Giovanni Stefano Menochio (b. at Padua, 1575; d. Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. in Rome, 4 February 1655) was an Italian Jesuit biblical scholar. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order
Life
He entered the Society of Jesus, 25 May, 1594. After the usual years of training and teaching the classics, he became professor of sacred scripture and then of moral theology at Milan; thereafter began his long life of superiorship. He was successively superior of Cremona, Milan, and Genoa, rector of the Roman College, provincial of the provinces of Milan and Rome, assistant of Italy, and admonitor to the Fathers-General Caraffa and Piccolomini. Pontifical Gregorian University (Pontificia Università Gregoriana (also known as the Gregorianum) is a Pontifical university located in Rome, Italy Carafa (alternate spelling Caraffa) is the name of a prominent Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, Clergy, and men of arts Piccolomini (pronounced) is the name of an Italian noble family which was prominent in Siena from the beginning of the 13th century onwards
Works
His first exegetical essay was a politico-Biblical study: Hieropoliticon, sive Institutiones Politicæ e Sacris Scripturis depromptæ, 956 pages (Lyon, 1625). Exegesis (from the Greek 'to lead out' involves an extensive and critical interpretation of an authoritative text, especially of a Holy This book on theocratic politics was dedicated to Cardinal Alessandro Orsini. Alessandro Orsini (1592-1626 was an Italian Cardinal. He was a patron of Galileo, who dedicated his 1616 work on the Tides to him and requested that he A second edition (Cologne, 1826) was dedicated to Ferdinand III. Ferdinand III may refer to Ferdinand III of Castile, the Saint (1199-1252 king from 1217 Ferdinand III of Naples the The Jesuit poet Sarbewski made this study the subject of an ode (see "Lyrica", II, n. Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (Mathias Casimirus Sarbievius (1595–1640 was Europe 's most prominent Latin Poet of the 17th century and a renowned theoretician 18).
The next year there appeared an economic study of the Bible: Institutiones Oeconomicæ ex Sacris Litteris depromptæ, 543 pages (Lyon, 1627). The author translated into Italian these lessons on the care of one's own household; this translation was a posthumous publication: Economia Christiana, 542 pages (Venice, 1656).
His magnum opus was Brevis Explicatio Sensus Literalis Sacræ Scripturæ optimus quibusque Auctoribus per Epitomen Collecta, 3 vols. Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera) from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best the greatest , 115 pages, 449, 549+29 (Cologne, 1830). Many other editions of this commentary have been published in many lands: Cologne, 1659; Antwerp, 1679; Lyons, 1683, 1697, 1703; the revised edition of René-Joseph Tournemine, S. René-Joseph Tournemine (1661-1739 was a French Jesuit theologian and philosopher J. , published at Paris, 1719, 1721, 1731; Avignon, 1768; Ghent, 1829; the enlarged and revised edition of Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, S. Francesco Antonio Zaccaria ( March 27, 1714, Venice - October 10, 1795, Rome) was an Italian theologian J. , published at Venice, 1743, 1755, 1761.
The scholia of Menochio are introduced into the Bibla Magna and the Bibla Maxima of Jean de La Haye; the Bibla Sacra of Lucas Brugensis; the Cursus Script. A scholium, plural scholia (σχόλιον "comment" "lecture" is a grammatical, critical or explanatory comment either original or extracted Jean de La Haye (b at Paris, 20 March[[ 593]] d there 15 October[[ 661]] was a French Franciscan preacher and Biblical scholar Sacr. of Migne; fourteen editions of the Sainte Bible of Louis de Carrières, S. Jacques Paul Migne (25 October 1800 - 24 October 1875 was a French Priest who published inexpensive and widely-distributed editions of theological works encyclopedias Louis de Carrières ( September 1, 1662, Angers, France &mdash June 11, 1717, Paris) was a French priest and Bible J. ; and La Sainte Bible of Claude-Joseph Drioux (Paris, 1873).
A later critic, Simon, though not at all in sympathy with Menochio's orthodoxy, says "C'est un des plus judicieux scoliates que nous ayons tant sur le Vieux que sur le Nouveau Testament" (Hist. Crit. du N. T. , xliv). Reusch (Kirchenlexikon) prefers the notes of Menochio to those of Manuel de Sá and Mariana. Reusch is a German company manufacturing Sports equipment. They are mostly known for their manufacture of football/soccer goalkeeper gloves but Manuel de Sá (b at Vila do Conde, Province Entre-Minho-e-Douro, 1530; d
This commentator sought to find the literal meaning of the Holy Writ in the Bible and the Fathers. Menochio studied the text in its original, and brought to bear upon that study knowledge of Jewish antiquities.
References
- Sommervogel, Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de J. Carlos Sommervogel ( 8 January 1834 - 4 March 1902) was a French Jesuit scholar , V, IX.
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