Name Jerome Gonnelieu | ||
Jerome de Gonnelieu (born at Soissons, 8 September 1640; died at Paris, 28 February 1715) was a French Jesuit theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher.
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Life
At the age of seventeen he entered the Society of Jesus (4 Oct, 1657). Till the year 1674, when he pronounced his final vows, his services were in various capacities, particularly teaching. From this date his abilities directed towards preaching and evangelism.
Works
Toward the latter end of his life he gave himself up almost exclusively to literary activity. The following is a list of his works:
To the above, almost all the biographies add another work, of which the full title is "L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ, Traduction nouvelle: Avec une Pratique et une Piere a la fin de chaque Chapitre" (Par. le R. P. de Gonnelieu, de la Compagnie de Jesus, Paris and Nancy, 1712); but a great majority of the bibliographies too, of somewhat arbitrarily, deny that Traduction (translation), as distinct from the secours (helps) at the end of each chapter, is by de Gonnelieu. The opinion of the negative critics seems to be based mainly on the statement of Calmet (op. cit. below), that "the translation is by John-Baptiste Cusson [printer at Nancy], and the rest by P. Gonnelieu". The "Journal des Scavans" on the other hand, in a review written within one year after the publication of the work, whilst praising the zeal and piety of the translator, says expressly that the version is by P. Gonnelieu; and adds that "Sieur Cusson (one time printer of the Journal) has enriched this first edition by many copper-plates".