled from the Society, but rewarded by Louis XIV. with a residence at the abbey of St Victor, Paris, and a pension . He died on the 13th of August 1686 . His numerous works include histories of Arianism, the iconoclastic controversy, the Greek schism, Lutheranism, Calvinism, and of the pontificates of Leo I. and Gregory I.; they are mere compilations, written indeed in a very lively and attractive style, but inaccurate and untrustworthy . The History of Arianism was published in English (1728—1729) by William Webster, with an appendix on the English writers in the Socinian and Arian controversies .