Hessels, Jean

Hessels, Jean a Belgian controversialist, was born at Mechlin in 1522. In 1556 he was made doctor of theology at Louvain, in 1560 professor of theology, and died November 7, 1566. He is the author of, Comment. in Matthaeum: — Comm. in Epistolas Canonicas Johannis: — Comm. in Priorem ad Timotheum et in Priorem Petri: — Explicatio in Symbolum Apostolorum: — Explicatio Decalogi. See Andreas, Bibliotheca Belgica; Mireus, Elogia Illustrium Belii Scriptorum; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)