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'''William Reynolds''' (also Rainolds, Raynolds, Latin Reginaldus) (born at [[Pinhorn]] near [[Exeter]], about 1544; died at [[Antwerp]], 24 August 1594) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] theologian and Biblical scholar.

==Life==
Educated at [[Winchester School]], he became fellow of [[New College, Oxford]] (1560–1572). He was converted to Catholicism partly by the controversy between [[John Jewel]] and [[Thomas Harding (1516-1572)|Thomas Harding]], and partly by the personal influence of [[William Allen (cardinal)|William Allen]].

In 1575 he made a public [[recantation]] in Rome, and two years later went to [[Douai]] to study for the priesthood. He removed with the other collegians from Douai to [[Reims]] in 1578 and was ordained priest at [[Châlons-en-Champagne|Châlons]] in April, 1580. He then remained at the college, lecturing on Scripture and Hebrew, and helping [[Gregory Martin (scholar)|Gregory Martin]] in translating the ''[[Reims Testament]]''.

Some years before his death he had left the college to become chaplain to the [[Beguines]] at [[Antwerp]].

==Works==
He translated several of the writings of Allen and Harding into Latin and wrote a "Refutation" of [[William Whitaker (theologian)|William Whitaker]]'s attack on the Reims version (Paris, 1583); "De justa reipublicæ christianæ in reges impios et hæreticos authoritate" (Paris, 1590), under the name of Rossæus; a treatise on the Blessed Sacrament (Antwerp, 1593); "Calvino-Turcismus" (Antwerp, 1597).

==Family==
He was the second son of Richard Rainolds, and elder brother of [[John Rainolds]], one of the chief [[Anglican]] scholars engaged on the [[King James Bible]].

==References==

;Attribution
The entry cites:
**Kirby, Annals of Winchester College (London, 1892);
**Foster, Alumni Oxonienses (Oxford. 1891);
**Douay Diaries (London, 1878);
**[[Anthony à Wood]], Athenae Oxonienses (London, 1813);
**[[John Pitts (Catholic scholar)|John Pitts]], ''De illustribus Angliae scriptoribus'' (Paris, 1619);
**[[Charles Dodd]], Church History, II (Brussels vere Wolverhampton, 1737–42);

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Nick at 14:53, 26 March 2016

Nick: New page: '''William Reynolds''' (also Rainolds, Raynolds, Latin Reginaldus) (born at Pinhorn near Exeter, about 1544; died at Antwerp, 24 August 1594) was an English Roman Catholic ...