Bédien Morange

Bédien Morange (born in Paris and died in 1703 in Lyon), was a French theologian.

Bédien Morange was canon and cantor of the église Saint-Nizier (Lyon).

He was a doctor of Sorbonne. In 1660, he became canon and cantor of the Église Saint-Nizier (Lyon), then general vicar of the diocese.^[1] He devoted himself especially to refute the theory of Isaac de la Peyrère who hold that the Old Testament proves that there were men before Adam, and wrote a catechism for his discese entitled Summa universœ Theologiae Catéchistae. He was a member of the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement.^[2]

The epistle Instructions pour les confesseurs by Jesuit Gaspard Loarte was dedicated to him.^[3]

Works

• Libri de preadamitis brevis Analysis, Lyon, Ant. Jullieron and Ant. Baret, 1656, in-16°.
• Primatus Lugdunensis Apologeticon, Lyon, Ant. Jullieron and Ant. Baret 1658, in 8°.
• Summa universœ Theologiae Catéchistae, Lyon, 1670, 4 vol. in-8°.

References

1. « Étude sur les historiens du lyonnais », Revue du Lyonnais, esquisses physiques, morales et historiques, Lyon, L. Boitel, 1837, t. V, pp. 192-194.
2. Jean-Pierre Gutton, Dévots et société au XVIIe siècle. Construire le Ciel sur la Terre, Belin, 2004, p. 75.
3. Instructions pour les confesseurs, by Reverend Gaspard Loarte De la Compagnie de Jesus. Nouvellement traduites du Latin en François, Lyon Pierre Guillimin, 1674