Jean Beyer

Jean Beyer (born April 26, 1914 in Ghent ; † February 22, 2002 in Drongen ) was a Belgian Catholic priest , Jesuit and internationally known canon lawyer .

Professional background

In 1932 Beyer entered the Jesuit order . He studied philosophy and theology in Gent, Eeghenoven and Leuven . In 1938 Beyer obtained a philosophical and in 1949 a theological licentiate . He was ordained a priest in 1944. He studied canon law from 1944 to 1947 at the Pontifical Gregorian University (PUG) in Rome , where he obtained another licentiate and began work on his doctoral thesis. Beyer taught moral theology in Leuven until 1959 and then canon law in Heverlee . In 1961 Beyer was able to obtain a doctorate in law. can. to lock. Immediately afterwards, he began teaching at the PUG, where he initially worked as an associate professor and until his retirement in 1984 as a full professor of canon law. In addition to his work as a professor, Beyer worked as an advisor to various dicasteries of the Roman Curia . He advised the Pontifical Commission for the Reform of the CIC from 1969 and, after its dissolution, from 1984 to 1996 the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legal Texts . Through his publications in the field of canon and religious law, Beyer has significantly shaped the interpretation of the relevant legal matter.

Fonts (selection)

• Les instituts séculiers, Bruges 1954; "Demandatio" potestatis ordinis - Conamen interpretationis canonis 210, in: PerRMCL 48 (1959), 229-266
• The church documents for the world communities - Instituta saecularia, Einsiedeln 1963
• The Role of the Priest in the Secular Institute, in: The Jurist 23 (1963), 80-105
• La consécration à Dieu dans les instituts séculiers, Rome 1964; Consecrated to God as a layperson - theological and canon law of the world communities, Einsiedeln 1964
• Decretum "Perfectae caritatis" Concilii Vaticani II, Rome 1966; De statu vitae professione consiliorum evangelicorum consecrate, Rome 1966
• Secular Institutes - A New Form of Apostolic Life, in: The Jurist 29 (1969), 157-173
• L consécration à Dieu dans les instituts séculiers, Rome 1964
• De vita per consilia evangelica consecrata, Rome 1969
• De Instructions "Renovationis causam" - Commentarius, in: PerRMCL 59 (1970), 21-74
• The new order law - a creative, open-minded draft, in: Concilium 10 (1974), 507-513
• De capitulis cathedralibus servandis vel suppimendis, in: PerRMCL 63 (1974), 477-487
• De institutorum vitae consecratae novo iure, in: PerRMCL 63 (1974), 145-168, 179-222 and 64 (1975), 363-392, 533-588
• Verso un nuovo diritto degli istituti di vita consacrata, Milan 1976
• De institutorum vitae consecratae novo iure, in: PerRMCL 65 (1976), 13-57, 243-296
• Ad documentum "Notae directivae pro mutuis relationibus inter Episcopos et Religiosos in Ecclesia" adnotationes, in: PerRMCL 68 (1979), 563-611
• De diaconatu animadversiones, in: PerRMCL 69 (1980), 441-460
• La "communio" comme critère des droits fondamenteux, in: Eugenio Corecco / Nikolaus Herzog / Angelo Scola (eds.), The fundamental rights of Christians in church and society - Acts of the IV. International Congress of Canon Law (Friborg [Switzerland] 6.– 11.X.1980), Freiburg im Breisgau 1981, 79-96
• Summi Pastoris Ioannis Pauli II recens de iure ecclesiali et iuribus fundamentalibus magisterium, in: PerRMCL 70 (1981), 13-39
• Le deuxième projet de droit pour la vie consacrée, in: Studia canonica 15 (1981), 87-129
• De natura potestatis regiminis seu iurisdictionis recte in Codice renovato enuntianda, in: PerRMCL 71 (1982), 93-145
• Religious in the New Code and their Place in the Local Church, in: Studia canonica 17 (1983), 171-183
• Constitutio Apostolica "Sacrae disciplinae leges" Codicis renovati promulgatio, in: PerRMCL 72 (1983), 181-204
• Dal Concilio al Codice - Il nuovo Codice e le istanze del Concilio Vaticano II, Bologna 1984
• Subsidiarity principle - also for the law of the church ?, in: Josef Pfammatter (Ed.), The Church and Her Law (= Theologische Reports, 15), Zurich 1986, 113-137
• The power of attorney in the church, in: Klaus Lüdicke / Hans Paarhammer / Dieter A. Binder (eds.), Law in the service of people - A festive gift for Hugo Schwendenwein on his 60th birthday, Graz 1986, 287–298
• Comunione ecclesiale e strutture di responsabilità - Dal Vaticano II al nuovo Codice di Diritto Canonico (with Giorgio Feliciani and Hubert Müller ), Rome 1990
• Structure of a legal theology - a legal theological meditation, in: Horst Folkers (Hrsg.), Approaches to "Right of Grace" - Studies on Canon Law and Theology II (= texts and materials from the research center of the Evangelical Study Community , Series A, 33), Heidelberg 1990 , 131-148
• De Synodi Episcoporum natura melius determinanda, in: PerRMCL 84 (1995), 609-626
• "Apostolos suos" - Motu proprio di Giovanni Paolo II sull'attività collegiale dei vescovi di rito latino, in: Quaderni di diritto ecclesiale 12 (1999), 394-400.

literature

• Wolfgang F. Rothe:  Jean Beyer. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 99-102.