Raus, Jean-Baptiste

RAUS, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - Moralist and canonist, b. at Aspelt (Luxembourg) on 17 Jan. 1881, d. at Rome on 11 Aug. 1943. Having entered the Redemptorists, he professed there in 1901 and was ordained a priest in 1906. He was professor of canon law, sociology and history of philosophy at the scholasticate of Echternach and from 1924 archivist general of the Congregation.

He wrote works of an archival nature, but particularly on morals and law. Among the former: Der Heil. Alfons v. Liguori - die Manuscriptenfrage u. die neuesten römischen Entscheidungen, in Linzer Quart., 74 (1921), pp. 356-68, 576-83, 630-32. Among the latter: Obbedientio religiosa ut est virtus et votum..., Luxembourg 1920; 2nd ed. Lyon 1923; Le voeu d'obéissance religieuse et st Alph. de Liguori, in Canon. contemporain, 1921, pp. 98-112; L'obéissance religieuse - La profession des movies mourants, in Nouv. rev. théol., 49 (1922), pp. 61-74, 468-76; La vocation religieuse dans st Thomas, st Alphonse et le Code de droit can., ibid., 51 (1924), pp. 94-107; La doctrine de st Alphonse sur la vocation et la grâce en regard de l'enseignement de st Thomas et des prescript. du Code (Lyon 1926); Institut. morales Alphonsianae (18th ed. of the work of J. Hermann; 6th ed. Lyon 1937; 7th ed. ibid. 1940).

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