Charles Journet was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian.
14 Facts About Charles Journet
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Charles Journet was born in Geneva in 1891 as the son of Jean-Louis Journet and Jenny Bondat.
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Charles Journet was baptized on the same day in the church of Sacre-Coeur and Confirmed there on 12 June 1903 by Bishop Joseph Deruaz.
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Charles Journet studied at the seminary in Fribourg before being ordained to the priesthood on 15 July 1917.
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Charles Journet then did pastoral work in the Diocese of Fribourg until 1924 and taught at the seminary there from 1924 to 1965.
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Charles Journet established the theological journal Nova et Vetera in 1926.
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Charles Journet was raised to the rank of domestic prelate of his holiness on 13 August 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
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On 15 February 1965, Charles Journet was appointed titular archbishop of Furnos Minor.
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Charles Journet supported the documents Dignitatis humanae and Nostra aetate while affirming the Church's traditional teaching on divorce.
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Charles Journet was a close friend of the renowned philosopher Jacques Maritain, with whom he founded the theological journal Nova et Vetera in 1926.
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Charles Journet was protodeacon from the following 10 August 1971 until he opted to become a cardinal priest on 5 March 1973.
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Charles Journet is seen as the mentor of Swiss Cardinal Georges Cottier.
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Charles Journet died in Fribourg at the age of 84 on 15 April 1975.
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Charles Journet is buried in the Chartreuse de la Valsainte in Gruyeres.