André de Halleux (1929–1994) was a Belgian
Franciscan
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(ordained 1953), and professor at the
University of Louvain
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at the Theological Faculty (Patristics, theology of Eastern Churches, ecumenical movement, history of dogma) and at the Oriental Institute (Syriac language and literature). Born 18 January 1929 in
La Roche-en-Ardenne
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, he was a corresponding member of the Belgian Academy (1993), a specialist in
Syriac Syriac may refer to:
*Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
*Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
* Syriac alphabet
** Syriac (Unicode block)
** Syriac Supplement
* Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
literature, in the
Council of Chalcedon
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(451) and its consequences, particularly in the Nestorian and Monophysite spheres (due to his early research on
Sahdona
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and on
Philoxenus of Mabbôg). He was awarded with the honorary doctorate of the Institut catholique de Paris, and of the Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Rome.
De Halleux was actively involved in oecumenical dialogue, was appointed a consultor to the Pontifical Secretariat for Christian Unity in 1974, and took part in the Vienna '
Pro Oriente' colloquia. After the death of
René Draguet, his Syriac teacher, de Halleux became the de facto editor of the
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for 16 years. He died in Uccle
Brussels
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in 1994, January 30.
Selected works
*''Philoxène de Mabbog: sa vie, ses écrits, sa théologie'', Leuven, 1963
*''Patrologie et oecuménisme''. Recueil d' études, Leuven, 1990
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Edition and translation:
*Martyrius (Sahdona). Oeuvres spirituelles (CSCO 200-201, 214-215, 252-253, 254-255), Leuven 1960, 1961, 1965.
*Philoxène de Mabbog. Lettres aux moines de Senoun (CSCO 231-232), Leuven 1963.
References
Sources
*Jacques Ryckmans and Lucas van Rompay, Notice ''André de Halleux'' o
the Royal Academy of Belgium website*Tanios Bou Mansour, 'apport du Professeur André de Halleux aux études syriaques. Un premier sondage, Parole de l’Orient 20 (1995) 5-39.
*Jean-Marie Sevrin, André de Halleux (1929-1994), Revue théologique de Louvain 25 (1994) 425-428.
*Pierre Duprey, Le Père André de Halleux et le service de l’unité, Revue théologique de Louvain 25 (1994) 429-432
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*G. Van Belle, In Memoriam André de Halleux, Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses 70 (1994) 235-243 (with bibliography)
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1929 births
1994 deaths
Belgian Franciscans
People from La Roche-en-Ardenne