Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Canon & civil law Jurists

Mothon, Joseph-Pierre

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MOTHON, JOSEPH-PIERRE. - Dominican canonist and historian, b. in Lyon on 4 June 1854, d. at St-Jean de Bournay on 4 Apr. 1929. Having entered the Dominican Order, he spent a large part of his life in Rome, devoting himself to research in Dominican history and to the study of canon law. He was director of the historical Archive of the Order and from 1893 to 1904 he directed the Analecta S. Ordinis Praedicatorum.

His principal works are: Traité de la confession sacramentelle à l'usage des communautés religieuses en conformité avec les décisions les plus récentes du Saint-Siège et la doctrine des saints et des docteurs (Lille 1913); Traité sur l'état religieux considéré au point de vue de la théologie morale et du droit canonique (ibid. 1922); Institutions canoniques à l'usage des curies épiscopales, du clergé paroissial et des familles religieuses (Bruges 1922-24).

Bibliography

BIBL.: A. Van Hove, Prolegomena, 2nd ed., Malines-Rome 1945, p. 638.

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By Vincenzo Fagiolo

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), coll. 1483–1484.

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Fagiolo, Vincenzo. “Mothon, joseph-pierre.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 1483–1484. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/mothon-joseph-pierre.

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Fagiolo, Vincenzo. “Mothon, joseph-pierre.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1483–1484. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/mothon-joseph-pierre.

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  author    = {Fagiolo, Vincenzo},
  title     = {Mothon, joseph-pierre},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {1483--1484},
  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/mothon-joseph-pierre}
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