Jean Crasset

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Jean Crasset SJ (born January 3, 1618 in Dieppe , † January 4, 1692 in Paris ) was a French Catholic priest , theologian and Jesuit .

Life

After he had already started studying theology and preparing for ordination , Crasset entered the Jesuit order in 1638 and became professor of humanities and philosophy , later also master of novices and praeses of a Marian congregation .

He taught in Paris and wrote a number of spiritual ascetic books. The influence of his work Devotion du Calvaire extends into the twentieth century. The work was first published in German in 1710, and most recently in 1960 under the German title Ecce homo: Reflections on the Royal Way of the Cross .

Quotes

  • "So the soul must contemplate before it loves, it must work before it rests, seek before it possesses. If, however, after powerful enlightenments, the spirit no longer finds anything with which to contemplate, then the soul should go to prayer overlooked the impression, then she should sigh incessantly for the divine bridegroom, whose worth she recognized, whose goodness she tasted. " (Jean Crasset, The different types of prayer , in: Instructions for inner prayer , Verlag Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer, 1953)
  • "Poverty is eloquent; in order to be able to pray well, one must understand one's misery." (Jean Crasset, What constitution one should have for prayer , in: Instructions for inner prayer , Verlag Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer, 1953)
  • "In addition to oral prayer, there are seven degrees or forms of inner prayer: the prayer of contemplation, grace, silence, unity, abandonment, transformation, calm." (Jean Crasset, The different types of prayer , in: Instructions for inner prayer , Verlag Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer, 1953)

Works

  • Jean Crasset: Ecce homo: reflections on the royal way of the cross. Johannes Crasset . From d. Franz. Transl. by Jakob Philippi. Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker, 1960
  • Le P. Jean Crasset: The Christian who is in the spiritual wasteland. These are spiritual exercises, or toe-toe exercises . Initially published in French ... anjetzo translated into German by Gaudentium Glaeser. Stadt am Hof, next to Regenspurg, Gastl, 1743
  • Jean Crasset: Devotion of Calvari-Berg, or witty, and highly useful reflections on the bitter Leyden and dying of our Lord Jesus Christ . First in frantz. Speech presented by Joanne Crasset. Anjetzo but ... in d. German transl. St. Gallen: Müller, 1710
  • Jean Crasset: Spiritual reflections on every day of Advent, Or graceful-spiritual. Conversations of the Incarnation of the Son of God . Translated by Gaudentius Glaeser. Regensburg, Peetz & Bader 1736
  • Fr. Jean Crasset SJ: Thorough truths to educate the mind and heart of a Christian according to the principles of his faith and the need for eternal salvation . Constantae / Constance Jo. Tadd. Fidelis Reutemann S. Th. Dr. 16. Apilis 1790
  • P. Joannis Crasset E Societate Jesu Considerationes Selectae: Ad Fovendam Pietatem . - Dusseldorpii: Stahl, 1790. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • Jean Crasset: Auszführliche history located in the extreme world-Theil japonischen Kirch, whichn the happy extermination of idolatry, introduction, propagation, persecution, and finally gäntzliche exile of the Holy Roman Catholischen faith in ... .... . Anjetzo, however, has been translated into the German language upon request. Augsburg [Augspurg], Frantz Antoni Ilger, Cathol. Buchhandler, 1738. [24], 534, 554 p., [7] p. 2 volumes in 1.
  • Johannes Crasset: The Christian in Solitude , Vienna 1823 (A Book of Exercises)
  • Johannes Crasset: Instructions for inner prayer , Verlag Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1953

Name variants

Johannes Crasset, Jean Crasset, P. Jean Crasset

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charles George Herbermann , Edward A. Pace, Condé B. Pallen, Thomas J. Shahan, John J. Wynne (eds.): Jean Crasset  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / oce.catholic.com   . In: The Catholic Encyclopedia. An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church . Encyclopedia Press, 1908 page 468
personal data
SURNAME Crasset, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crasset, Jean SJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French religious, theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1618
PLACE OF BIRTH Dieppe
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1692
Place of death Paris