Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie
Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie | |
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Died | 11 May 1895 Paris, France | (aged 60)
Nationality | French |
Abbé Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie (June 18, 1834 – May 11, 1895) was professor of apologetics at the Institut Catholique in Paris, and writer on apologetic subjects.
He was the son of
Broglie studied at the
In his numerous publications the Abbé de Broglie was always a faithful defender of Catholic dogma. At the time of his death, which resulted from the violence of an insane person he had taken under his protection, he was preparing a book on the agreement of reason and faith.
His most important work is Problèmes et conclusions de l'histoire des religions (Paris, 1886). Of his other writings, some of which were pamphlets or articles in reviews, the following may be mentioned:
- Le positivisme et la science expérimentale (2 vol., París 1880-81)
- Cours d’apologétique chrétienne (1883)
- La Morale évolutionniste (1885)
- La Morale sans Dieu (1886)
- La Réaction contre le positivisme (1894)
- "Religion de Zoroastre et religion védique"
- "Le bouddhisme"
- "Religions neo-brahmaniques de l'Inde"
- "L'islamisme"; "La vraie définition de la religion"
- "La transcendence du christianisme"
- "L'histoire religieuse d'Israël"
- "Les prophètes et les prophéties, d'après les travaux de Kuenen"
- "L'idée de Dieu dans l'Ancien et le Nouveau Testament"
- "Le présent et l'avenir du catholicisme en France"
Two posthumous publications, Religion et critique (1896) and Questions bibliques (1897) were edited by the Abbé Piat.
References
- (in French) C. Piat, L'apologétique de l'abbé de Broglie (Paris, 1896)
- (in French) A. Largent, L'abbé de Broglie, sa vie et ses œuvres (Paris, 1903), with a complete list of his works
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Piat, Clodius (1907). "Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2.
External links
- (in Spanish) Short biography and a synopsis of his philophy
- (in French) Selected bibliography