Zeger Bernhard van Espen
Zeger Bernhard van Espen (born July 9, 1646 in Löwen , † October 2, 1728 in Amersfoort ) was a Dutch church lawyer .
Life
After studying theology and canon law in Leuven, van Espen was ordained a priest in 1673. In 1675 he became professor of canon law in Leuven.
In the so-called Jansenist dispute , van Espen supported the Jansenist cause, so his work Jus ecclesiasticum universum in 1704 was listed on the index librorum prohibitorum .
After the cathedral chapter in Utrecht had not recognized the bull Unigenitus Dei filius of 1713 and in 1723, against the resistance of the Roman curia, elected Cornelius Steenoven as archbishop and had Dominique Marie Varlet consecrated him, he defended the legality of election and ordination in an expert opinion. For this reason he was suspended from his teaching post. After he was requested to revoke by the Archbishop of Mechelen , he fled via Maastricht to Amersfoort, where he joined the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands . All of his writings were banned in 1734, but this did not affect their appreciation. Van Espen was considered one of the most influential exponents of episcopalism .
Works
- Jus ecclesiasticum universe . 2 vols., Löwen 1700, Brussels 1710. New edition: 5 vols., Mainz 1791.
literature
- Johann Friedrich von Schulte: Van Espen, Zeger Bernhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, pp. 476-478.
- Bertrand van Bilsen: De Invloed van Zeger Bernhard van Espen op het ontstaan van de kerk van Utrecht. 1944.
- Pontien Polman: Romeinse Bronnen voor de kerkelijke toestand der Nederlanden onder de Apostolische vicarissen 1592 to 1727. Vol. III and IV, 's Gravenhage 1952–1955.
- Michel Nuttinck: La vie et l'oeuvre de Zeger-Bernard van Espen: un canoniste janséniste, gallican et régalien à l'Université de Louvain, 1646–1728. Bureaux du Recueil, Bibliothèque de l'Université, Leuven 1969.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : ESPEN, Zeger Bernhard van. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1543-1544.
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Espen, Zeger Bernhard van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bernhard van Espen, Zeger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch canon lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1646 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lions |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1728 |
| Place of death | Amersfoort |