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LOUIS-EUGÈNE-MARIE BAUTAIN

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Philosopher and theologian, b. at Paris, 17 February, 1796; d. there, 15
October, 1867. After a course at the Ecole Normale, where he was influenced by
Cousin and Jouffroy, he became (1819) professor of philosophy at Strasburg.
Three years later he took up the study of medicine and finally that of theology
and was ordained priest (1828). As director of the seminary at Strasburg, he at
first won distinction by his work in apologetics, especially against atheism and
materialism. He was chiefly interested, however, in the problem of the relations
between faith and reason, concerning which he accepted the view of Fideism and
Traditionalism, and reduced to a minimum the function of reason. Divine
revelation, he claimed, is the only source of knowledge and certitude. He was
consequently obliged to sign (18 November, 1835) six propositions containing the
Catholic doctrine on faith and reason. After the examination at Rome of his
work, "Philosophie du christianisme" (Paris, 1835), Bautain signed (8 September,
1840) six other propositions differing but slightly from those of 1835. Finally,
in obedience to the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, he promised (26 April,
1844) not to teach that the existence of God, the spirituality and immortality
of the soul, the principles of metaphysics, and the motives which make
revelation credible are beyond the reach of unaided reason. Bautain was
appointed Vicar-General of Paris (1850) and taught at the Sorbonne (1853-62).
His works include: "De l'enseignement de la philosophie au 19me siècle"
(Strasburg, 1833); "Psychologie experimentale" (ib., 1839); "Philosophie morale"
(ib., 1842); "La religion et la liberté" (Paris, 1848); "La morale de
l'Evangile" (ib., 1855); "La philosophie des lois" (ib., 1860); "La Conscience"
(ib., 1868).


SOURCES

De Regny, L'abbe Bautain, sa vie et ses oeuvres (Paris, 1884); Bellamy in Dict.
de theol. cath., s.v.; Ingold, Lettres inedites du P. Rozaven in Bulletin
Critique, 5 April, 25 June, 1902. (These letters refer to Bautain's visit to
Rome in 1840.) Hurter, Nomenclator, III, 999.


ABOUT THIS PAGE

APA citation. Pace, E. (1907). Louis-Eugène-Marie Bautain. In The Catholic
Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02353a.htm

MLA citation. Pace, Edward. "Louis-Eugène-Marie Bautain." The Catholic
Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02353a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Susan Birkenseer.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.
Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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