7/25/2019 The Leaders and Their Work
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The leaders and their work
The neo-Scholastic movement was inaugurated by such writers
as Sanseverino(1811-65) and Cornoldi(1822-2) in !taly" #on$ale$
(18%1-2) in S&ain" 'leutgen(1811-8%) and Stcl (182%-5) in
#ermany" de San
(18%2-1*+), u&ont, and .e&idi in /elgium" 0arges and
ormet de orges(11*) in 0rance, who with other scholars carried on
the wor o restoration
beore the 3oly Seegave it solemn a&&roval and
encouragement4 ius !, it
istrue, in various letters, recogni$ed its im&ortance" but
it wasthe encyclical 79terni atris7 o .eo !!!(+ ug4, 18:) that
im&arted
to neo-Scholasticism its deinitive character and ;uicened its
develo&ment4This document sets orth the &rinci&les by
which the movement is to be
guided in a &rogressive s&irit, and by which the
medievaldoctrineis to tae
on new lie in its modern environment4 7!,7 says the
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