Contribution to Book
“Bea, Augustin Cardinal (1881-1968),”
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization
(2011)
Abstract
Augustin Cardinal Bea was born in Riedböhringen, Germany in 1881. He is primarily recognized for his role as a pioneering leader in the Catholic ecumenical movement, but he was originally trained as an Old Testament exegete. Bea became a Jesuit in 1902. From 1924 until 1949, Bea taught courses in the Bible at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Gregorianum) and at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (PBI), where he served as Rector from 1930 until 1949. He assisted Pope Pius XII with his encyclical on the sacred liturgy, Mediator Dei, and he also assisted in drafting Pius XII's encyclical on biblical studies, Divino Afflante Spiritu. Pope John XXIII made Bea a cardinal in 1959, and he became that Pope's closest advisor. When John XXIII began preparations for the Vatican II (1962–1965), he commissioned Bea to draft a document on the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Jewish …
Keywords
- Augustin Bea
Publication Date
2011
Editor
George Thomas Kurian
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN
9781405157629
Citation Information
Jeffrey Morrow. "“Bea, Augustin Cardinal (1881-1968),”" OxfordThe Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization Vol. 1 (2011) p. 217 - 218 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey-morrow/46/