Émile Amann (4 June 1880,
Pont-à-Mousson
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– 11 January 1948,
Strasbourg) was a French
historian of the Church.
After studying at the major seminary of
Nancy, Émile Amann continued his training at the
Catholic Institute in Paris. He was mobilized in 1914 and fought during the four years of First World War. After his demobilization, he joined the faculty of Catholic theology of the
University of Strasbourg
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(re-founded after the return to France of the three departments annexed in 1870), where he taught the ancient history of the Church until his death.
He is notable for his collaboration with the ''Dictionnaire de théologie catholique'', from 1922 to his death.
Works
*1910: ''Le Protévangile de Jacques et ses remaniements latins''
*1903: ''Les actes de Paul et ses épîtres apocryphes''
*1902: ''Les actes de Pierre''
*1920: ''Le Dogme catholique dans les Pères de l’Église''
*1928: ''L’Église des premiers siècles''
*1938: ''L'époque carolingienne''
*1940: ''L’Église au pouvoir. Les laïcs''
References Annonce de la mort de Émile Amann dans la ''Revue des Sciences Religieuses'', 1948, vol. 22, n°1, p. 5-8
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20th-century French historians
Historians of Christianity
French historians of religion
1880 births
People from Pont-à-Mousson
1948 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg
Institut Catholique de Paris alumni