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Yves Congar was born on 13 April, 1905 in Sedan, Ardennes, France, is a Dominican priest and cardinal (1904–1995). Discover Yves Congar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

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Born 13 April, 1905
Birthday 13 April
Birthplace Sedan, Ardennes, France
Date of death 22 June, 1995
Died Place Paris, France
Nationality France

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1904

Yves Marie-Joseph Congar (13 April 1904 – 22 June 1995) was a French Dominican friar, priest, and theologian.

He is perhaps best known for his influence at the Second Vatican Council and for reviving theological interest in the Holy Spirit for the life of individuals and of the church.

Congar was born in Sedan in northeast France in 1904.

His father Georges Congar was a bank manager.

Congar's hometown was occupied by the Germans for much of World War I, and his father was among the men deported by the Germans to Lithuania.

Upon the urging of his mother, Lucie Congar née Desoye (called "Tere" by Yves throughout his life), Congar recorded the occupation in an extensive series of illustrated diaries which were later published.

They provide a unique historical insight into the war from a child's point of view.

Encouraged by a local priest Daniel Lallement, Congar entered the diocesa n seminary.

1921

Moving to Paris in 1921, he had Jacques Maritain among his philosophy teachers and the Dominican theologian Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange as a retreat master.

1924

After a year of compulsory military service (1924–1925), which Congar spent in the Rhineland, in 1925 he joined the Dominican Order at Amiens, where he took Marie-Joseph as his name in religion.

1930

Towards the end of his theological studies from 1926 to 1931 at Le Saulchoir, the Dominican theologate which was then located in Kain-la-Tombe, Belgium, and focused on historical theology, Congar was ordained a priest on 25 July 1930 by Luigi Maglione, nuncio in Paris.

1931

In 1931 Congar defended his doctoral dissertation written at Le Saulchoir, on the unity of the Church.

Congar was a faculty member at Le Saulchoir from 1931 to 1939, moving with the Institution in 1937 from Kain-la-Tombe to Étiolles near Paris.

1932

In 1932 he began his teaching career as Professor of Fundamental Theology, conducting a course on ecclesiology.

Congar was influenced by the Dominicans Ambroise Gardeil and Marie-Dominique Chenu, by the writings of Johann Adam Möhler, and by his ecumenical contacts with Protestant and Eastern Orthodox theologians.

Congar concluded that the mission of the church was impeded by what he and Chenu termed "baroque theology."

1937

In 1937 Congar founded the Unam Sanctam series, addressing historical themes in Catholic ecclesiology.

These books called for a "return to the sources" to set theological foundations for ecumenism, and the series would eventually run to 77 volumes.

He wrote for a wide variety of scholarly and popular journals, and published numerous books.

During World War II Congar was drafted into the French army as a chaplain with the rank of lieutenant.

1940

He was captured and held from 1940 to 1945 as a prisoner of war by the Germans in Colditz and Lübeck's Oflag, after repeated attempts to escape.

Later he was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the French Legion of Honour, and awarded the Croix de Guerre.

In addition he was awarded the Médaille des Évadés for his numerous escape attempts.

After the war, Congar continued to teach at Le Saulchoir, which had been returned to France, and to write, eventually becoming one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century on the topic of the Catholic Church and ecumenism.

Congar was an early advocate of the ecumenical movement, encouraging openness to ideas stemming from the Eastern Orthodox Church and Protestant Christianity.

He promoted the concept of a "collegial" papacy and criticised the Roman Curia, ultramontanism, and the clerical pomp that he observed at the Vatican.

He also promoted the role of lay people in the church.

Congar worked closely with the founder of the Young Christian Workers, Joseph Cardijn, for decades.

1947

From 1947 to 1956 Congar's controversial writing was restricted by the Vatican.

1950

One of his most important books True and False Reform in the Church (1950) and all of its translations were forbidden by Rome in 1952.

1954

Congar was prevented from teaching or publishing after 1954, during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, following publication of an article in support of the "worker-priest" movement in France.

He was subsequently assigned to minor posts in Jerusalem, Rome, Cambridge and Strasbourg.

1956

Eventually, in 1956, Archbishop Jean Julien Weber of Strasbourg assisted Congar in returning to France.

1960

Congar's reputation recovered in 1960 when Pope John XXIII invited him to serve on the preparatory theological commission of the Second Vatican Council.

Although Congar had little influence on the preparatory schemas, as the council progressed his expertise was recognized and some would regard him as the single most formative influence on Vatican II.

He was a member of several committees that drafted conciliar texts, an experience that he documented in great detail in his daily journal.

The journal extended from mid-1960 to December 1965.

1994

He was created a cardinal of the Catholic Church in 1994.

2000

Following his direction, his journal was not released until 2000, and was first published in 2002 as Mon Journal du Concile I-II, présenté et annoté par Éric Mahieu (two volumes).

2012

A one-volume English translation appeared in 2012.