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
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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 |