Philip of the Blessed Trinity
{{Short description|French Discalced Carmelite theologian and missionary}}
Philip of the Blessed TrinityPhilip of the Trinity, Esprit Julien, Philippe de la Très Sainte-Trinité, Philippus a Sanctissima Trinitate.{{full citation needed|date=September 2018|reason=One can't identify the author, title, and publisher from this jumble, let alone publication date and possible URL}} (1603 at Malaucene, near Avignon – 28 February 1671 at Naples) was a French Discalced Carmelite theologian and missionary.
Life
He took the habit at Lyon where he made his profession on 8 September 1621. Choosing the missionary life, he studied in Paris and two years at the seminary in Rome, proceeded in February 1629 to the Holy Land and Persia, and then to Goa where he became prior of the Order convent and teacher of philosophy and theology (1631–1639).Lohr, C. H. Latin Aristotle Commentaries: Renaissance Authors. pp. 328–329, 1988. After the martyrdom of his pupil Dionysius, a Nativitate, and Redemptus a Cruce on 29 November 1638, Philip collected evidence and set out for Rome in 1639 to introduce the cause of their beatification which, however, only terminated in 1900.
He did not return to the mission, but starting in 1641 was entrusted with important offices in France, and in 1665 was elected Superior General of the Order with residence in Rome, and was three years later re-elected.{{Cite web |url=http://carmelaram.com/index_about.php |title=Carmelaram |access-date=2011-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202075823/http://carmelaram.com/index_about.php |archive-date=2012-02-02 |url-status=dead }} While visiting all the provinces of his order, he was caught in a terrific gale off the coast of Calabria, and reached Naples in dying condition.
Works
Besides the classical languages he spoke fluently French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Persian, and Arabic. Of his numerous works the following have lasting value:
- Summa philosophica, 4 vol, (Lyon, 1648; Cologne, 1654; Cologne, 1665; Lyon, 1669), in which he follows not only the spirit but also the method of St. Thomas Aquinas
:# Prima Secundae, sive Physica in Communi{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U_MGAAAAcAAJ|title=Summa philosophica ex mira principis philosophorum Aristotelis et D. Thomae doctrina: ¬Prima ¬secundae ¬sive Physica in communi|author=Philippus (a Sanctissima Trinitate) |date=1654-01-01|language=en}} (Aristotelian physics)
:# Secunda Secundae, sive Physica in Particulari{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hfQGAAAAcAAJ|title=Summa philosophica ex mira principis philosophorum Aristotelis et D. Thomae doctrina|author=Philippus (a Sanctissima Trinitate) |date=1655-01-01|language=en}} (Aristotelian physics and Ptolemaic astronomy including tabulated geocentric values of the distances from the Earth to the Moon and the Sun within 5% of modern heliocentric values, but a value of the circumference of the Earth within only 30% of the modern value)
:# Tertia Pars, sive Metaphysica{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvQGAAAAcAAJ|title=Summa philosophica ex mira principis philosophorum Aristotelis et D. Thomae doctrina: ¬Tertia ¬Pars ¬sive Metaphysica|author=Philippus (a Sanctissima Trinitate) |date=1655-01-01|language=en}}
- Summa theologiae thomisticae, 5 vol, Lyon, 1653
- Summa theologiae mysticae, Lyon, 1656;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mHBCAAAAcAAJ|title=Philippi a Sanctiss. Trinitate Summa theologiae mysticae|author=Philippus (a Sanctissima Trinitate) |date=1656-01-01|language=en}} reprinted in 3 vol, Paris, 1884
- Itinerarium orientale, Lyon, 1649, also in Italian and French{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26QAAAAAcAAJ|title=Philippi a SS. Trinitate Itinerarium Orientale|author=Philippus (a Sanctissima Trinitate) |date=1649-01-01|language=en}}
- Decor Carmeli religiosi, Lyon, 1665, the lives of the saints and saintly members of his Order
- Theologia carmelitana, Rome, 1665
The two last named and some smaller works dealing to some extent with historical matters of a controversial nature, called forth a reply from Pierre-Joseph de Haitze, under the titles "Des Moines empruntéz" and "Des Moines travestis".
See also
References
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- {{Catholic|wstitle=Philip of the Blessed Trinity}} The entry cites:
- Henricus a SS.v Sacramento, Collectio Scriptorum Ord. Carmel. Excalc. II (Savona, 1884), 110.
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