Abstract [1] In 1911, Father Lagrange, founder and director of the Biblical School of Jerusalem, was directly denounced to Pius X by Abbot Louis Heidet, a priest belonging to the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem and former confidant of the Dominicans of Saint-Étienne. According to the denouncer, Lagrange appears as the masked disciple of subversion by …
Addressing the members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the 31st October 1992, the Pope John Paul II compared the crises provoked by the condemnation of Galileo to the one brought on by the rejection of Father Lagrange: “By virtue of her own mission, the Church has the duty to be attentive to the pastoral …
Fr. Albert Lagrange is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the biblical renewal which has had a profound effect on our approach to Scripture. He founded the “école biblique of Jerusalem” and “Revue Biblique” (Biblical Review). Jean Guitton, a student and friend of Fr. Lagrange, willingly gave this personal interview to Fr. Manuel Rivero o. …
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Brother Manuel, In the Revue du Rosaire it is requested that those who have received any graces through the intercession of Father Lagrange share them with you. Since I believe myself to be amongst those who have, I am writing to you. To start with, the Revue’s first article about Fr Lagrange did not interest …
The example of Father Lagrange, founder of Biblical School of Jerusalem . For the beatification of Brother Lagrange o.p. On placing the first stone of the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem the 5th of June, 1891, Fr. Lagrange placed the foundation in the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes. He also wrote on this stone his …
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‘We do not want souls to be lost because they refuse to believe something that the Church does not even ask them to believe.’ Marie-Joseph Lagrange, O.P.