Career
He was a defender of Baianism. In 1559 he accompanied the elder Cornelius Jansenius (later Bishop of Ghent) and Baius to the Council of Trent and took an active part. He prepared the decree "De invocatione et reliquiis sanctorum et sacris imaginibus".
Even at Trent the Scholastic party found fault with his departure from the beaten tracks of learning.
After his return the attacks continued.