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'''Matthias Lu''' was a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|Roman Catholic priest]] and internationally recognized [[Thomism|Thomist]] philosopher. [[Pope Pius XII]] conferred upon him the [[Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice]] award in 1939, and [[Pope John Paul II]] awarded him with a [[Benemerenti medal|Benemerenti Medal]] in 1985. |
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'''Matthias Lu''' ({{zh|c=呂穆迪}}; June 2, 1919 – June 25, 2008) was a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|Roman Catholic priest]] and [[Thomism|Thomist]] philosopher. He served as [[vicar]] to East Asian Catholics for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland|Diocese of Oakland]] from 1969 to 1986. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Lu was born in [[Baoding]], in [[Hebei]] province, China, to Paul and Rose Lu. He was ordained a priest in 1942 and left China in 1946 to study at the [[Pontifical Urban University|Pontificia Universita Urbaniana]], where he received a [[Licentiate (degree)|Licentiate]] and, later, a Ph.D.<ref>Emille Karrick, "Priest Strives to Protect Religious Freedom," ''The Contra Costa Sun'', 6/3/98</ref> |
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In the 1950s, Lu emigrated to North America and lectured at a number of institutions, including the [[University of Notre Dame]], [[St. Bonaventure University]], [[University of Ottawa]], and [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|Saint John's University]] (Minnesota). His longest-running association was with [[Saint Mary's College of California]], a university under the direction of the [[De La Salle Brothers|Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools]]. He served as professor, researcher, chaplain, and director of the International Saint Thomas Aquinas Center. In 1988, he was named an affiliated member (AFSC) of the Christian Brothers. Lu also ministered to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]'s East Asian community through the radio station [[KUSF (University of San Francisco)|KUSF]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Former SMC Professor and Affiliated Member of the Christian Brothers Dies |url=https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/former-smc-professor-and-affiliated-member-of-the-christian-brothers-dies |website=Saint Mary's College |access-date=December 20, 2022 |language=en |date=November 4, 2008}}</ref> |
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Fr. Lu was born in [[Baoding]], which is in the province of [[Hebei]], China, to Paul and Rose Lu. He was ordained a priest in 1942 and left China in 1946 to study at the [[Pontifical Urban University|Pontificia Universita Urbaniana]], where he received a Licentiate and, later, a PhD.<ref>Emille Karrick, "Priest Strives to Protect Religious Freedom," ''The Contra Costa Sun'', 6/3/98</ref> |
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[[Pope Pius XII]] conferred upon him the [[Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice]] award in 1939, and [[Pope John Paul II]] awarded him with a [[Benemerenti medal|Benemerenti Medal]] in 1985.{{cn|date=December 2022}} |
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In the 1950s, Lu emigrated to North America and lectured at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana), Saint Bonaventure University (New York), University of Ottawa (Canada), Saint John's University (Minnesota) and others. His longest-running association was with [[Saint Mary's College of California]], a university under the direction of the [[De La Salle Brothers|Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools]]. He served as professor, researcher, chaplain, and director of the International Saint Thomas Aquinas Center. In 1988, he was named an affiliated member (AFSC) of the Christian Brothers.<ref>https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/former-smc-professor-and-affiliated-member-of-the-christian-brothers-dies</ref> |
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==Translator and Author== |
==Translator and Author== |
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[[File:Bishop Fan.jpg|thumb]] |
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Lu translated numerous works by the [[Apostolic Fathers]], [[Aristotle]], and [[Thomas Aquinas]] into Chinese.<ref>''Personalities of America'', American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, 1992</ref> Lu expressed his own [[Philosophical realism|Realist]] anthropology in the Latin work ''A Critical Theoretical Inquiry on the Notion of Act in the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas'' (1992).<ref>{{cite book |last=Lu |first=Matthias |title=A Critical Theoretical Inquiry on the Notion of Act in the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas |date=1992 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=082041171X }}</ref> |
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Lu's pamphlet ''Bishop Fan'' (1992) was written about the lack of religious freedom under the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. It is partially a biography of [[Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan]], bishop of Baoding from 1951, as well as an indictment of the [[Catholic Patriotic Association]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lu |first=Matthias |title=Bishop Fan |date=1992 |publisher=St. Thomas Aquinas Center |location=Moraga}}</ref> |
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==Select Essays== |
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Fr. Lu translated numerous works by the [[Apostolic Fathers]], [[Aristotle]] and [[Thomas Aquinas|Saint Thomas Aquinas]] into Mandarin<ref>''Personalities of America'', American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, 1992</ref> and was the author of [https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Theoretical-Metaphysics-Aristotle-University/dp/082041171X A Critical Theoretical Inquiry on the Notion of Act in the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas], published in Latin.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Critical Theoretical Inquiry on the Notion of Act in the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas |date=October 1, 1992 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=082041171X |pages=359 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Theoretical-Metaphysics-Aristotle-University/dp/082041171X}}</ref> [[File:Matthias Lu.jpg|thumb|Matthias Lu]] |
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* {{cite journal |last1=Lu |first1=Matthias |url=http://www.cardinalkungfoundation.org/ar/HypocrisyorTactful.php |title=Hypocrisy or Tactful Machination? Assessing a Pastoral Letter of the Government-Approved Catholic Bishop's (Patriotic Association) Conference in China |periodical=The Cardinal Kung Foundation |date=Spring 1996}} |
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* {{cite journal |last1=Lu |first1=Matthias |title=Fifty Years of Chinese Philosophy, 1898-1950 |journal=New Scholasticism |date=1958 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=294–295 |doi=10.5840/newscholas195832244}} |
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==Select Essays== |
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* {{cite journal |last1=Lu |first1=Matthias |title=On the Sacrements of the Christian Faith |journal=New Scholasticism |date=1953 |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=104–109 |doi=10.5840/newscholas19532716}} |
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[http://www.cardinalkungfoundation.org/ar/HypocrisyorTactful.php Hypocrisy or Tactful Machination?], The Cardinal Kung Foundation, Spring 1996. |
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[https://philpapers.org/rec/LUFYO "Fifty Years of Chinese Philosophy, 1898-1950,"] New Scholasticism, vol. 32, 1958. |
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[https://philpapers.org/rec/LUOTS "On the Sacraments of the Christian Faith,"] New Scholasticism, vol. 27, 1953. |
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==Select Addresses== |
==Select Addresses== |
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*"Martyrdom For Truth and Liberty in the People's Republic of China (1949-1996)," The 5th World Congress of Christian Philosophy, Lublin, 1996. |
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*"Human Family and Human Children for a Human World," World Forum of NGOs, Malta, 1993.<ref>Subsequently published in "Catholic International", Assumption Communications, vol.5, no.2.</ref> |
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"Martyrdom For Truth and Liberty in the People's Republic of China (1949-1996)," The 5th World Congress of Christian Philosophy, Lublin, 1996. |
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*"Doctores Tres, Unus in Amore" Congressus Internationalis De Beato Joanne Duns Scoto, Rome, 1993. |
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*"Saint Thomas Aquinas in China," The 8th International Congress of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, 1987. |
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"Human Family and Human Children for a Human World," World Forum of NGOs, Malta, 1993. |
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*"The Common Man of Today Needs Saint Thomas Aquinas as a Whole Person," Convention on the 100th Anniversary of Leo XIII's ''Aeterni Patris'' at the Angelicum University, Rome, 1979. |
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"Doctores Tres, Unus in Amore" Congressus Internationalis De Beato Joanne Duns Scoto, Rome, 1993. |
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"Saint Thomas Aquinas in China," The 8th International Congress of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, 1987. |
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"The Common Man of Today Needs Saint Thomas Aquinas as a Whole Person," Convention on the 100th Anniversary of Leo XIII's ''Aeterni Patris'' at the Angelicum University, Rome, 1979. |
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==Activist== |
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Fr. Lu was a lifelong advocate for peace, families, and for oppressed and imprisoned Catholics in China. His privately-published book, ''Bishop Fan''<ref>''Bishop Fan'' St. Thomas Aquinas Center, Moraga, 1992 (50 pages).</ref> is one example of his effort to educate the Anglophone public about the state of religious freedom under the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. The tract is partially a biography of [[Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan|Peter Joseph Fan]]<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/25/obituaries/peter-joseph-fan-84-a-bishop-imprisoned-by-china-for-beliefs.html</ref>, 1907-1992, bishop of Baoding from 1951, as well as an indictment of the [[Catholic Patriotic Association]]. Fr. Lu also ministered to the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area's]] East Asian community through the medium of radio on [[KUSF (University of San Francisco)|KUSF]]. |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 06:12, 24 February 2023
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Matthias Lu (Chinese: 呂穆迪; June 2, 1919 – June 25, 2008) was a Roman Catholic priest and Thomist philosopher. He served as vicar to East Asian Catholics for the Diocese of Oakland from 1969 to 1986.
Biography
[edit]Lu was born in Baoding, in Hebei province, China, to Paul and Rose Lu. He was ordained a priest in 1942 and left China in 1946 to study at the Pontificia Universita Urbaniana, where he received a Licentiate and, later, a Ph.D.[1]
In the 1950s, Lu emigrated to North America and lectured at a number of institutions, including the University of Notre Dame, St. Bonaventure University, University of Ottawa, and Saint John's University (Minnesota). His longest-running association was with Saint Mary's College of California, a university under the direction of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He served as professor, researcher, chaplain, and director of the International Saint Thomas Aquinas Center. In 1988, he was named an affiliated member (AFSC) of the Christian Brothers. Lu also ministered to the San Francisco Bay Area's East Asian community through the radio station KUSF.[2]
Pope Pius XII conferred upon him the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award in 1939, and Pope John Paul II awarded him with a Benemerenti Medal in 1985.[citation needed]
Translator and Author
[edit]
Lu translated numerous works by the Apostolic Fathers, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas into Chinese.[3] Lu expressed his own Realist anthropology in the Latin work A Critical Theoretical Inquiry on the Notion of Act in the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas (1992).[4]
Lu's pamphlet Bishop Fan (1992) was written about the lack of religious freedom under the Chinese Communist Party. It is partially a biography of Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan, bishop of Baoding from 1951, as well as an indictment of the Catholic Patriotic Association.[5]
Select Essays
[edit]- Lu, Matthias (Spring 1996). "Hypocrisy or Tactful Machination? Assessing a Pastoral Letter of the Government-Approved Catholic Bishop's (Patriotic Association) Conference in China". The Cardinal Kung Foundation.
- Lu, Matthias (1958). "Fifty Years of Chinese Philosophy, 1898-1950". New Scholasticism. 32 (2): 294–295. doi:10.5840/newscholas195832244.
- Lu, Matthias (1953). "On the Sacrements of the Christian Faith". New Scholasticism. 27 (1): 104–109. doi:10.5840/newscholas19532716.
Select Addresses
[edit]- "Martyrdom For Truth and Liberty in the People's Republic of China (1949-1996)," The 5th World Congress of Christian Philosophy, Lublin, 1996.
- "Human Family and Human Children for a Human World," World Forum of NGOs, Malta, 1993.[6]
- "Doctores Tres, Unus in Amore" Congressus Internationalis De Beato Joanne Duns Scoto, Rome, 1993.
- "Saint Thomas Aquinas in China," The 8th International Congress of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, 1987.
- "The Common Man of Today Needs Saint Thomas Aquinas as a Whole Person," Convention on the 100th Anniversary of Leo XIII's Aeterni Patris at the Angelicum University, Rome, 1979.
References
[edit]- ^ Emille Karrick, "Priest Strives to Protect Religious Freedom," The Contra Costa Sun, 6/3/98
- ^ "Former SMC Professor and Affiliated Member of the Christian Brothers Dies". Saint Mary's College. November 4, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ Personalities of America, American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, 1992
- ^ Lu, Matthias (1992). A Critical Theoretical Inquiry on the Notion of Act in the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas. Peter Lang. ISBN 082041171X.
- ^ Lu, Matthias (1992). Bishop Fan. Moraga: St. Thomas Aquinas Center.
- ^ Subsequently published in "Catholic International", Assumption Communications, vol.5, no.2.