Gauthier, Nicolas

Gauthier, Nicolas a French controversalist, was born at Rheims in the last quarter of the 16th century. Having renounced the Church of Rome, he went to Sedan for the study of theology; but suddenly left that place and the Protestant Church, and wrote, Descouverte des Fraudes Sedanoises (Paris, 1618): — Reponse a l'Avertissement de J. Cappel (Rheims, 1618): — Les Livres de Babel Huguenote (ibid. 1619). See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)