Father leonard feeney biography
Leonard Feeney was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on February 15, On the eve of Our Lady's Nativity, September 7, , he entered the Jesuit Novitiate.
Leonard Edward Feeney (February 18, – January 30, ) was an..
Leonard Feeney
American Jesuit
The Reverend Leonard Edward Feeney SJ | |
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| Born | (1897-02-18)February 18, 1897 Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 1978(1978-01-30) (aged 80) Ayer, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Priest, poet, lyricist, editor, chaplain |
| Known for | Feeneyism |
| Ordained | June 20, 1928 |
Leonard Edward Feeney (February 18, 1897 – January 30, 1978) was an American Jesuit Catholic priest, poet, lyricist, and essayist.
He articulated an interpretation of the Catholic doctrine extra Ecclesiam nulla salus ("outside the Church there is no salvation"). He took the position that baptism of blood and baptism of desire are unavailing and that therefore no non-Catholics will be saved.[1] Those positions are called, after him, Feeneyism.
Fighting against what he perceived to be the liberalization of Catholic doctrine, he was excommunicated by the Holy See. He was described as Boston's homegrown version of Father