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'''Juan González Arintero''', [[Dominican Order|O.P.]] (24 June 1860 – 20 February 1928) was a Spanish [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Catholic priest]] and theologian.<ref>Martinez Juan, Manuel Angel (2010). "La Verdadera Evolución de la Iglesia según Juan González-Arintero, OP," ''Ciencia Tomista'' '''137''' (1):107-138.</ref>
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'''Juan González Arintero''', OP (24 June 1860 – 20 February 1928) was a Spanish religious priest of the [[Order of Preachers]].<ref>Martinez Juan, Manuel Angel (2010). ''La Verdadera Evolución de la Iglesia según Juan González-Arintero, OP'', in ''Ciencia Tomista'' '''137''' (1):107-138.</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
Arintero was born in [[Province of León|Lugueros, León]], and entered the Dominican Order at Corias ([[Asturias]]) in 1875. As a specialist in the natural sciences, he taught at colleges in Vergara, Corias, Valladolid and later at the [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'']] in Rome. In 1921 he founded in [[Bilbao]] the magazine ''La Vida Sobrenatural''.<ref>Requena, Federico M. (1999). ''Espiritualidad en la España de los Años Veinte: Juan G. Arintero y la Revista La Vida Sobrenatural (1921-1928)''. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra.</ref>
Arintero was born in [[Province of León|Lugueros, León]], and entered the convent of the Dominican Order at Corias ([[Asturias]]) in 1875.<ref>"[https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000439528 El P. Arintero, O. P.]". ''El Siglo Futuro'': 1. 21 de febrero de 1928.</ref> He took the religious habit in 1879. In 1881, he entered the [[University of Navarra]] and was ordained a priest in 1883. In 1886, he completed his studies in physical-chemical sciences and in 1908, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Theology.<ref>"[https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/34046/juan-gonzalez-arintero Juan González Arintero {{!}} Real Academia de la Historia]". dbe.rah.es. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2023.</ref>

As a specialist in the natural sciences, he taught at colleges in Vergara, Corias, Valladolid and later at the [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'']] in Rome. In Salamanca, he became friends with [[Marie-Joseph Lagrange]].<ref>"[https://www.dominicos.org/quienes-somos/grandes-figuras/personajes/juan-gonzalez-arintero/ Fray Juan González Arintero]". ''dominicos.org''. 13 de diciembre de 2016. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2023.</ref>

===Career===
In Salamanca, Arintero founded the "Scientific-Apologetic Academy of Saint Thomas". In 1921, he founded in [[Bilbao]] the magazine ''La Vida Sobrenatural''.<ref>Requena, Federico M. (1999). ''Espiritualidad en la España de los Años Veinte: Juan G. Arintero y la Revista La Vida Sobrenatural (1921-1928).'' Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra.</ref> He contributed to the restoration of mystical studies in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century and spread many ideas about [[mysticism]], [[holiness]] and perfection that later influenced the [[Second Vatican Council]].<ref>Martinez Juan, Manuel Ángel (2010). "La Verdadera Evolución de la Iglesia según Juan González-Arintero, OP," ''Ciencia Tomista'' 137 (1):107-138.</ref>

Arintero excelled in reconciling faith and scientific postulates. He defined his theses on the evolution of species in his eight-volume work entitled ''La Evolución y la Filosofía Cristiana'' ("Evolution and Christian Philosophy"),<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=0n49AAAAYAAJ&q=%22pero+s%C3%B3lo+publica+la+Introducci%C3%B3n+general%22 La evolución mística en el desenvolvimiento y vitalidad de la Iglesia].'' Editorial Católica. 1968. p. 26.</ref> in which he argues that there are two types of species, "an immutable species whose creation corresponded only to God, and another species, the organic species, which was derived from the first and which, thanks to the accidents explained by scientific evolution, was creating varieties such as genders or races. For Arintero, there was a divine order that always prevailed, and then a game of minor changes."<ref>Almiñana de Cózar, Eduardo (18 de marzo de 2018). "[https://www.diariodeleon.es/monograficos/filandon/180318/767296/padre-arintero-eslabon-leones-perdido.html Padre Arintero, el eslabón leonés perdido]". ''Diario de León''. Consultado el 8 de enero de 2020.</ref>

Arintero died in [[Salamanca]] on 20 February 1928 at the age of 67.


==Beatification==
Father Arintero died in [[Salamanca]] in 1928.
His cause for [[beatification]] has been initiated by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca]] since 5 August 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1928.htm|title=1928|website=Hagiography Circle}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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* (1892). ''El Diluvio Universal Demostrado por la Geologia''.
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* (1898). ''La Evolución y la Filosofía Cristiana''.
===In Spanish===
* (1901). ''El Hexámeron y la Ciencia Moderna''.
* 1892: ''El Diluvio Universal Demostrado por la Geologia''
* (1904). ''Teología y Teofobia''.
* (1908). ''Evolución Mística''.
* 1898: ''La Evolución y la Filosofía Cristiana''
* 1901: ''El Hexámeron y la Ciencia Moderna''
* (1916). ''Cuestiones Místicas''.
* 1904: ''Teología y Teofobia''
* (1919). ''Exposición Mística del Cantar de los Cantares''.
* 1908: ''Evolución Mística''
* (1923). ''Las Escalas del Amor'' ; reedición 2020 - Introducción [[https://www.academia.edu/6988824/Las_Escalas_de_Amor_Fr_Juan_G_Arintero_OP_]].
* 1911: ''Evolución Doctrinal''
* 1916: ''Cuestiones Místicas''
* 1919: ''Exposición Mística del Cantar de los Cantares''
* 1920: ''La Sulamitis: María Inmaculada, ideal del alma religiosa''
* 1923: ''Las Escalas del Amor''; reedición 2020 - Introducción [https://www.academia.edu/6988824/Las_Escalas_de_Amor_Fr_Juan_G_Arintero_OP_]
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===Works in English translation===
===In English translation===
* (1949). ''The Mystical Evolution in the Development and Vitality of the Church''.
* 1949: ''The Mystical Evolution in the Development and Vitality of the Church''
* (1957). ''Stages in Prayer''.
* 1957: ''Stages in Prayer''
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==See also==
==See also==
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* Lobo, Arturo Alonso (1970). ''El P. Arintero; Precursor Clarividente del Vaticano II''. Salamanca: San Esteban.
* Lobo, Arturo Alonso (1970). ''El P. Arintero; Precursor Clarividente del Vaticano II''. Salamanca: San Esteban.
* Lohrum, Meinolf (1993). "Arintero, Juan González, OP." In: W. Kasper: ''Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche''. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Wien.
* Lohrum, Meinolf (1993). "Arintero, Juan González, OP." In: W. Kasper: ''Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche''. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Wien.
* Plaza Aguilar, Saturnino (2004). ''La Evolución Doctrinal de la Iglesia según el P. Juan González Arintero O.P''. Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española.
* Plaza Aguilar, Saturnino (2004). ''La Evolución Doctrinal de la Iglesia según el P. Juan González Arintero OP''. Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española.
* Rodríguez González, Valentín (2007). ''María en la Espiritualidad del Padre Juan González Arintero, O.P''. Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española.
* Rodríguez González, Valentín (2007). ''María en la Espiritualidad del Padre Juan González Arintero, OP''. Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española.
* Suarez, Adriano (1936). ''Vida del M.R. Padre Fr. Juan G. Arintero''. Cádiz: Salvador Repeto.
* Suarez, Adriano (1936). ''Vida del M.R. Padre Fr. Juan G. Arintero''. Cádiz: Salvador Repeto.


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://cienciatomista.dominicos.org/personajes.aspx?idHistoria=13 Juan González Arintero]
* [http://cienciatomista.dominicos.org/personajes.aspx?idHistoria=13 Juan González Arintero]
* [http://opcentral.org/blog/the-dominican-story-dominican-contributions-to-the-spiritual-life-of-the-church/ Dominican Contributions to the Spiritual Life of the Church]
* [http://opcentral.org/blog/the-dominican-story-dominican-contributions-to-the-spiritual-life-of-the-church/ Dominican Contributions to the Spiritual Life of the Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129142130/http://opcentral.org/blog/the-dominican-story-dominican-contributions-to-the-spiritual-life-of-the-church/ |date=2018-01-29 }}
*[http://arinteriana.fr/ Arinteriana - vie et oeuvres du P. Arintero en français]
*[http://arinteriana.fr/ Arinteriana - vie et oeuvres du P. Arintero en français]
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Juan González Arintero

BornJuan Tomás González y González-Arintero
(1860-06-24)24 June 1860
Valdelugueros, León, Spain
Died20 February 1928(1928-02-20) (aged 67)
Salamanca, Spain

Juan González Arintero, OP (24 June 1860 – 20 February 1928) was a Spanish religious priest of the Order of Preachers.[1]

Biography

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Early life

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Arintero was born in Lugueros, León, and entered the convent of the Dominican Order at Corias (Asturias) in 1875.[2] He took the religious habit in 1879. In 1881, he entered the University of Navarra and was ordained a priest in 1883. In 1886, he completed his studies in physical-chemical sciences and in 1908, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Theology.[3]

As a specialist in the natural sciences, he taught at colleges in Vergara, Corias, Valladolid and later at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome. In Salamanca, he became friends with Marie-Joseph Lagrange.[4]

Career

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In Salamanca, Arintero founded the "Scientific-Apologetic Academy of Saint Thomas". In 1921, he founded in Bilbao the magazine La Vida Sobrenatural.[5] He contributed to the restoration of mystical studies in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century and spread many ideas about mysticism, holiness and perfection that later influenced the Second Vatican Council.[6]

Arintero excelled in reconciling faith and scientific postulates. He defined his theses on the evolution of species in his eight-volume work entitled La Evolución y la Filosofía Cristiana ("Evolution and Christian Philosophy"),[7] in which he argues that there are two types of species, "an immutable species whose creation corresponded only to God, and another species, the organic species, which was derived from the first and which, thanks to the accidents explained by scientific evolution, was creating varieties such as genders or races. For Arintero, there was a divine order that always prevailed, and then a game of minor changes."[8]

Arintero died in Salamanca on 20 February 1928 at the age of 67.

Beatification

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His cause for beatification has been initiated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca since 5 August 1976.[9]

Works

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Martinez Juan, Manuel Angel (2010). La Verdadera Evolución de la Iglesia según Juan González-Arintero, OP, in Ciencia Tomista 137 (1):107-138.
  2. ^ "El P. Arintero, O. P.". El Siglo Futuro: 1. 21 de febrero de 1928.
  3. ^ "Juan González Arintero | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2023.
  4. ^ "Fray Juan González Arintero". dominicos.org. 13 de diciembre de 2016. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2023.
  5. ^ Requena, Federico M. (1999). Espiritualidad en la España de los Años Veinte: Juan G. Arintero y la Revista La Vida Sobrenatural (1921-1928). Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra.
  6. ^ Martinez Juan, Manuel Ángel (2010). "La Verdadera Evolución de la Iglesia según Juan González-Arintero, OP," Ciencia Tomista 137 (1):107-138.
  7. ^ La evolución mística en el desenvolvimiento y vitalidad de la Iglesia. Editorial Católica. 1968. p. 26.
  8. ^ Almiñana de Cózar, Eduardo (18 de marzo de 2018). "Padre Arintero, el eslabón leonés perdido". Diario de León. Consultado el 8 de enero de 2020.
  9. ^ "1928". Hagiography Circle.

Further reading

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  • Bandera, Armando (1987). El P. Juan G. Arintero: Renace la Mística. Avila: Asociación Educativa Signum Christi.
  • Bandera, Armando (1989). Los Caminos de la Fe: Experiencia Creyente del P. Arintero. Salamanca: Editorial San Esteban.
  • Gorce, M. M. (1937). "Arintero (Juan-Gonzales)." In: M. Viller (ed.): Dictionnaire de Spiritualité. Ascétique et Mystique. Vol. 1, Paris: Beauchesne, pp. 855–859.
  • Llamera, Marceliano (1992). Los Santos en la Vida de la Iglesia según el P. Arintero. Salamanca: Editorial San Esteban.
  • Lobo, Arturo Alonso (1970). El P. Arintero; Precursor Clarividente del Vaticano II. Salamanca: San Esteban.
  • Lohrum, Meinolf (1993). "Arintero, Juan González, OP." In: W. Kasper: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Wien.
  • Plaza Aguilar, Saturnino (2004). La Evolución Doctrinal de la Iglesia según el P. Juan González Arintero OP. Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española.
  • Rodríguez González, Valentín (2007). María en la Espiritualidad del Padre Juan González Arintero, OP. Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española.
  • Suarez, Adriano (1936). Vida del M.R. Padre Fr. Juan G. Arintero. Cádiz: Salvador Repeto.
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