Adolphe Tanquerey
Adolphe Tanquerey PSS (born May 1, 1854 in Blainville-sur-Mer , Department Manche , France , † February 21, 1932 in Aix-en-Provence ) was a French Catholic priest from the Congregation of Saint-Sulpice , theologian and spiritual writer .
Life
Adolphe Tanquerey began his training at the College of Saint-Lô , then from 1873 at the "Grand Séminaire" of Coutances , from where in 1875 he moved to the St. Sulpice Seminary in Paris . After studying for another two years in Rome , he received his doctorate in theology in 1878 at the Collegium Divi Thomae de Urbe (today the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum ); in the same year he was ordained a priest and became a member of the community of St-Sulpice. Eventually he became a professor of dogmatics and held various offices, such as that of the superior at the seminary of the Sulpizians. During this time he wrote his two most important works: The Synopsis theologiae dogmaticae and the Synopsis theologiae moralis et pastoralis . Because of the anti-church policy of France at the time, he moved to the Sulpizian seminary in Issy-les-Moulineaux , where he wrote his most famous work, the Précis de théologie ascétique et mystique (translated into several languages, German: Outline of ascetic and mystical theology ). This compendium has been translated into several languages and is widely used. It described the schools of asceticism from the Church Fathers to the school of Alfonso of Liguori . However, the focus is on the École française de spiritualité . In 1926 he retired to Aix-en-Provence, where he took over priestly duties until his death and devoted himself to the constant revision of his textbooks and the writing of smaller publications on spiritual topics.
Publications (selection)
- Synopsis theologiae dogmaticae . 3 volumes
- Synopsis theologiae moralis et pastoralis . 3 volumes
- Outline of ascetic and mystical theology , German translation by P. Johannes Sternaux SJ, Paris, Tournau, Rome, 1931 (Orig.fr . : Précis de théologie ascétique et mystique. 1923/1925 (also online (French) ))
literature
- G Palmer Pardington: Two paradigms in spirituality, (Adolphe) Alfred Tanquerey (sic) and Norman Pittenger. St. Mark, New York 1988.
- Benita Storch: Tanquerey, Adolphe. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 11, Bautz, Herzberg 1996, ISBN 3-88309-064-6 , Sp. 492-494.
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SURNAME | Tanquerey, Adolphe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | catholic priest |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1854 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Blainville-sur-Mer |
DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1932 |
Place of death | Aix-en-Provence |