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Reuben Parsons,
D.D.
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(1841 – 13 April 1906) was an American
Catholic priest and author.
Biography
Reuben Parsons was born in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey and was ordained priest in 1866. He received his early education at
Mount St. Mary's University
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, and later at the
Pontifical North American College
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. For thirteen years Parson was chaplain of
St. Joseph's Hospital in
Yonkers, where he died after a long illness.
"Death List of a Day,"
''The New York Times'', April 15, 1906.
Works
* (1872). ''A Biographical Dictionary''. New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co.
* (1892)
''Some Lies and Errors of History''
Notre Dame, IND.: Office of the "Ave Maria".
* (1896-1900). ''Studies in Church History'':
** (1896)
Vol. I: Centuries I-VIII
New York: Fr. Pustet & Co.
** (1896)
Vol. II: Centuries IX-XIV
New York: Fr. Pustet & Co.
** (1897)
Vol. III: Centuries XV-XVI
New York: Fr. Pustet & Co.
** (1897)
Vol. IV: Centuries XVII-XVIII
New York: Fr. Pustet & Co.
** (1898)
Vol. V: Century XIX (Part I)
New York: Fr. Pustet & Co.
** (1900)
Vol. VI: Century XIX (Part II)
New York: Fr. Pustet & Co.
* (1902). ''Universal History''. Yonkers, N.Y. 0 vols.* (1908). ''Sermons''. Philadelphia, Pa.: J.J. McVey.
Selected articles
* (1887)
"Pope Clement VIII. and Beatrice Cenci,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 12, pp. 29–38.
* (1887)
"The Charge of Heresy against Dante,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 12, pp. 714–725.
* (1894)
"A Glance at the Soldier Monks,"
''The Catholic World'', Vol. LIX, pp. 502–521.
* (1895)
"The Eight Centennial of the First Crusade,"
''The Rosary Magazine'' 7, pp. 16–23.
* (1895)
"Gustavus Adolphus,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 20, pp. 510–527.
* (1896)
"Explorers in the Middle Age: Marco Polo,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 21, pp. 43–52.
* (1896)
"The Baptism of France,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 21, pp. 497–517.
* (1897)
"A Glance at the Reign of St. Louis,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 22, pp. 47–73
* (1897)
"Lacordaire and Lamennais,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 22, pp. 256–279.
* (1897)
"The Struggle of Polish Catholicity with Russian Orthodoxy,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 22, pp. 694–723.
* (1898)
"The Later Religious Martyrdom of Poland,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 23, pp. 71–96.
* (1898)
"Freemasonry in Latin America,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 23, pp. 802–835.
* (1899)
"The Third French Republic as a Persecutor of the Church,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 24, No. 96, pp. 1–18.
* (1900)
"Some Heterodoxies and Inconsintencies of Russian 'Orthodoxy',"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 25, pp. 675–696.
* (1902)
"The Commencements of the Normans,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 27, pp. 32–53.
* (1903)
"The Historical and Religious Origin of Our Recent Immigrants from Eastern Europe,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 28, pp. 37–59.
* (1904)
"Feudalism, Chivalry and the Communes in the Middle Age,"
''The American Catholic Quarterly Review'' 29, pp. 39–51.
* (1910)
"Early Days of the American College,"
in ''History of the American College''. New York: Benziger Brothers.
Notes
External links
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Works by Reuben Parsons
at Hathi Trust
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1841 births
1906 deaths
Clergy from New York City
19th-century American Roman Catholic priests
Historians from New York (state)