Charles-Louis Richard

Charles-Louis Richard OP (April 1711 – 16 August 1794) was a French Roman Catholic priest, writer and theologian.

Life

Richard was born at Blainville-sur-l'Eau, in Lorraine. His family though of noble descent, was poor, and he received his education in the schools of his native town. At the age of sixteen he entered the Dominican Order and, after his religious profession, was sent to study theology in Paris, where he received a Doctorate at the Sorbonne. He next applied himself to preaching and the defense of religion against d'Alembert, Voltaire, and their confederates.

Having refused the constitutional oath, he emigrated to Mons in Belgium, but during the second invasion of that country by the French, in 1794, old age prevented him from fleeing, and, though he eluded his pursuers for some time, he was at last detected, tried by court martial, and shot, as the author of the Parallel of the Jews who crucified Jesus Christ, with the French who executed their king (1794).

He went to his death leaning on the arm of Father Sylvestre Tahon, recollect, his confessor, while reciting prayers.

Publications

• Voltaire parmi les ombres (1775)
• Exposition de la doctrine des philosophes modernes (1785)
• Parallèle des Juifs qui ont crucifié Jésus-Christ, avec les Français qui ont exécuté leur roi ("Just as the Jews crucified Christ, the French have executed their King"; Mons, 1794)
• Bibliothèque sacrée, ou dictionnaire universelle des sciences ecclésiastiques (5 vols., Paris, 1760)
• Supplément (Paris, 1765), the last and enlarged edition being that of Paris, 1821–27, 29 vols.
• Analyses des conciles généraux et particuliers (5 vols., Paris, 1772–77).

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . Cites:
  • MOULAERT, Ch. L. Richard aus dem Predigerorden (Ratisbon, 1870);
  • Nomenclator, III (3rd ed.), 433–35.

External links

• Works by Charles-Louis Richard at Gallica