Antonio Piolanti

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Antonio Piolanti (born August 7, 1911 in Predappio , Emilia-Romagna , Italy , † September 28, 2001 in Rome ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian, dogmatist and Thomist . From 1957 to 1969 he was rector of the Pontifical Lateran University.

biography

Piolanti was ordained a priest in 1934 . From 1938 to 1955 he was professor of theology at the Ateneo di Propaganda Fide ( Pontifical Urban University ); He also taught from 1945 at the Lateran University. From 1955 to 1962 he was dean of the theological faculty at Urbania and in 1957 at Lateran University. From 1957 to 1969 Antonio Piolanti was rector of the Pontifical Lateran University . He was an advisor to the Roman Curia and several congregations. From 1969 to 2001 he was Vice-President of the Pontificia Accademia Romana di San Tommaso .

criticism

As a council theologian, Piolanti was described critically by Yves Congar and Cardinal Willebrands . Congar quotes him with the words of his speech from the opening session: "[...] as the Church of St. John Lateran is the mother of all churches, so the Lateran University should also be the first among the universities." About himself, said Congar , Piolanti said: "[...] the wisest of theologians, but on each side there are at least three heresies ...". The Dutch Cardinal Johannes Willebrands remarks about Piolanti: "Piolanti wants to keep everything under control [...]"

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Yves Congar : My Journal of the Council . Translated by Mary John Ronayne, M. Cecily Boulding, Denis Minns. Liturgical Press, 2012, ISBN 9780814680292 , p. 22
  2. ↑ a b T. Salemink (ed.): Diary Johannes Cardinal Willebrands 1958-1961 . Peeters, 2009, p. 155.
  3. ^ Yves Congar: My Journal of the Council . Translated by Mary John Ronayne, M. Cecily Boulding, Denis Minns. Liturgical Press, 2012, ISBN 9780814680292 , p. 23
personal data
SURNAME Piolanti, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, university professor and university president
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Predappio
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 2001
Place of death Rome