Some (possibly unreliable) accounts have him renouncing Catholicism and the authority of the Pope at Oxford and (on 15 May 1547) at St Paul's Cross on the accession of the Protestant Edward VI. However, even if the accounts are reliable, soon afterwards he became a Catholic again and was thus replaced in his professorship with Peter Martyr. He and Martyr were to hold a public disputation in 1549, but fled to Leuven before it could be held.
On release he left to become professor of divinity at Louvain, returning on the accession of Mary to become canon of Christ Church and royal chaplain and take a major part in proceedings against Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, and Hugh Latimer. Regaining most of his benefices, he lost them all again when Elizabeth succeeded Mary, and was briefly imprisoned in the house of Archbishop Matthew Parker. On release, he again fled to the continent, this time to Douai, where Mary's widower Philip II of Spain appointed him dean of St. Peter's church and then (on Philip II's inauguration of University of Douai on 5 October 1562) the university's chancellor and professor of theology.
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Assertion and Defence of the Sacrament of the Altar (1546)
^Refutatio luculenta crasse et exitiosae haeresis Johannis Calvini et Christo. Carlili. Angli, qua astruunt Christum non descendine ad inferos alios, quam ad infernum infimum 1562
^Confutatio eorum, quae Philippus Melanchthon obijcit contra Missae 1562
J. Andreas Löwe, Richard Smyth and the Language of Orthodoxy: Re-imagining Tudor Catholic Polemicism (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: History, Culture, Religion, Ideas, 96; Leiden: Brill, 2003).
richard, smyth, theologian, richard, smyth, smith, 1499, 1500, worcestershire, england, july, 1563, douai, france, first, person, hold, office, regius, professor, divinity, university, oxford, first, chancellor, university, douai, smyth, reading, corinthians, . Richard Smyth or Smith 1499 1500 Worcestershire England 9 July 1563 Douai France was the first person to hold the office of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford and the first Chancellor of the University of Douai Smyth reading 1 Corinthians 13 3 If I give my body to be burned and have not love I gain nothing at the burning of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley in a woodcut from Foxe s Book of Martyrs Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 BibliographyLife editEducated at Merton College Oxford and taking his MA degree in 1530 he became Registrar of the University of Oxford in 1532 then by royal appointment its first Regius Professor of divinity in 1536 Taking his doctorate in divinity on 10 July 1536 he was subsequently made master of Whittington College London rector of St Dunstan in the East and then Cuxham Oxfordshire principal of St Alban s Hall Oxford and divinity reader at Magdalen College Some possibly unreliable accounts have him renouncing Catholicism and the authority of the Pope at Oxford and on 15 May 1547 at St Paul s Cross on the accession of the Protestant Edward VI However even if the accounts are reliable soon afterwards he became a Catholic again and was thus replaced in his professorship with Peter Martyr He and Martyr were to hold a public disputation in 1549 but fled to Leuven before it could be held On release he left to become professor of divinity at Louvain returning on the accession of Mary to become canon of Christ Church and royal chaplain and take a major part in proceedings against Thomas Cranmer Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer Regaining most of his benefices he lost them all again when Elizabeth succeeded Mary and was briefly imprisoned in the house of Archbishop Matthew Parker On release he again fled to the continent this time to Douai where Mary s widower Philip II of Spain appointed him dean of St Peter s church and then on Philip II s inauguration of University of Douai on 5 October 1562 the university s chancellor and professor of theology Works editAssertion and Defence of the Sacrament of the Altar 1546 Defence of the Sacrifice of the Mass 1547 Defensio celibatus sacerdotum 1550 Diatriba de hominis justificatione 1550 Buckler of the Catholic Faith 1555 56 De Missa Sacrificio 1562 refutations of John Calvin and Christopher Carlile 1 of Philipp Melanchthon 2 John Jewell 3 and Theodore Beza all published in 1562 References edit Refutatio luculenta crasse et exitiosae haeresis Johannis Calvini et Christo Carlili Angli qua astruunt Christum non descendine ad inferos alios quam ad infernum infimum 1562 Confutatio eorum quae Philippus Melanchthon obijcit contra Missae 1562 who had accused Smyth of adulteryBibliography editJ Andreas Lowe Richard Smyth and the Language of Orthodoxy Re imagining Tudor Catholic Polemicism Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions History Culture Religion Ideas 96 Leiden Brill 2003 Academic offices Preceded bynone Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford1535 1548 Succeeded byPietro Martire Vermigli Preceded byPietro Martire Vermigli Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford1554 1556 Succeeded byJuan de Villagarcia Preceded byJohn Warner Vice Chancellor of Oxford University1555 1556 Succeeded byWilliam Tresham Preceded byJuan de Villagarcia Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford1559 1560 Succeeded byLawrence Humphrey Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Smyth theologian amp oldid 1204082254, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
