Baltus, Jean François (16671743)
A learned Jesuit who affirmed that the oracles of the ancients
were the work of demons and that they were reduced to
silence during the mission of Christ upon the earth. He propounded
this view in his reply to Le Bovier de Fontonelles
LHistoire des Oracles under the title Réponse á LHistoric des Oracles
de Mr. de Fontonelle (1707), translated into English as An Answer
to Mr. de Fontonelles History of Oracles (1709).
