Petrus Codde
Petrus Codde CO (born November 27, 1648 in Amsterdam , † December 18, 1710 in Utrecht ), also called Coddaeus , was Apostolic Vicar of the Dutch Mission and titular Archbishop of Sebaste .
Life
Codde studied theology in Leuven , in 1672 he received the sacrament of ordination . He lectured on philosophy in Leuven and visited France. Johannes van Neercassel , Apostolic Vicar of the Netherlands, appointed Codde to be his vicar, and after van Neercassel's death in February 1689, Codde was called to succeed him. Already at the beginning of his term of office he got caught between the fronts of the Jansenist dispute at that time . At his episcopal ordination , Codde refused to reject a number of allegedly Jansenist theses, and he surrounded himself with advisers from France and Leuven who were suspicious of the Roman Curia . The following statement is ascribed to him:
“Without violating my conscience and without tempting God, I cannot swear, sign, or affirm anything by any oath that I have not examined beforehand. As far as Jansenism is mentioned here, I would like to give the assurance that I never got mixed up in this dispute. In Holland he is only known by name. "
In 1700 Codde was summoned to Rome, using the Holy Year as a pretext . After some hesitation he went on the journey, but had to learn there in 1702 that Pope Innocent XII. and the cardinals had suspended him without informing Codde. He traveled back to Utrecht, his dismissal followed in 1704, although the suspension had not been recognized by the States General and he was held in high regard by the Catholic population.
Codde died in 1710 and was buried in Warmond .
Web links
- Bartelds: Codde, Petrus . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 8. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 292–293 (Dutch, knaw.nl - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1930, reprint unchanged).
- Entry on Petrus Codde on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 24, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joris van Eijnatten, Fred van Lieburg: Dutch religious history . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-54004-6 , pp. 258 .
- ↑ Quoted from Bartelds in NNBW, 8, column 292
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johannes van Neercassel |
Vicar Apostolic of the Dutch Mission 1689–1704 |
Theodorus de Kock |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Codde, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coddaeus, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1648 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1710 |
| Place of death | Utrecht |