Jean Garnier

Jean Garnier ( born November 11, 1612 Paris, † November 26, 1681 in Bologna) was a French Jesuit, patristic scholar, church historian and moral theologian.

Life

Garnier was born in Paris. At the age of 16, he entered the Society of Jesus. After completing his studies he taught from 1643 to 1653 and later intellectual history Philosophy in Clermont -Ferrand and 1653-1681 theology in Bourges. In 1681 he was sent to affairs of the Order in Rome, ill go and died in Bologna.

Garnier was considered one of the greatest scholars among the Jesuits of his time. He was an excellent connoisseur of the written sources and the history of early Christianity.

Works

In 1673 he published the Libellus fidei ad Libellus fidei ad Innocentium of Pelagius, a font that had this sent to the Holy See in the wake of a theological debate on the setting of Augustine to Manichaeism. Garnier added in writing notes and comments.

In 1655 he published in Bourges his Regulae fidei catholicae de gratia Dei per Jesus Christ. In 1673 he published a complete edition of the works of Marius Mercator heresiologists († Konstantin in Opel by 451) in Paris. The output consists of two parts, the first of which contains the Mercator's writings against Pelagius, including the Libellus fidei, and comments about the texts:

  • " De primis auctoribus et praecipuis defensoribus Haeresis quae a Pelagio nomen accepit "
  • " De synodis habitis in causa Pelagianorum "
  • " De constitutionibus imperatorum in eadem causa 418-430 "
  • " De subscriptione in causa Pelagianorum "
  • " De fidei libellis scriptis from auctoribus et praecipuis defensoribus Haeresis Pelagianae "
  • " De iis quae scripta sunt a defensoribus fidei adversus catholicae haeresim Pelagianorum ante obitum S. Augustini "
  • " De ortu et incrementis Haeresis Pelagianae seu potius Caelestianae ".

In the second part Garnier gives an overview of the history of Nestorianism 428-433, on the writings of Mercator's this heresy: There follow two papers on the heretical teachings and writings of Nestorius and the Synod of 429-433 on this topic. Garnier's output is estimated as a result of professionals because of its superior historical knowledge, but also criticized because of the partiality of his inquiries. 1675 Garnier published the Breviarum causae Nestorianorum, a front 566 of Liberatus, an archdeacon of Carthage compiled compilation in Paris. He corrected errors of the manuscript, added notes and essays on the fifth ecumenical church council. In 1678 he published Systema Bibliothecae Collegii Parisiensis SJ, a kind of reference book for the library system.

1680 was the publication of the Liber Romanorum Pontificum diurnus for an ancient manuscript, which he enclosed three essays, namely:

  • De indiculo scribendae Epistolae
  • De ordinatione summi Pontificis
  • De usu pallii.

In De ordinatione he handled the case of Pope Honorius, who had been occupied 40 years after his death by the Council of Constantinople Opel with excommunication, and the thought was innocent.

1642 had a four-volume edition of the works of Theodoret, Bishop of Kyrrhos († 455 ), published Garnier friar, a Jesuit Jacques Sirmond. Garnier added the issue with a " Auctarium " which was not published until 1684. The " Auctarium " consists of five chapters:

  • " De vita ejus ";
  • " De libris Theodoreti ";
  • " De fide Theodoreti ";
  • " De quinta synodo generalized ";
  • " De Theodoreti et Orientalium causa ".

In these essays he goes with Theodoret strictly into court and sentenced him.

Posthumously Garnier's treatise Tractatus de Officiis confessarii erga Singula poenitentium genera was published in 1689 in Paris.

Patristics Augustine of Hippo Liberatus of Carthage Pope Honorius I Third Council of Constantinople Integrated Authority File
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