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Jacques Goar (b. at Paris,
1601, d.
23 September1653) was a French
Dominican and
Hellenist.
Life
He entered the convent of the Annunciation in the
Rue St. Honoré in 1619, and made his profession there 24 May, 1620. Although lector of philosophy and theology, he applied himself to the study of Greek. He was sent to the Orient by his superiors, that he might eventually render service to the Roman Church, through his knowledge of the ecclesiastical documents and the positive theology of the Greeks.
He resided at
Chios as
missionary Apostolic and prior of the
Convent of St. Sebastian (1613-39). He travelled to observe the various rites, to form the acquaintance of Orthodox scholars, and to study the points at issue between the Catholics and Orthodox teachings. About 1640 he returned to Rome bringing with him many manuscripts, some of which were valuable.
Henceforth he was in communication with Greek scholars, notably
Leo Allatius,
Basil Falasca,
George Coresi,
Pantaleon Ligardio, and others. In 1643 he returned to Paris and was made master of novices, but in November of that year went to Rome on business for the order. After his return to Paris (16 July, 1644) he devoted himself to putting in order the rich material he'd brought from the East, which he'd increased by visits to the libraries of France and Italy. Appointed vicar provincial in 1652, his health failed under so many labours, and he fell ill and died.
Works
Goar's major work is his
Euchologion sive Rituale Graecorum complectens ritus et ordines divinae liturgiae (Paris, 1667), a classic on
Greek liturgy; it's important for its original texts and for its learned commentaries; in the second edition (Venice, 1730) a number of errors were corrected.
He also edited "Georgii Cedreni, compendium historiarum" (Paris, 1647); "Georgius Codinus curopalata, De officiis magnae Ecclesiae et aulae Constantinopolitanae (Paris, 1648); "Georgii Monachi et S.P.N. Tarasii Chronographia ab Adamo usque ad Diocletianum"; "Nicephori patriarchae Breviarium chronologicum" (Paris, 1652); "Theophanis Chronographia et Leonis grammatici Vitae" (Paris, 1655). This edition of
Theophanes was finished by
François Combefis. Coar also left unfinished (in manuscript) a work of the Greek canonist
Blastares: "Collectio elementaris materiarum omnium sacris et divinis canonibus contentarum a Matthaeo Blastare elucubrata simul et compacta", and a work of
Silvester Syropulos.
Finally we owe to Goar the "Historia universalis Joannis Zonarae ad manuscripts codices recognita" (Paris, 1687); it was continued and completed by
Du Cange.
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