Career
He obtained the degree of Lector in Sacred Theology, and in 1517 returned to Ghent, where, until near the close of his life, he taught philosophy and theology. While occupied in teaching he filled the office of Prior of the convent of Ghent three times (1529-1535. 1550-1553), and discharged the duties of General Inquisitor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai.
In recognition of his ability as a preacher and as a reward for his long work in the pulpit a general chapter of his order conferred upon him the degree of Preacher General.
Of his writings, which are nearly all of a polemical character, the most notable are:
Compendium dissidii quorundam hereticorum (Paris, 1540-1543, 1545);
Compendium concertationis hujus saeculi sapientium et theologorum (Paris, 1549, Venice, 1553, etc). After the author"s death, this work was frequently published under the title: Compendium rerum theologarum, quae hodie in controversia agitantur;
Detectio nugarum Lutheri cum declaratione veritatis Catholicae (Louvain, 1551);
De Vero Christi baptismo contra Mennonem Anabaptistarum principe (Louvain, 1553).