Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 01-May-1792

Place of Birth: Montigny-lès-Cherlieu, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1866

Profession: politician, Catholic priest, theologian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset

  • Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset (born at Montigny-lès-Charlieu, a village of Franche-Comté, in 1792; died at Reims in 1866) was a French cardinal and theologian. The son of a vine-grower, he at first laboured in the fields, and did not begin his studies till the age of seventeen.
  • Ordained priest in 1817, he was a curate for several months, and was then charged with teaching moraI theology at the Grand Séminaire of Besançon.
  • He retained this chair until 1830, acquiring the reputation of an expert professor and consummate casuist.
  • It was then he re-edited with accompanying notes and dissertations the Conférences d'Angers (26 vols., 1823), and the Dictionnaire théologique of Bergier (1826), of which he published another edition in 1843.
  • From these years of his professorship date his clear exposition of the "Doctrine de l' Eglise sur le prêt à intérêt" (1825), "Le Code civil commenté dans ses rapports avec la théologie morale" (1827), and "Justification de la théologie du P.
  • Liguori" (1829).
  • Summoned to the post of vicar-general of Besançon by Cardinal de Rohan, he fulfilled the duties of post from 1830 to 1835.
  • At this date he was named Bishop of Périgueux, and in the following year he presented to Villemain his "Observations sur la liberté d'enseignement", a protest against the monopoly of the university.
  • In 1840 he was called to the Archdiocese of Reims, but his episcopal duties did not prevent him from completing important theological works.
  • In 1844 appeared in French his "Théologie morale a l'usage des curés et des confesseurs", which ran quickly through several editions.
  • His treatise on dogmatic theology (2 Vols.
  • 1848) had no less success.
  • The dignity of cardinal was conferred on him in 1850, and given the titular church of San Callisto on the 10 April 1851.
  • In virtue of the Constitution of 1852 he became senator of the empire, and in 1858 commander of the Legion of Honour.
  • His last works were "Exposition des principes de droit canonique" (1859); "Du droit de l' Eglise touchant le possession des biens destinés au culte et la souverainté temporelle du Pape." (1862)

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