, a pious and learned doctor of the society of the Sorbonne, was
, a pious and learned doctor of the
society of the Sorbonne, was born at Blois, in 1636. He
was successively grand vicar of Lu^on, Auxerre, Verdun,
and Chalons-sur-Marne; in all which dioceses he was universally esteemed for his virtue, learning, and zealous
support of ecclesiastical discipline. He afterwards retired
to the Sorbonne, and employed the rest of his life in deciding cases of conscience, and died there April 7, 1718.
M. Habert left a complete System of Divinity, 7 vols.
12mo, much valued for accuracy and solidity; but the
additions made to it since his death were not acceptable to
his church, and were complained of by Feneion, as inclining to Jansenianism. He published in his life-time a
defence of this system, and “La Pratique de la Penitence,
” 12mo, best known by the title of “Pratique de
Verdun,
” of which there have been many additions.