BOYER, PIERRE-DENIS. - Theologian and preacher, b. at Sévérac-l'Eglise (Auvergne) on 29 Oct. 1766 and d. at Paris on 24 Apr. 1842. A cousin of Msgr. Frayssinous, he shared with him the life of the college and the seminary, the labors of the apostolate, the risks of persecution during the revolution, the teaching chair at St. Sulpice at the invitation of Emery, and the ardor of preaching. A tireless apostle of retreats for the clergy, he spent his life evangelizing all of France. His activity is characterized by the struggle against the ideas of Lamennais, by the strenuous defense of the rights of the Church in the new French state order, and by zeal for the spiritual renewal of the clergy of France.
Principal works: Antidote contre les aphorismes de M. de Lamennais sous le triple rapport de la philosophie, de la théologie et de la politique (Paris 1834); Défense de l'enseignement des écoles catholiques (ibid. 1835); Examen de la philosophie du christianisme de M. l'abbé Bautain (ibid. 1836); Défense de l'ordre social contre le corbonarisme moderne (I, ibid. 1835; II, ibid. 1837); Défense de l'Eglise catholique contre l'hérésie constitutionnelle qui soumet la religion au magistrat (ibid. 1840); Discours pour les retraites ecclésiastiques (ibid. 1843).
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Bibliography4 worksHurter, V, coll. 1183-85; E. Levesque, s. v. in DThC, II, coll. 1121-22; E. Levesque, s. v. in DHG, X, coll. 312-13; E. Levesque, s. v. in D
BIBL.: Hurter, V, coll. 1183-85; E. Levesque, s. v. in DThC, II, coll. 1121-22; E. Levesque, s. v. in DHG, X, coll. 312-13; E. Levesque, s. v. in DSp, II, col. 1921.
Zollini, Vito. “Boyer, pierre-denis.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 2002–2003. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/boyer-pierre-denis.
MLA
Zollini, Vito. “Boyer, pierre-denis.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 2002–2003. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/boyer-pierre-denis.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_boyer_pierre_denis,
author = {Zollini, Vito},
title = {Boyer, pierre-denis},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {2002--2003},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/boyer-pierre-denis}
}
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