Louis Bouyer (1913, Paris – 2004) was a FrenchLutheran minister who converted to Catholicism in 1939. During his religious career he was a scholar who was relied upon during the Second Vatican Council.
He was known for his books on Christian spirituality and its history. He also was a co-founder of the international review Communio. He was chosen by the pope to be part of a team to initiate the International Theological Commission in 1969.
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Published works[]
Liturgical Piety (1955)
The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism (1956)
Newman: His Life and Spirituality (1960 or earlier)
Introduction to Spirituality (1961)
The Word, Church and Sacraments In Protestantism and Catholicism (1961)
Liturgy and Architecture (1967)
The Spirituality of the New Testament and the Fathers (History of Christian Spirituality; v. 1) (1982)
The Spirituality of the Middle Ages (History of Christian Spirituality; v. 2) (1982)
Eucharist: Theology and Spirituality of the Eucharistic Prayer (1989)
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Pope Innocent XI ·Pope Benedict XIV ·Suppression of the Society of Jesus ·Anti-clericalism ·Pope Pius VI ·Shimabara Rebellion ·Edict of Nantes ·Dechristianisation of France during the French Revolution
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ·Francisco Suárez ·François Fénelon ·Jansenism ·Blaise Pascal ·Saint Alphonsus Liguori ·Saint Louis de Montfort ·Alfonso Muzzarelli ·Louis Thomassin ·Jean de La Fontaine
19th century
John Henry Newman ·Gaetano Sanseverino ·Giovanni Maria Cornoldi ·Clemens Maria Hofbauer ·Johann Michael Sailer ·Johann Joseph von Görres ·Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler ·Giuseppe Pecci ·Joseph Hergenröther ·Tommaso Maria Zigliara