, nephew of the preceding, and a celebrated doctor of the Sorbonne, was born Aug. 4, 1665,
, nephew of the preceding,
and a celebrated doctor of the Sorbonne, was born Aug. 4,
1665, at Paris. He was appointed professor in the Sorbonne 1701; but, having signed the famous “Case of
Conscience
” the same year, with thirty-nine other doctors,
he lost his professorship, and was banished to Beaune in
1703. Some time after this he retired into Holland with
father Quesnel and M. Fouillon, but obtained leave to return to Paris in 1718, where the faculty of theology, and
the house of Sorbonne, restored him to his privileges as
doctor in June 1719. This, however, was of no avail, as the
king annulled what had been done in his favour the July
following. M. Petit-Pied became afterwards theologian
to M. de Lorraine, bishop of Bayeux, which prelate dying
June 9, 1728, he narrowly escaped being arrested, and
retired again into Holland. In 1734, however, he was
recalled; passed the remainder of life quietly at Paris,
and died January 7, 1747, aged 82, leaving a large number of well-written works, the greatest part in French, the
rest in Latin, in which he strongly opposes the constitution Unigenitus.