Hugh Pope
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Henry Vincent Pope, better known as Fr. Hugh Pope (1869—1946), was a Dominican biblical scholar, Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the Collegium Angelicum in Rome
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on 6 August 1869, the first son of Richard Vercoe Pope by his second wife, Elizabeth A. Phillips. His father was a convert to Roman Catholicism who taught at the Oratory School
in Birmingham. Henry entered the Dominican Order
, taking the name Hugh. He was ordained a priest on 19 September 1896. He went on to become Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the Collegium Angelicum in Rome. He died in Edinburgh on 23 November 1946.
A memorial volume was published as Kieran Mulvey, Hugh Pope of the Order of Preachers (London: Blackfriars Publications, 1954).
Rome
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Life
Henry Vincent Pope was born at KenilworthKenilworth
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on 6 August 1869, the first son of Richard Vercoe Pope by his second wife, Elizabeth A. Phillips. His father was a convert to Roman Catholicism who taught at the Oratory School
The Oratory School
The Oratory School is a Roman Catholic, independent school for boys in Woodcote, Berkshire. It is the last Catholic all-boys boarding school remaining in Great Britain. It has approximately 420 pupils...
in Birmingham. Henry entered the Dominican Order
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
, taking the name Hugh. He was ordained a priest on 19 September 1896. He went on to become Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the Collegium Angelicum in Rome. He died in Edinburgh on 23 November 1946.
A memorial volume was published as Kieran Mulvey, Hugh Pope of the Order of Preachers (London: Blackfriars Publications, 1954).
Articles and published lectures
- ‘What Are We to Think of Modern Spiritualism?’, American Ecclesiastical Review 27(1902), pp. 284-300.
- ‘The Influence of the Cuneiform Inscriptions upon Biblical Criticism’, American Ecclesiastical Review 29 (1903), pp. 352-363.
- ‘The Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God and the Teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas’, American Ecclesiastical Review 31 (1904), pp. 566-581.
- ‘The Formation of a Great Preacher’, American Ecclesiastical Review 39 (1908), pp.140-148; 257-269. (On St Augustine of Hippo.)
- ‘The Scholastic View of Biblical Inspiration’, Irish Theological Quarterly (1911).
- ‘St. Thomas Aquinas as an Interpreter of Holy Scripture’. Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1924. (Lecture)
- ‘A Brief History of the English Version of the New Testament first published at Rheims in 1582, continued down to the present day’, The Library, Transactions of the Bibliographical Society (March 1940), pp. 351-376.
Pamphlets
- Can I stay where I am? An inquiry addressed to "Anglo-Catholics" in doubt. London: Catholic Truth Society, 1911.
- The Godhead of Christ as Portrayed in the Gospels. London : Catholic Truth Society, 1924.
- Why Believe the Bible? London: Catholic Truth Society, 1924.
- The Catholic Doctrine of Indulgences. London: Catholic Truth Society, 1932 (several times reprinted).
Books
- The Catholic Church and the Bible. New York: The Macmillan company, 1928 (several times reprinted).
- The Date of the Composition of Deuteronomy: A Critical Study. Rome: F. Pustet, 1910.
- The Catholic Student's “Aids” to the Bible. 3 vols. London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1913-23.
- English Versions of the Bible, revised and amplified by Sebastian Bullough. St. Louis: Herder, 1952.
- Saint Augustine of Hippo: Essays Dealing with his Life and Times and some features of his Work. London: Sands, 1937 (several further editions).
Translations and editions
- Psalm CXVIII: A Meditation on the Law of God, edited by the Rev. Hugh Pope, O.P. London: Catholic Truth Society, 1901.
- Fifty-two Psalms, Selected from the Psalter, edited with notes by Father Hugh Pope, O.P. London: Catholic Truth Society, 1902.
- On Prayer and the Contemplative Life, by S. Thomas AquinasThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
; tr. by Hugh Pope, with a preface by Vincent McNabbVincent McNabbVincent McNabb, O.P. was an Irish scholar and priest, based in London, active in evangelisation and apologetics.-Early life:...
. London: Washbourne, 1914. - The Friar Preacher: Yesterday and To-day, translated from the French of Père Jacquin by Hugh Pope. London: Washbourne, 1915.
- A Manual for Dominican Lay-Brothers. Ditchling, Sussex: St. Dominic's Press, 1926.
- The Layman's New Testament, eing the Rheims text as first revised by Bishop Challoner, edited with introduction & notes by Hugh Pope. London: Sheed & Ward, 1927 (several times reprinted).
- The Teaching of St. Augustine on Prayer & the Contemplative Life, a translation of various passages from the Saint's sermons and other writings by Father Hugh Pope. London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne ltd, 1935.