HOVE, ALPHONSE van. - Belgian canonist, b. at Thielt (West Flanders) on 7 Aug. 1872, d. at Louvain on 27 July 1947. Extraordinary professor of ecclesiastical history (1898) and of canon law (1900) in the schola minor of the Faculty of Theology of Louvain, he later became ordinary professor of Belgian ecclesiastical law (1904-39) and of public ecclesiastical law (1908-39) in the Faculty of Law, ordinary professor for the introductory subjects in the Faculty of canon law (1908-47) and of school law in the Institute of Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (1924-39).

A historian of value, H. was above all a jurist-canonist in the classical and most complete sense. Author of numerous publications of varied content, he promoted the historical method in the study of canon law and advocated its autonomy against the interference of moral theology. A true masterpiece of high scientific value are his first five treatises of the Commentarium Lovaniense in CIC, which he himself conceived and promoted, namely: Prolegomena in CIC (Malines-Rome 1928: 2nd ed. ibid. 1945); De legibus ecclesiasticis (ibid. 1930); De consuetudine et temporis supputatione (ibid. 1933); De rescriptis (ibid. 1936); De privilegis et dispensationibus (ibid. 1939). He also wrote: Etude sur les conflits de juridiction dans le diocèse de Liège à l'époque d'Erard de la Mark (Louvain 1900). Cofounder of Ephemerides theologiae Lovaniense, he was its editor for the canonical section from the very beginning (1924). He also collaborated with important contributions to many other journals and to various encyclopedias (Cath. Enc., Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, DDC). He was consulted several times by the Commission for the Codification of Canon Law.

Bibliography5 works

BIBL.: A. Monin, Hommage à mer le chaumne v. H., in Ephemerides theol. Lovan., 11 (1934), p. 760; Ch. Lefebvre, Mgr v. H., in Ephemerides Iuris Can., 3 (1947), p. 573 ff.; H. Wagon, in Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique, 42 (1947), p. 328; L. Perez Mier, En torno a los 'Prolegomena' de A. v. H., in Revista española de derecho can., 2 (1947), pp. 671-94; W. Onclin, Mgr A. v. H., in Ephemerides theol. Lovan., 24 (1948), p. 5 ff.

Zaccaria da San Mauro

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