Jean Bodin
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
a French Roman Catholic writer, was born at Angers (about 1530. He studied at Toulouse, and died at Laon in 1596. He is the author of a work, Colloquium Heptaplomeres, published by Subrauer (Berlin, 1841). This work contains a colloquy between a Jew, a Mohammedan, a heathen, a Catholic, a Lutheran, a Reformed Protestant, and a naturalist, in which Christianity is ranked below all the other religions. Another work of his, also a dialogue, and entitled, Universce Natura Theatrum, was suppressed. See Baudillart, Jean Bodin et son Temps (Paris, 1853); Lichtenberger, Encyclopedie des Sciences Religieuses, s.v.; Gieseler, Ecclesiastical History, v, 140; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B. P.)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A publicist and diplomatist, born at Angers; author of "The Republic," in six books, published at first in French and then in Latin, which summed up all the political philosophy of his time, and contributed to prepare the way for subsequent speculations; was the precursor of Hobbes and Montesquieu (1530-1596).
