Cornelius Hazart

He made his religious profession on 1 November 1651; and preached during a period of thirty-six years, for a time at Dunkirk and Brussels, then permanently at Antwerp, where he died.

Some of these he preached in the 'Grote markt' (main market-place) of Antwerp, there for the festivities held in connection with church dedication services.

(Antwerp, 1667–71) was translated into High German and enlarged by other Jesuits, under the title "Kirchengeschichte, das ist katholiches Christendum, durch die ganze Welt verbreitet".

They treat of controversial questions: Holy Mass, the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, the invocation and veneration of the saints, the force of good works, auricular confession, extreme unction, purgatory, idolatry, the primacy and authority of the pope, the Roman catechism.

Many of his writings, such as "Triomph de pausen van Roomen" (Triumph of the pope of Rome), gave rise to voluminous literature.

Cornelius Hazart
Title page of Hazart, Cornelius: Kerckelycke Historie vande Gheheele Wereldt , Michiel Cnobbaert, Antwerpen 1669.
Title page of Hazart, Cornelius: Triomph vande waerachtige kercke ende vande catholycke religie , Antwerp 1673 with illustration by the printer and engraver Michiel Cnobbaert . Translated title: Triumph of the true church and of the catholic religion.