Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 History & biography Historians, various biographies

Ess, Carl van

ESS, CARL. VAN

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ESS, CARL van. - Theologian, b. at Warburg on 25 Sept. 1770, d. at Huysburg (Paderborn) on 22 Oct. 1824, where he was a Benedictine (1788), priest (1794), prior (1801), parish priest (1804), and after the suppression of the abbey, episcopal commissioner (1811). He collaborated with his relative Leander on the translation of Holy Scripture, but "melioris erat spiritus quam Leander" (Hunter, V, col. 1245), and after the first edition he withdrew from the undertaking.

Against the Protestants he composed his Entwurf einer kurzen Geschichte der Religion von Anfang der Welt bis auf unsere Zeit (Halberstadt 1817). Mention should also be made of the Geschichte der ehemaligen Benediktiner-Abtei Huysburg (ibid. 1810), the edition of a catechism (1822), and his contribution in the field of liturgy and religious song in the vernacular.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 615–618.

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“Ess, carl. van.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 615–618. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/ess-carl-van.

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“Ess, carl. van.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 615–618. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ess-carl-van.

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@incollection{ec5_ess_carl_van,
  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Ess, carl. van},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {615--618},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ess-carl-van}
}

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