P. Emil Herman S.J. (1891-1963): Jesuit Canonist
P. Emil Herman, S.J. (1891-1963) was a Jesuit canonist who made significant contributions to canonical science, especially in the redaction of the materials which became part of the dirst codification of Oriental Church canon Law. His major contribution was his collaboration in the area of Oriental...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Eastern canon law
Year: 2013, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 377-400 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesuits
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IxTheo Classification: | SA Church law; state-church law SB Catholic Church law |
Summary: | P. Emil Herman, S.J. (1891-1963) was a Jesuit canonist who made significant contributions to canonical science, especially in the redaction of the materials which became part of the dirst codification of Oriental Church canon Law. His major contribution was his collaboration in the area of Oriental marriage law in "Crebrae allatae sunt". His most important scholarly contribution was in the area of Russian Church law: "De fontibus iuris ecclesiastici Russorum commentarius historico-canonicus", which remains a crucial work in this field until today. His apostolic life was spent as a professor of canon law at the Pontifical Oriental Institute and also rector if the same institute for twenty years; author of numerous scholarly publications; consulter for the Holy Congregation for the Oriental Church; appointed by Pius XII as visitor to carious Oriental colleges, universities and monasteries; a founder and the dirst rector of the Institute of San Giovanni Damasceneo in Rome; and he was always known as a fine priest especially in the confessional and the pulpit as well as being an exemplaey religious. |
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ISSN: | 2064-0412 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Eastern canon law
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