Le Saulchoir is a
Dominican school of theology in the order's province of
France
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, established in 1904.
After the
expulsion from France in 1880, French Dominican friars went into exile in Spain and Austria; they were allowed to return in 1895, establishing themselves in the convent of
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
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The village was awarded membership in ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' ("France's most beautiful villages").
Geography
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After the renewed expulsion in 1903, the Dominicans were exiled to Kain, Belgium. Here, they established a
studium generale
is the old customary name for a medieval university in medieval Europe.
Overview
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in 1904 in the former
Cistercian
The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...
abbey Le Saulchoir. From there, they published two journals, ''Revue des Sciences philosophiques et théologiques'' (starting 1907) and the ''Bulletin thomiste'' (starting 1924, not to be confused with ''Revue thomiste'', established in 1893). In 1939, the Dominicans were allowed back into
France
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and they established themselves in
Étiolles (
Essonne
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where the Centre d'études du Saulchoir was established in 1992.
References
Further reading
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Marie-Dominique Chenu
Marie-Dominique Chenu (; 7 January 1895, Soisy-sur-Seine, Essonne – 11 February 1990, Paris) was a Catholic theologian and one of the founders of the reformist journal '' Concilium''.
Early life
Chenu was born on 7 January 1895 at Soisy-su ...
, ''Le Saulchoir, une école de théologie'' (1937, 2nd ed. 1985).
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André Duval, « Aux origines de l'Institut historique d'études thomistes du Saulchoir (1920 et ss) », ''Revue des Sciences philosophiques et théologiques'' 75 (1991): pp. 423-48.
External links
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Saulchoir Study Centre (in French)
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Dominican Order
Thomism
Catholic universities and colleges in France