Jean Daniélou
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| Died | 20 May 1974 (aged 69) Paris, France |
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Jean-Guenolé-Marie Daniélou theologian and historian and a member of the Académie française.
Biography
Early life and studies
Jean-Guenolé-Marie Daniélou was born on 14 May 1905 in
Indologist
and historian.
Daniélou studied at the
priest on 19 August 1938.[1]
Priesthood, episcopate and cardinalate
During
Covenantal Theology.[2]
Thoroughly grounded in the
Fathers of the Church, who worked from Scripture, Daniélou generally avoided the neo-Thomistic terminology and approach and used a more relational vocabulary, emphasizing our self-gift in response to God's gift in Jesus Christ, with the gradual unveiling of the Trinitarian life in history.[3]
episcopal titular see of Taormina, and assigned the title of Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba, a Jesuit-run parish in Rome.[5] Rather like his theology professor Henri de Lubac, Daniélou twice refused the cardinalate but eventually accepted at the insistence of Paul VI.[1] He was elected to the Académie Française on 9 November 1972 to succeed Cardinal Eugène Tisserant.[4]
Death and legacy
He died unexpectedly in 1974 in the home of a woman who was alleged to be a prostitute. The
Society of Jesus, after an investigation, stated that Daniélou was bringing a gift of money to pay for the bail of the woman's husband. Like a number of other prominent public figures, Daniélou's brother defended him strongly, pointing out that he had always gone out of his way to serve those in most need.[6][7]
Bibliography
A number of Daniélou's works on the early Church, often abridged for a popular audience, remain in print.
French works, with English translations
- Platonisme et théologie mystique: Doctrine spirituelle de saint Grégoire de Nysse, (Paris: Aubier, 1944)
- 'Les orientations preésentes de la pensée religieuse', Études 249, (1946), 5-21
- Sheed & Ward, 1955)]
- Sacramentum futuri: Études sur les origines de la typologie biblique, (Paris: Beauchesne, 1950)
- Bible et liturgie, la théologie biblique des sacrements et des fêtes d'après les Pères de l'Église, Cerf, Paris, 1951 [ET: The Bible and the Liturgy, Liturgical Studies, 3 (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1956)]
- Les anges et leur mission, d'après les Pères de l'Église, Desclée, Paris, 1952 [ET: The Angels and their Mission: According to the Fathers of the Church, trans David Heimann, (1957)]
- Essai sur le mystère de l'histoire, (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1953)
- Dieu et nous, Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1956. [ET: God and the Ways of Knowing, trans. Walter Roberts, (1956; repr San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2023)]
- Les manuscrits de la Mer Morte et les origines du Christianisme, L'Orante, Paris, 1957 [ET: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Primitive Christianity, (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1979)]
- Histoire des doctrines chrétiennes avant Nicée, 3 vols, (Paris: Desclée, Éditions du Cerf, 1958–1978)
- Théologie du Judéo-Christianisme, Histoire des doctrines chrétiennes avant Nicée vol 1, (Tournai: Desclée, 1958) [ET: The Theology of Jewish Christianity, trans. and ed. by John Austin Baker, (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1964)
- Message évangélique et culture hellénistique aux IIe et IIIe siècles, Histoire des doctrines chrétiennes avant Nicée vol 2, (Tournai: Desclée, 1961) [ET: Gospel Message and Hellenistic Culture, trans. and ed. John Austin Baker, (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1973)]
- Les origines du christianisme latin, Histoire des doctrines chrétiennes avant Nicée vol 3, (Paris: Cerf, 1978) [ET: The Origins of Latin Christianity, (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1977)]
- Philon d'Alexandrie, Fayard, Paris, 1958
- Approches du Christ, (Paris: B. Grasset, 1960) [ET: Christ and Us, trans. Walter Robert, (New York: Sheed & Ward, 1961)]
- Les Symboles chrétiens primitifs, Seuil, Paris, 1961
- L'Église des premiers temps : Des origines à la fin du IIIe siècle, Seuil, Paris, 1963
- (with Henri Marrou), Des origines a saint Grégoire le Grand, (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1963)
- Les Évangiles de l'enfance, (Paris: Seuil, 1967) [ET: The infancy narratives, trans Rosemary Sheed, (London: Burns & Oates, 1968)]
- La Trinité et le mystère de l'existence, (Desclée de Brouwer, Paris, 1968)
- 'Saint Hilaire et son temps', in Hilaire de Poitiers: Évêque et docteur; cinq conférences données à Poitiersà l'occasion du XVIe centenaire de sa mort (368-1968), (Paris: Études Augustiniennes, 1968)
- La Foi de toujours et l'homme d'aujourd'hui, (Paris: Beauchesne, 1969)
- La Résurrection, (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1969)
- L'être et le temps chez Grégoire de Nysse, (Leiden: Brill, 1970)
Other works
- Libretto for Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex: A Latin translation of Jean Cocteau's arrangement of Sophocles' original Oedipus Rex.
Other English translations
- The Salvation of the Nations, trans. Angeline Bouchard, (New York: Sheed and Ward, 1950)
- Advent, trans. Rosemary Sheed, (1950)
- Holy Pagans of the Old Testament, trans. Felix Faber, (London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1957)
- The Lord of History: Reflections on the Inner Meaning of History, trans. Nigel Abercrombie, (1958; repr Cleveland, OH: Meridian, 1968)
- The Presence of God, trans. Walter Roberts, (Baltimore, MD: Helicon, 1959)
- From Shadows to Reality: Studies in the Biblical Typology of the Fathers, trans. Wulstan Hibberd, (London: Burns & Oates, 1960)
- The Ministry of Women in the Early Church, (Leighton Buzzard: Faith Press, 1961)
- The Advent of Salvation: A Comparative Study of Non-Christian Religions and Christianity, trans. Rosemary Sheed, (New York: Paulist, 1962)
- The Scandal of Truth, trans. W. J. Kerrigan, (London: Burns & Oates, 1963)
- Primitive Christian Symbols, trans. Donald Attwater, (London: Burns & Oates, 1964)
- Prayer as a Political Problem, trans. and ed. J. R. Kirwan, (New York: Sheed and Ward, 1967)
- Dialogue with Israel, (Baltimore: Helicon, 1968)
- Myth and Mystery, (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1968)
- God's Life in Us, (Dimension Books, 1969)
- Historical Theology, Viking Press, 1970
- Why the Church? Franciscan Press, 1975
- Prayer: The Mission of the Church, (Grand Rapids, MI: WB Eerdmans, 1996)
References
- ^ a b "Jean Guénolé Louis Marie Cardinal Daniélou, S.J." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Jean Daniélou". goodreads.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Jean Daniélou and the "Master-Key to Christian Theology" | Carl E. Olson | 21 August 2007". ignatiusinsight.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Academie-francaise bio". Archived from the original on 20 July 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ Salvador Miranda. "Daniélou, S.J., Jean". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ^ "Jean had always dedicated himself to disregarded people. For a certain period he had celebrated a Mass for homosexuals. He tried to help prisoners, criminals, troubled young people, prostitutes." Alain Daniélou.
- ^ "Despising Jean Danielou | Matthew Schmitz".
External links
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- 09 August 1973 Jean Daniélou meets A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada (Founder and Spiritual Master of the Hare Krishna Movement in Paris
- File on Cardinal Daniélou on the Académie française website
