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November 1681 A.D. Pierre
Francois le Courayer Born; Romanist
Theologian Defends Church of England Orders
Pierre Francois le Courayer (1681 to 1776)
Roman Church
Defender of a rival denomination.
Pierre Francois le Courayer was born in Rouen,
France. Becoming a Catholic theologian, he received his doctorate at Oxford
University in 1723 for a dissertation demonstrating that England's Protestant
clergy descended in unbroken succession from the apostles (a strong point in
proving their legitimacy). He was eager to see the reunification of Protestants
and Catholics. Although he always claimed to be a true Catholic, he rejected
some Catholic ideas which he considered to be superstitious and he was
excommunicated for his defense of the Anglican orders.
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