Jean Cardonnel

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Jean Cardonnel

Jean Cardonnel (* 1921 in Figeac , Lot , France ; † July 4, 2009 ) was a French theologian , Dominican and activist.

Life

Jean Cardonnel studied philosophy and literature at the University of Montpellier from 1939 . In 1940 he joined the Dominican order , studied theology and philosophy and was ordained a priest in 1947. From 1947 to 1949 he was professor of fundamental theology at St. Maximin Monastery, the only novice monastery in southern France. In 1950 he moved to the monastery in Marseille and became its superior in 1951. He was particularly committed to the worker priests , although the Curia in Rome opposed the movement. After the workers' priests left in 1954, he resigned from the convent in Marseille. Cardonnel initially worked for the journal Économie et humanisme and after a short time joined the monastery in Montpellier as a student pastor in Paris. In 1958 he became a professor in Rio de Janeiro and had the first points of contact with the emerging liberation theology in Brazil . In 1960 he returned to Montpellier and became involved in the Third World, especially Latin America. In 1960 he founded the Center Lacordaire , a meeting place for lay people and priests. With Franciscans he was involved in the magazine Frères du monde , published numerous articles and was present at conferences. During the time of the student unrest in 1968 he became famous for his sermon on Lent Évangile et révolution and drew the anger of the French bishops. He published his work Dieu est mort en Jésus-Christ without the permission of his bishops. The "affaire Cardonnel" was born. Despite the ban on speaking by the bishops, he repeatedly criticized the Catholic Church. In 2002 he was ultimately expelled from the Montpellier monastery.

Fonts

  • Frères du monde. Socialisme & christianisme. Frères du monde, 1965.
  • God in the future. Invitation to a human world. Pfeiffer, Munich 1969.
  • Brazilian sermons. Pfeiffer, Munich 1970.
  • God is party. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1971.
  • La parole, ma seule poor. Nouvelles perspectives, 2003, ISBN 2-911368-04-5 .

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SURNAME Cardonnel, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Figeac , Lot department, France
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 2009