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The Paulist Fathers, officially named the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Latin: Societas Sacerdotum Missionariorum a Sancto Paulo Apostolo), abbreviated CSP, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men founded in New York City in 1858 by Isaac Hecker in collaboration with George Deshon, Augustine Hewit, and Francis A. Baker.
His biography, written in English by Paulist priest Walter Elliott in 1891, was translated into French six years later. A long introduction by a liberal French priest made exaggerated claims for Hecker. Trends in liberal Catholic thought in Europe became associated with the church in the United States and particularly with Hecker. [7]
Because members of the Paulist Fathers took promises but not the vows of religious orders, many concluded that Hecker denied the need for external authority. [5] The French liberals particularly admired Hecker for his love of modern times and modern liberty and his devotion to liberal Catholicism. Indeed, they took him as a kind of patron saint.
Fr. Francis Asbury Baker, [112] Episcopalian convert who was one of the founders of the Paulist Institute. Fr. Lawrence Boadt, [113] [114] Bible scholar involved in Jewish/Christian dialogue. Fr. George Deshon, [115] Graduate of West Point who was an early Paulist and helped design the St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan.
Paulists, or Paulines, is the name used for Roman Catholic orders and congregations under the patronage of Paul of Thebes the First Hermit. From the time that the abode and virtues of Paul of Thebes were revealed to Antony the Abbot, various communities of hermits adopted him as their patron saint.
In 1899, Gibbons became embroiled in a controversy with the Vatican about a biography of Reverend Isaac Hecker, the founder of the Paulist Fathers. A biography, Life of Isaac Hecker, had recently been published in French. The Vatican decided that the preface to the French edition contained controversial opinions about individualism and liberalism.
St. Paul's College in Washington, D.C. was the house of formation for the Paulist Fathers, founded by Isaac Hecker.As the home of Paulists who served the local and national Catholic Church through a variety of apostolates including education, evangelization, ecumenism, and mass communications, [1] the college was an associate member of the Washington Theological Consortium.
The Catholic World was an American periodical founded by Paulist Father Isaac Thomas Hecker in April 1865. It was published by the Paulist Fathers for over a century. According to Paulist Press, Hecker "wanted to create an intellectual journal for a growing Catholic population, and insisted that it be a first-class publication in format, quality, and style, equal if not superior to any secular ...