Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Gasparri, Petr.
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Life
Born 5 May 1852, Ussita (Macerata), of a family of shepherds; died 18 November 1934, Rome. [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
- Doctor of philosophy, theology and both laws at the Apollinare; ordained 1877; taught canon law at the Propaganda college. [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
- At Leo XIII's wish held the new chair of canon law at the Institut Catholique, Paris, for eighteen years from 1890; wrote there his treatises De matrimonio (1892), De sacra ordinatione (1893-1894) and De SS. Eucharistia (1897). [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
- Apostolic delegate to Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador (1898-1901), titular archbishop of Caesarea; then secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs; cardinal 1907; Secretary of State from 1914 under Benedict XV and Pius XI until 1930; signed the Lateran Pacts, 11 February 1929. [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
- Directed the codification of canon law from 1904; gave Benedict XV the first printed Code on 4 December 1916; it was promulgated at Pentecost 1917. Edited the Fontes iuris canonici and wrote the Catechismus catholicus (1930). [New Catholic Encyclopedia]
Sources: New Catholic Encyclopedia (2nd ed., 2003), as published on Encyclopedia.com. Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Gasparri, Petr., Italian, Cardinal, wrote several truly distinguished works: De matrimonio, 2 volumes in 8vo, 2nd edition 1904; De eucharistia, 2 volumes in 8vo, 1897; De s. ordinatione, 2 volumes in 8vo, 1893.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
Works Our Authors Used
- Gasparri, Tractatus Canonicus de Matrimonio, 2nd ed., Paris, 1892; Tractatus Canonicus de Sacra Ordinatione, Paris, 1893. — Tanquerey's list
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).