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Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Quotes
Showing all quotesBirth: | 12th May, 1802 |
Death: | 21st November, 1861 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Activist, Journalist, Preacher |
Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire was born in Recey-sur-Ource, France. He was a French political activist, journalist and preacher. He re-established the Dominican Order in post-Revolutionary France. Raised in a troubled time, he renounced religion and studied jurisprudence at Dijon, following which he practiced law in Paris. After experiencing a religious awakening, however, he studied for the priesthood and was ordained in 1827. In 1830 he joined a small group of Roman Catholic writers under the direction of one of the most controversial and influential figures then in the French church, Hugues-Félicité-Robert de Lamennais. They founded L’Avenir, a journal advocating the separation of church and state. He was head of the French Dominicans from 1850 to 1854 and helped to make the order a religious and educational power in France. He was elected to the French Academy in 1860.
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