This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Daniélou, Jean Guénolé Louis Marie Cardinal, S.J.".
Fr. Jean Daniélou was a Jesuit scholar of early Christianity who was editor of Études in Paris, a Catholic general interest magazine. In 1969, he was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI and was a member of the Académie Française.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1950/08/01 |
HLS to Merton |
Je pense que cela est très important pour les USA, pour |
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[labeled "Conscience Matter"]
«detailed view» |
| 2. |
1950/10/06? |
HLS to Merton |
Merci de |
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[year estimated from context]
«detailed view» |
| 3. |
1954/01/30 |
HLS to Merton |
Je vous remercie de [...] Bread in the Wilderness, dont la dédicace m'a beaucoup triché. |
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«detailed view» |
| 4. |
1959/04/23 |
transcript from Merton |
May I appeal to your charity in a matter that is for my good and I think for that of the Church? |
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«detailed view» |
| 5. |
1959/06/03? |
HLS to Merton |
J'ai été profoudement touché a la confiance que me |
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[year estimated from context]
«detailed view» |
| 6. |
1959/07/no? (#01) |
TL[x] from Fox, James / to Gabriel Sortais |
This enclosure shows that idea has been given up, but the hermitage idea is now Fr. Louis' favorite. |
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[see "Fox, James" Series 29 for source file - extant copy only contains pages 2-8 - see also enclosure, one page of letter from Fox to "Fr. Jean" (Danielou?), 1959/07/00#2]
«detailed view» |
| 7. |
1959/07/no? (#02) |
TL[x] from Fox, James |
This enclosure shows that idea has been given up, but the hermitage idea is now Fr. Louis' favorite. |
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[see "Fox, James" Series 29 for source file - extant copy only contains page 7 - see also letter to Sortais with which this copy was enclosed, 1959/07/00#1]
«detailed view» |
| 8. |
1959/12/05 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I have been hoping that by this time I would have written a letter from Mexico saying that |
✓ |
«detailed view» |
| 9. |
1960/01/02 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thank you for your very fine and heartwarming letter of December 26th. I was glad to get it |
✓ |
«detailed view» |
| 10. |
1960/04/04 |
HLS to Merton |
Voici bien longtemps que je voulais répondre à votre lettre a Janvier. |
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«detailed view» |
| 11. |
1960/04/21 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Your letter from Sweden was very welcome and came at an appropriate time as I have a lot of things |
✓ |
«detailed view» |
| 12. |
1960/12/26 |
HLS to Merton |
Je vous envoie |
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«detailed view» |
| 13. |
1961/04/02? |
HLS to Merton |
... J'ai été très heureux de ce que vous me dites sur votre "ermitage oecumenique". |
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[year estimated from context]
«detailed view» |
| 14. |
1962/04/20 |
HLS to Merton |
Voici longtemps que je [...] répondre à votre dernière lettre. Mais j'ai eu |
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«detailed view» |
| 15. |
1962/12/31 |
HLS to Merton |
Je suis humblement en retard pour répondre à vos lettres |
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«detailed view» |
| 16. |
1966/07/11 |
TL[c] from Merton |
For all I know you may be in the U.S. at the moment, but I will send this to France in the hope |
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«detailed view» |
| 17. |
1966/07/25 |
HLS to Merton |
J'ai été heureux d'avoir |
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«detailed view» |
| 18. |
undated/08/01 |
HLS to Merton |
Voici enfin un peu [...] après des semaines chaque d'obligations |
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[seems to be missing page or pages]
«detailed view» |
| 19. |
undated/09/11 |
HLS to Merton |
Je vous remercié de votre lettre qu'est |
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[likely between the dates of 1948 and 1955 according to the context]
«detailed view» |
| 20. |
undated/no/no |
other |
Danielou, Jean 1905- |
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[biographical information from Contemporary Authors (pgs. 105-107)]
«detailed view» |
| 21. |
undated/no/no |
other |
Danielou, Jean 1905-1974; French theologian, historian, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. |
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[biographical info. / found in Contemporary Authors]
«detailed view» |
| 22. |
undated/no/no |
other |
Jean Danielou (1905-1974) Born in Paris, France, May 14, 1905, Jean Danielou has had a remarkable |
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[biographical info. / listing of his literary works that Merton found most helpful]
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