APOLOGY

Sciences; that Jean Catilinet, a Franciscan friar The "Cordeliers" were Franciscan friars of the Observant branch, known in France by this name because of the knotted cord they wore as a belt., declaimed publicly against the explanation he had given at Dole concerning the Wonder-Working Word original: "de verbo mirifico." This refers to Agrippa's 1509 lectures on Johannes Reuchlin’s Kabbalistic work.; that the Dominicans original: "Jacobins." This was the common French name for the Dominican Order, derived from their first convent in the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. of the city of Metz wrote against the propositions he had released to support the opinion of Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples A prominent French humanist and theologian whose ideas often skirted the edge of Reformation thought. concerning the Monogamy of Saint Anne A major theological controversy of the time regarding whether Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, had been married once or three times.; and yet, not one of these censors could find any reason to say anything or notice anything in the first two books of his Occult Philosophy, which were printed long before all these pieces, both in Paris and in Antwerp and elsewhere, and everywhere with the privilege and approval of those who were charged with inspecting them. But since it is easy to guess that his adversaries will reply to this last point, claiming that there is indeed nothing dangerous in these two books because Agrippa intended to use this doctrine and this curious philosophy like a sugary honey, making the poison of the other two The work was eventually published in three books; the critic suggests the first two were "bait" for the more controversial third book. slide down more easily, imitating the ruse of the crocodile which mimics the human voice to devour a man, or rather the strategy of the Devil, who always takes the form of an Angel of light or some beautiful creature to deceive us.

• "Agrippa's book on Occult Philosophy is
  "properly nothing but the secret and explanation of Talis-
  "mans; although until now there has been a
  "less favorable opinion of this work. This is the judg-
  "ment of Mr. Baudelot de Dairval in his book on The
  "Utility of Voyages Charles-César Baudelot de Dairval (1648–1722) was a French antiquary; his work suggests a more scientific or archaeological interest in Agrippa's work rather than a magical one..