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Henricus Calenus
Henricus Calenus or Henri van Caelen (1583–1653) was a clergyman in the Spanish Netherlands, closely involved in the early history of Jansenism. Career Born in 1583 at Beringen (in the county of Loon), Henri was the son of Jan van Caelen, a local magistrate, and Catherine Gevaerts. He studied philosophy and theology at Leuven University, enrolling in Pope's College in 1604 and graduating STL in 1615. In the meantime, he had been ordained to the priesthood on 27 December 1607 and appointed parish priest of Asse on 31 January 1609. Calenus went on to be appointed archpriest of Aalst in 1612, and in 1624 parish priest of St Catherine's in the City of Brussels, and archpriest of Brussels. In Brussels he worked to improve the provision of primary education. He was later appointed a canon of Mechelen Cathedral. By 1635, Calenus had been appointed a diocesan censor, on 24 October approving publication of Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz's ''Declaración Mystica de las Armas de España'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Roermond
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Roermond is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, located in the Netherlands. The diocese is one of the seven suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht, Archbishop of Utrecht. The territory of the diocese covers the Province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Christopher's Cathedral, Roermond, Cathedral of St. Christopher in Roermond. Its main pilgrimage sites are and Valkenburg (South Holland), Valkenburg. The Dean (Christianity), Dean of Roermond is responsible for the parishes in that city and a few other municipalities in the diocese. History Originally established on 12 May 1559, on territories split off from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cologne (Keulen, now in Germany) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège, Diocese of Liège (Luik, now in Belgium). During the Napoleonic era, on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Ceyssens
Lucien or Lucianus Ceyssens OFM (1902–2001) was a twentieth-century ecclesiastical historian who specialised in the history of Jansenism. Life Ceyssens was born in Wijchmaal, Belgium, on 8 October 1902. In 1921 he entered the Order of St Francis, and in 1927 he was ordained priest. He followed some history classes at the Catholic University of Louvain in 1929–31, and in 1934 was a student at the Faculty of Church History of the Gregorian University in Rome. From 1934 to 1963 he taught at the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome, except during the years of the Second World War (1940–1945), when he was in Belgium. As a historian, he had a marked impact on the modern understanding of the seventeenth-century religious controversies between Jansenists and anti-Jansenists. His sympathies were very much with the Jansenists. Annie Barnes, Review of Lucien Ceyssens 'Sources relatives aux débuts du jansénisme et de l'antijansénisme, 1640–1643', ''Journal of Ecclesiastical Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clergy From The Spanish Netherlands
Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the terms used for individual clergy are clergyman, clergywoman, clergyperson, churchman, and cleric, while clerk in holy orders has a long history but is rarely used. In Christianity, the specific names and roles of the clergy vary by denomination and there is a wide range of formal and informal clergy positions, including deacons, elders, priests, bishops, preachers, pastors, presbyters, ministers, and the pope. In Islam, a religious leader is often known formally or informally as an imam, caliph, qadi, mufti, mullah, muezzin, or ayatollah. In the Jewish tradition, a religious leader is often a rabbi (teacher) or hazzan (cantor). Etymology The word ''cleric'' comes from the ecclesiastical Latin ''Clericus'', for those belonging to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
