Larue, Charles de
Born 29 July, 1685 (some say 12 July, 1684), at Corbie, in France; died 5 Oct., 1739, at St. Germain-des-Près. Very early he displayed talent in the study of languages and signs of a religious vocation. He took the habit of St. Benedict in the Abbey of St. Faro at Meaux, and made his religious profession on 21 Nov., 1703. He then studies philosophy and theology, and in 1712 was sent to Paris to assist Dom Bernard de Montifacon in his literary work. The latter soon had a true estimate of his young assistant, and set him to work at editing all the works of Origen, except the “Hexapla”. Larue worked with energy; in 1725 printing was begun, and eight years later two volumes appeared with a dedication to Pope Clement XII. In the preface Larue gives the various opinions of earlier writers on Origen and his works, and states his reasons for making a new edition. The first volume contains the letters of Origen (mostly in fragments), the four books “De principiis” on prayer, an exhortation to martyrdom, and the eight books against Celsus. To this is added “De recta in Deum fide contra Marcionem”, which had been published in 1674 under the name of Origen. Larue proves that this book and the books “Contra hæreses” are falsely ascribed to Origen. To each book Larue adds copious explanatory notes. In the preface to the second volume is given an outline of the method followed by Origen in explaining the Holy Scriptures; then follow the commentaries on the Pentateuch, Josue, Judges, Ruth, Kings, Jobs, and the Psalter. Larue had gathered material for two other volumes, but a stroke of paralysis put an end to his labours. They were edited by his nephew Vincent de Larue, a member of the same congregation.
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The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IXCopyright © 1910 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, CensorImprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Larue, Charles De
a French Jesuit and celebrated preacher, was born at Paris in 1643; joined the order in 1659, became soon after professor of rhetoric, and at once attracted the attention of Louis XIV by his talents as a preacher and poet. He was for a while sent as a missionary among the Protestants of the Cevennes, but soon returned to Paris, where he was appointed professor of rhetoric in the college Louis-le-Grand. He was also chosen confessor of the dauphiness, and of the duke of Berri. He died at Paris May 27, 1725. Larue wrote Idyllia (Rouen, 1669, 12mo), reprinted under the title Carminum Libri 4 (6th ed. Paris, 1754), which contains, among a number of profane pieces, a Greek ode in honor of the immaculate conception (1670): P. Virgilii Maronis Opera, interpretatione et notis, ad usum Delphini (Paris, 1675, 4to, often reprinted): Sermons (in Migne, Collection des Orateurs Sacres): these are celebrated as models of pathos, as well as for vehemence of style and grace of diction: Panegyriques des Saints, etc. (Paris, 1740, 2 volumes, 12mo); and a number of theatrical pieces, etc. See Mercure de France, June, 1725; Baillet, Jugements des Savants; Journal des Savants, 1695, 1706, 1712, 1738, and 1740; Dict. des Predicateurs; Le Long, Bibl. Historique; Moreri, Dictionnaire Hist. 9; Bibl. des ecrivains de la Comnpagnie de Jesus, pages 658-665; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 29:700.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Larue, Charles de
a French Benedictine, was born at Corbie, July 12, 1684, and joined his order at Meaux. Being charged by Montfaucon with the edition of the works of Origen, he only succeeded in publishing the first two volumes. While superintending the print of the third volume, he was seized with a paralytic stroke, and died October 5, 1739, at Paris. See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)