John A. Hardon

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John A. Hardon


Born
in Midland, PA, The United States
June 08, 1914

Died
December 30, 2000

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Servant of God John Anthony Hardon received a bachelor of arts degree from John Carroll University in 1936. He entered the Jesuit novitiate in the same year, and received a Masters degree from Loyola in 1941, during his formation.

He was ordained on June 18, 1947 and then sent for doctoral studies To the pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He received his doctorate in sacred theology in 1951.

He professed final vows as a Jesuit on February 2, 1953. He was already serving as a professor, teaching from 1951 to 1990. Father Hardon continued to teach after that time, including distance education courses in print and by teleconference.

His Catholic Catechism was written at the request of Pope Paul VI, and he consulted on the Catechism of the C
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“Divine Revelation is God speaking. Faith is man listening.”
John A. Hardon

“So the man of faith must defend himself against the charge of dogmatism, as though what he believes now has always been true and will remain essentially unchanged in a universe whose only apparent constant is change.”
John A. Hardon, The Catholic Catechism: A Contemporary Catechism of the Teachings of the Catholic Church

“doctrines like papal infallibility and the Catholic teaching on marriage and social morality are believed with a conviction that scandalizes those who do not have the light of the abiding Spirit.”
John A. Hardon, The Catholic Catechism: A Contemporary Catechism of the Teachings of the Catholic Church