Charles de Condren

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Charles de Condren

Charles de Condren (born December 15, 1588 in Vauxbuin near Soissons , France , † January 7, 1641 in Paris ) was a French Catholic priest and successor to Pierre de Bérulle as the superior general of the French oratorio .

Life

Charles de Condren was ordained a priest in 1614 and joined the oratory in 1617. In the following years he was involved in the founding of various oratorios and seminaries . After the death of Cardinal de Bérulle in 1629, he became the second superior general of the French Oratorio ( Congregatio Oratorii Jesu et Mariae Immaculatae ) and contributed significantly to the expansion and organizational consolidation of the work. He was one of the leading personalities of the École française de spiritualité , his main work L´Idée du sacerdoce et du sacrifice de Jésus-Christ is considered one of the most important works of this school. He was the confessor and soul guide of Jean-Jacques Olier and introduced him to the École française de spiritualité . He knocked out the archbishopric of Reims and Lyon and the cardinal's hat . Together with the oratorio he campaigned against Jansenism and was a co-founder of the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement .

Works

  • Discours et Lettres. Paris, 1664.
  • L'Idée du sacerdoce et du sacrifice de Jésus-Christ. Paris 1691 (2 vol.) (The meaning of the priesthood and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Published by G. Joseph Manz, Regensburg 1847)
  • Lettres. Bruxelles 1655. Digitized version (incomplete)
  • Spiritual letters. Transferred and introduced by Berta Kiesler. 2nd edition, Herder, Freiburg 1947.

Web links

literature

  • Denis Amelotte: La vie du père Charles de Condren: second supérieur général de la Congrégation de l'oratoire de Jésus. Paris 1643. (microfiche)
  • Marius Lepin: L'idée du sacrifice dans la religion Chrétienne: principalement d'après le père de Condren et Monsieur Olier. Delhomme et Briguet, Paris, 1897.
  • Berta Kiesler: The structure of theocentrism in Pierre de Bérulle and Charles de Condren. Triltsch and Huther, Berlin 1934.
  • Eugene A Walsh: The priesthood in the writings of the French school: Bérulle, de Condren, Olier. The Catholic University of America Press, Washington 1949.
  • Mildred Violet Woodgate: Charles de Condren. Newman Press, Westminster, Md., 1949.
  • Michel Dupuy; Claude Pouillard: À l'écoute de "l'École française". Association sacerdotale Lumen Gentium, Paris 1994.
  • Claude Pouillard: Le Père de Condren: le mystique de l'Oratoire. FAC- editions , Paris 1994. ISBN 9782903422516
personal data
SURNAME Condren, Charles de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Roman Catholic theologian and Second Superior General of the French Oratory
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1588
PLACE OF BIRTH Vauxbuin near Soissons , France
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1641
Place of death Paris