MÉRAULT DE BIZY, ATHANASE-RENÉ. - Apologist, b. in Paris in 1744 and d. in Orléans on 13 June 1835. Superior of the Oratory in Paris, in 1793, refusing to swear the civil constitution of the clergy, he was imprisoned. Freed in 1794 after the fall of Robespierre, he settled in Orléans, where, as vicar general and superior of the Seminary from 1805 to 1824, he rebuilt the Seminary at his own expense together with other charitable institutions.
His apologetic work derives its effectiveness and originality from the refutation he makes of error using the adversary's own words. To be remembered: Les apologistes involontaires (Paris 1806, anonymous; ibid. 1820); Les apologistes ou la religion chrétienne prouvée par ses ennemis comme par ses amis (Orléans 1821 and 1829); Conspiration de l'impiété contre l'humanité (Paris 1822); Voltaire apologiste de la religion chrétienne (s. l. 1826); Preuves abrégées de la religion (Paris 1829).
Bibliography2 worksHurter, V, coll. 845-46; A. Molien, s. v. in DThC, X, col. 570.
BIBL.: Hurter, V, coll. 845-46; A. Molien, s. v. in DThC, X, col. 570.
Zollini, Vito. “Mérault de Bizy, athanase-rené.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 706. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/merault-de-bizy-athanase-rene.
MLA
Zollini, Vito. “Mérault de Bizy, athanase-rené.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 706. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/merault-de-bizy-athanase-rene.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec8_merault_de_bizy_athanase_rene,
author = {Zollini, Vito},
title = {Mérault de Bizy, athanase-rené},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {706},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/merault-de-bizy-athanase-rene}
}
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