Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
| Réginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. | |
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Pére Garrigou-Lagrange as a young priest |
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| Born | February 21, 1877 |
| Died | February 15, 1964 |
| Other names | Gontran-Marie Garrigou-Lagrange |
| Education | University of Bordeaux (medicine), Sorbonne (philosophy) |
| Ordained | Dominican |
| Writings | see below |
Réginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. (February 21, 1877, Auch, France – February 15, 1964, Rome) was a Catholic theologian and is considered by some to be the greatest Catholic Thomist of the 20th century[citation needed]. Outside neo-scholastic Thomist circles, his reputation is somewhat more mixed. He taught at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, commonly known as the Angelicum, in Rome from 1909 to 1960.
By 1917 a special professorship in ascetical and mystical theology was created for him at the Angelicum, the first of its kind anywhere in the world. His great achievement was to synthesise the highly abstract writings of St Thomas Aquinas with the experiential writings of St John of the Cross, showing how they are in perfect harmony with each other.[1]
Father Garrigou-Lagrange, the leading proponent of "strict observance Thomism," initially attracted attention when he wrote against the Modernist Nouvelle Théologie theological movement.[2] He is also said to be the drafter or "ghostwriter" of Pope Pius XII's 1950 encyclical Humani Generis, subtitled "Concerning Some False Opinions Threatening to Undermine the Foundations of Catholic Doctrine."[3]
He is best known for his spiritual theology. His magnum opus in the field is The Three Ages of the Interior Life, in which he propounded the thesis that infused contemplation and the resulting mystical life are in the normal way of holiness of Christian perfection. This influenced the section entitled "Chapter V: The Universal Call to Holiness in the Church" in the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium.[4]
He taught many eminent Catholic theologians during his academic career, the most illustrious being the future Pope John Paul II, whose encyclical Fides et Ratio is the mature fruit of his training under the learned Dominican. Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange is also known to have introduced Thomism to fellow theologian and priest Yves Congar.
The Osservatore Romano, Dec. 9-10, 1950 lists Garrigou-Lagrange among the names of the prepatory commission for the definition of the Assumption of Mary.[5]
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His Works [edit]
He produced 28 books and hundreds of articles. Among the most famous works are:
- Commentaries on the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas
- The One God, commentary on Summa Theologica I.1-26
- The Trinity and God the Creator, commentary on Summa Theologica I.27-119
- Beatitude (1951), commentary on Summa Theologica I-II.1-54
- Grace (1947), commentary on Summa Theologica I-II.109-114. scanned version
- The Theological Virtues - Vol. 1: Faith (1948), commentary on Summa Theologica II-II.1-16
- Christ the Saviour (1945), commentary on Summa Theologica III.1-26, 31-59 Softcover.
- Theological Works
- Christian Perfection and Contemplation according to St Thomas Aquinas and St John of the Cross (1923)
- God, His Existence and Nature: A Thomistic Solution of Certain Agnostic Antinomies (1914)
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- See also Pierre Duhem's appendix to it: "Note sure la valeur des principes de l'inertie et de la conservation de l'énergie"
- Life Everlasting
- Life Everlasting and Immensity of the Soul (1947)
- The Love of God and the Cross of Jesus (1929)
- Predestination (1936)
- The Priest in Union with Christ (1948)
- Providence (1932)
- The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life (1938), synthesis of Christian Perfection and Contemplation and Love of God and the Cross of Jesus (online)
- The Three Ways of the Spiritual Life (1938)
- Essenza e attualità del tomismo (1945) (Italian)
- Marian Works
- The Mother of the Saviour and our Interior Life (1948)
- Philosophical Works
- Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought Softcover. Hardcover. Free Audiobook.
- Principles of Catholic Apologetics, translated and rearranged by Thomas Joseph Walshe from Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange's De Revelatione (see below)
- Works in Latin (originals)
- De Revelatione per Ecclesiam Catholicam proposita – Theologia Fundamentalis secundum S. Thomae Doctrinam (Volume I & Volume II)
- Works in Spanish (translated)
- Dios: Su existencia solución tomista de las antinomias agnósticas (Volumen I & Volumen II)
- El realismo del principio de finalidad
- El Salvador y su amor por nosotros
- El Sentido Común (Original in French: Le sens commun)
- El Sentido del Misterio
- La Madre del Salvador y nuestra vida interior
- La Predestinacion de los Santos y la Gracia
- La providencia y la confianza en Dios
- La Santificacion del Sacerdote
- La síntesis tomista
- Las tres edades de la vida interior
- La Unión del sacerdote con Cristo Sacerdote y Victima
- La vida eterna y La profundidad del alma
Works by or about Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Nearly all his works in Latin, English, French, Italian, and Spanish are downloadable here.[6]
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- Biography
- Peddicord, Richard (2004). The sacred monster of Thomism : an introduction to the life and legacy of Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. South Bend Ind.: St. Augustine's Press. ISBN 978-1-58731-752-1.
- "A Saint in Heaven" by Fr. Thomas Crean, O.P.
- Secondary
- Reason with Piety, Garrigou-Lagrange in the Service of Catholic Thought by Aidan Nichols Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University (2008)
- Audiobook of his Reality, digitally read at a fast pace
- Complete ibliography of all his works (Italian)
- The Last Battle of Lagrange by Fr. Albert Kallio, O.P.
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References [edit]
- ^ "A saint in Heaven", by Fr. Thomas Crean, http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/thomas-crean/saint-in-heaven.htm Accessed 4-10-2012
- ^ See his two famous articles which refute the Nouvelle Théologie: "The structure of the encyclical Humani Generis" and “Where is the New Theology Leading Us?.”
- ^ "Quaeritur: Who are the Post-Conciliar Traditional Catholic Thomists?". 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ Mullady, Brian, O.P.. "Rehabilitation of Garrigou-Lagrange". Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ http://www.ts.mu.edu/readers/content/pdf/12/12.4/12.4.4.pdf Accessed 2-6-2013
- ^ The server is not always on, so if the link times out, try again later.
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- 1964 deaths
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