Leonhard Goffiné

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Leonhard Goffiné OPraem (born December 6, 1648 in Broich near Jülich ; †  August 11, 1719 in Oberstein ) was a Premonstratensian canon in the Steinfeld / Eifel Abbey and a religious folk writer. He wrote a popular hand postille which, with more than 120 editions and translations into numerous languages, is one of the most widespread religious writings in world literature.

Life

Leonhard Goffiné was born on December 6, 1648 in Broich near Jülich. His parents were Gertrud Bois and Johann Goffiné. According to Backmund, the name Goffiné is of Walloon origin. The mother came from the Cologne patrician family Bois and Wisch.

His work as a religious is recorded in the conventual directory of Steinfeld Abbey . He then entered the Premonstratensian convent of the Steinfeld / Eifel monastery in 1667 and made his profession on July 16, 1669 . From 1671 to 1675 he studied at the Collegium Norbertinum and the old Cologne University theology and was ordained in December 1675 a priest. He celebrated his primacy at the Feast of Mary Candlemas the following year in the Premonstratensian monastery in Dünnwald near Cologne . In this priory , which is under the paternity of the Abbot von Steinfeld, Goffiné had completed his two-year novice period . After his ordination he worked as a chaplain here and in the Premonstratensian convent Ellen near Niederzier , Düren district . On February 26, 1680 he became novice master of Steinfeld Abbey.

His pastoral field of activity extended over the entire Premonstratensian circle of Westphalia . At the end of 1680 he was seconded by Abbot Theodor Firmenich to Clarholz near Gütersloh as pastor . Other positions as pastor until 1696 were Niederehe , Coesfeld , Wehr (Eifel) , Rheinböllen and Bacharach . In the meantime he was called back to Steinfeld several times as a retreat master. Leonhard Goffiné died on August 11, 1719 in Oberstein of an inflammatory bowel disease .

The Goffineweg in Cologne-Dünnwald is named after him.

Works

Title of hand Postille of Leonard Goffiné in the edition of 1818

Hand postille

Goffiné is known for its popular hand Piety, an explanation of the Sonntagsepisteln and - gospels in questions and answers. The original title is Hauspostill or Christ-Catholische briefings of all Sundays and Feyr days of the whole year and was printed in Mainz in 1690 . It was created during Goffiné's time as Vice Curate in Coesfeld (1681–1691). The first ecclesiastical permission to print dates back to 1687. The first edition went to press in 1690 in Mainz. It has not been preserved. The house postil was already widely used during his lifetime, and the sixth print appeared in Cologne in 1710. In the 18th and 19th centuries alone, at least 22 publishers published Goffiné's hand postille.

After 1746 the hand postille was reworked and adapted to the new Roman Missal . The first prints of the new edition appeared in Bamberg and Augsburg in 1780 and 1782. With more than 120 editions today, the work of the Steinfeld Premonstratensian Canons is one of the most widespread works in world literature.

Other works

As early as 1679, Goffiné made the decision to publish his recorded sermons. This resulted in two volumes with Sunday and holiday sermons under the title Soul Light , which were printed in 1705 by Johann Christoph Lochner in Nuremberg.

Probably in connection with his task of carrying out spiritual exercises for his confreres, a work was created with the title Exposition of the Regulations of the Glorious Father and Church Teacher Augustini , which was printed in Cologne in 1692 by Meucher. In it, Goffiné explains and interprets the rules of the order of St. Augustine , according to which the Premonstratensians, as regular canons , shape their communal spiritual life.

  • Consolation book in Trübsalen, Cologne 1695;
  • Cibus animae matutinalis, Cologne 1705; (prayer collection)

Several smaller fonts appear in the last few years of life:

  • Declaration of the catechism by Petrus Canisius, Cologne 1712;
  • Doctrine of Christ, Cologne 1715;
  • Small catechism for the youth, Cologne 1717;
  • The Guardian of the Divine Word, Cologne 1718;
  • Praxes sacrae seu modus explicandi caeremonias per annum, Frankfurt 1719. (Declaration of church ordinations and ceremonies)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Al: Leonhard Goffiné (1648-1719) his life, his time and his writings. , Averbode Prämostratensia 1969, p. 135.
  2. ^ Joseph Hartzheim states in his Bibliotheca Coloniensis (Cologne 1747) Cologne as the place of birth. In the Steinfeld source, however, it expressly states "ex Broich prope Juliacum".
  3. ↑ Peter Al: Loenonhard Goffiné (1648-1719) his life, his time and his writings. , Averbode Prämostratensia 1969, p. 15.
  4. ↑ New German biography. Vol VI, p. 599.
  5. ↑ a b Manfred Gehrke (edit.): Conventual list of the Premonstratensian Abbey Steinfeld in the period from 1541 to 1795. Kall 2001, p. 329.
  6. ^ Directory of the members of a monastery convent.
  7. ↑ patronage.
  8. ↑ Aristocratic Premonstratensian Provost, as a double monastery in 1133/34. Canons' monastery since 1138/39.
  9. ↑ Niederehe was a Premonstratensian monastery until 1505/07. Then a canon priory of Steinfeld Abbey until 1802.
  10. ^ The parish of Coesfeld was incorporated into the Premonstratensian Provosty Varlar.
  11. ↑ In the year 1136 the rule and patronage rights of the Steinfeld Abbey in Wehr are confirmed by Pope Honorius II. Steinfeld Abbey had a winery in Wehr.

swell

  • Leonard Goffiné: Recently increased Hand-Postill, or Christian-Catholic instruction book of all Sundays and Feyr days of the whole year Cologne, 6 1710
  • Peter Al: Leonhard Goffiné (1648–1719) his life, his time and his writings. Averbode Prämostratensia 1969.
  • Manfred Gehrke (edit.): Conventual directory of the Premonstratensian Abbey Steinfeld from 1541 to 1795. , Kall 2001.
  • Leonhard Goffiné In: Joseph Hartzheim, Bibliotheca coloniensis 1747 at google.books
  • Wolfgang Grassl: Culture of Place: An Intellectual Profile of the Premonstratensian Order . Bautz, Nordhausen 2012.
  • Norbert Backmund OPraem:  Goffine, Leonhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 599 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Norbert Backmund (arrangement): Monasticon Praemonstratense, Tomi Primi Editio Secunda, Pars prima et Secunda. , Berlin, New York 1983.
  • Ingrid Joester (arrangement): Document book of the Steinfeld Abbey. , Bonn 1976.

literature

  • Leonhard Goffiné: Christian Catholic house postil or teaching and edification book. With an explanation of the Mass, prayers, a description of Jerusalem and an appendix by Alban Stolz. 13th edition (popular edition). Freiburg, Herder 1890.
  • Johannes Meier: Studies on the post-Tridentine history of piety. About the life's work of Leonhard Goffiné OPraem (1648–1719). In: Theology and Pastoral Care. Vol. 61, 1971, ISSN  0049-366X , pp. 444-454.
  • Peter Al: Leonhard Goffiné the author of the hand postille. In: Yearbook for the history and art of the Middle Rhine and its neighboring areas. Jg. 18/19, 1966/1967, ZDB ID 212448-8 , pp. 60-78.
  • Joseph Hartzheim : Bibliotheca Coloniensis. Odendall, Cologne 1747.
  • Léon Goovaerts: Ecrivains, artistes et savants de l'Ordre de Prémontré. Dictionnaire bio-bibliographique. Volume 4 = Series 3. Schepens, Brussels 1909.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  GOFFINÉ, Leonhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 262-263.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Rudolf Voderholzer : From the “Handpostille” to the “ Sunday Bible ”. On the history and meaning of a medium of (new) evangelization , in: Barbara Stühlmeyer (ed.), Baptized on Christ. Living and proclaiming faith in the 21st century, Kevelaer 2019, 142–159.

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personal data
SURNAME Goffiné, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Premonstratensian canon in the Steinfeld monastery / Eifel
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1648
PLACE OF BIRTH Broich at Jülich
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1719
Place of death Idar-Oberstein (Nahe)