Vincent Peter Miceli, S.J. (1915 – June 2, 1991) was a Catholic priest, theologian, and

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. Miceli was born in New York City, USA, in 1915, the ninth of ten children of Italian immigrants. While attending Cathedral High School and maintaining a 95.5 average he worked six days a week from 3-10pm delivering books. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1936 to pursue his studies and was ordained a priest in 1949. Fr Miceli received his

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from

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in 1950 and his PhD from

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in 1961. His doctoral dissertation was on the French Catholic existentialist, Gabriel Marcel. Father Miceli is the author of several books: '' Ascent to Being'' (1961), '' The Gods of Atheism'' (1971), '' The Antichrist'' (1981), '' Women Priests and Other Fantasies'' (1985), '' The Roots of Violence'' (1989), and ''Rendezvous with God'' (1991). Father Miceli also made appearances on the ''

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'' television show on

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and the '' Crossfire'' show on CNN. Father Miceli taught theology and

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at several universities including

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in Rome, Spring Hill College in

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, Loyola University New Orleans, and

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in Front Royal, Virginia.

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