Pierre Batiffol
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Pierre BatiffolPierre Batiffol (born 27 January 1861 in Toulouse
in France
, died 13 January 1929 in Paris
) was a prominent French catholic priest and Church historian, known particularly as a historian of dogma.
Batiffol studied from 1878 at the priest seminary Saint-Sulpice in Paris, was consecrated in 1884 and continued his studies at the Institut catholique in Paris and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes. He was learned by church historian Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne.
Under Giovanni Battista de Rossi in Rome, he studied from 1887 to 1889 the archaeology, research and liturgic antique Christian literature. From 1889 to 1898 and from 1907 until 1929, he lectured at Ecole Sainte-Barbe in Paris. Together with his friend Albert Marie Henri Lagrange
, Batiffol founded in 1892 the magazine "Revue Biblique
" for the historical-critical method of exegesis of the Old
and New Testament
. In 1899 he founded the "Bulletin de littérature ecclésiastique".
In 1898 he received the leadership of the Institut catholique de Toulouse, he paid attention for historical-critical theology. He used strict critical methods in church dogma and history as well as in manuscripts of the Holy Scripture. Because of its study on eucharist (1905), which was inserted on Index librorum prohibitorum
, and his criticism of a number of legends, he lost his Chair after Encyklica of Pope Pius X
Pascendi Dominici Gregis
(8 September 1907). He was claimed a "modernist".
Batiffol examined Codex Beratinus
, Beratinus II
, Codex Curiensis
, and several other manuscripts. He rediscovered and described Codex Vaticanus 2061
in 1887.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, died 13 January 1929 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) was a prominent French catholic priest and Church historian, known particularly as a historian of dogma.
Batiffol studied from 1878 at the priest seminary Saint-Sulpice in Paris, was consecrated in 1884 and continued his studies at the Institut catholique in Paris and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes. He was learned by church historian Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne.
Under Giovanni Battista de Rossi in Rome, he studied from 1887 to 1889 the archaeology, research and liturgic antique Christian literature. From 1889 to 1898 and from 1907 until 1929, he lectured at Ecole Sainte-Barbe in Paris. Together with his friend Albert Marie Henri Lagrange
Marie-Joseph Lagrange
Marie-Joseph Lagrange was a Catholic priest in the Dominican Order and founder of the École Biblique in Jerusalem...
, Batiffol founded in 1892 the magazine "Revue Biblique
Revue Biblique
Revue Biblique is an academic journal published by a French Dominican order based in Jerusalem. It was founded in 1892 by Pierre Batiffol and Marie-Joseph Lagrange.-External links:* Official Website: * at the Internet Archive...
" for the historical-critical method of exegesis of the Old
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
and New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
. In 1899 he founded the "Bulletin de littérature ecclésiastique".
In 1898 he received the leadership of the Institut catholique de Toulouse, he paid attention for historical-critical theology. He used strict critical methods in church dogma and history as well as in manuscripts of the Holy Scripture. Because of its study on eucharist (1905), which was inserted on Index librorum prohibitorum
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a list of publications prohibited by the Catholic Church. A first version was promulgated by Pope Paul IV in 1559, and a revised and somewhat relaxed form was authorized at the Council of Trent...
, and his criticism of a number of legends, he lost his Chair after Encyklica of Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X
Pope Saint Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox...
Pascendi Dominici Gregis
Pascendi Dominici Gregis
Pascendi dominici gregis was a Papal encyclical letter promulgated by Pope Pius X on 8 September 1907.The pope condemned Modernism, and a whole range of other principles described as "evolutionary", which allowed change to Roman Catholic dogma...
(8 September 1907). He was claimed a "modernist".
Batiffol examined Codex Beratinus
Codex Beratinus
Codex Purpureus Beratinus designated by Φ or 043 , ε 17 , is an uncial illuminated manuscript Gospel book written in Greek. Dated palaeographically to the 6th century, the manuscript is written in an uncial hand on purple vellum with silver ink. The codex is preserved at the Albanian National...
, Beratinus II
Minuscule 1143
Minuscule 1143 , ε 1035 , also known as the Beratinus 2, or Codex Aureus Anthimi. It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on purple parchment, dated paleographically to the 9th century...
, Codex Curiensis
Codex Curiensis
The Codex Curiensis known also as Fragmenta Curiensia, designated by a2 or 16 , is a 6th or 7th century AD Latin manuscript of the New Testament. The text, written on vellum, is a version of the old Latin...
, and several other manuscripts. He rediscovered and described Codex Vaticanus 2061
Codex Vaticanus 2061
Codex Vaticanus Graecus 2061, usually known as Uncial 048 , α1 , is a Greek uncial manuscript on parchment. It contains some parts of the New Testament, homilies of several authors, and Strabo's Geographica...
in 1887.
Works
- «Evangeliorum Codex Graecus Purpuraeus Beratinus», in: Mélanges d’archéologie et d’historie (École française de Rome) 5 (1885).
- Les manuscrits grecs de Berat d'Albanie et le Codex Purpureus Φ, Paris 1886.
- Didascalia 318 patrum pseudepigrapha, 1887.
- «Ungedruckte Papst- und Kaiserurkunden aus basilianischen Archiven», in: Römische Quartalschrift für christliche Altertumskunde und Kirchengeschichte, 1888, s. 36
- Studia Patristica I. II, 1889/90
- La Vaticane de Paul IV à Paul V, 1890
- L'Abbaye de Rossano (doktoravhandling), 1891
- L'Histoire du bréviaire romain (Paris, 1893)
- Anciennes littératures chrétiennes: La littérature grecque, 1897
- Etudes d'histoire et de théologie positive, 1902
- L'Eucharistie, 1905
- L'Enseignement de Jésus (m. Alfred LoisyAlfred LoisyAlfred Firmin Loisy was a French Roman Catholic priest, professor and theologian who became the intellectual standard bearer for Biblical Modernism in the Roman Catholic Church...
), 1905 - L'Avenir prochain du Catholicisme en France, 1907
- L'Eglise naissante et le catholicisme, 1908
- La paix constantinienne, 1914
- Leçons sur la messe, 1916
- Etudes de liturgie et d'archéologie chrétienne, 1919
- Le catholicisme de Saint Augustin, 2 bind, 1920
- Les Survivances du Culte Impérial Romain, à propos des rites shintoïstes (1920, sammen Louis Bréhier)
- Le Siège apostolique, 1924
- Saint Grégoire, 1925
- Catholicisme et papauté, 1926.
- Cathedra Petri: Études d'Histoire ancienne de l'Église (utgitt posthumt, 1938)
Further reading
- A.-G. Martimort: «Mgr Pierre Batiffol et la liturgie», i Bulletin de littérature ecclésiastique 1995, vol. 96, no. 1, s. 5-18
- Rivière: Pierre Batiffol, (Bibliografi)
- L. Saltet: «Pierre Batiffol» i BLE 30, 1929, 7 ff. 49 ff. 126 ff.
- S. du Vauroux: «Pierre Batiffol», i Le Correspondant 316, Paris 1929
- Germain Morin: «Pierre Batiffol», i Hochland 26, 1928,29, 660 ff.
- P. Fernessole: Témoins de la pensée catholique en France sous la IIIe République, Paris 1940
- Bernard Joassart: «Mgr Pierre Batiffol et les Bollandistes. Correspondance», i Analecta Bollandiana, 114 (1996), s. 77-108.
External links
- P. Batiffol, The Oldest Text of the Gospels, trans, E. S. Buchanan, (New York 1924).