Juan González Arintero, OP (24 June 1860 – 20 February 1928) was a Spanish Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers.Martinez Juan, Manuel Angel (2010). La Verdadera Evolución de la Iglesia según Juan González-Arintero, OP, in Ciencia Tomista 137 (1):107-138.
Biography Early life Arintero was born in Lugueros, León, and entered the convent of the Dominican Order at Corias (Asturias) in 1875."El P. Arintero, O. P.". El Siglo Futuro: 1. 21 de febrero de 1928. 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."Juan González Arintero Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2023.
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."Fray Juan González Arintero". dominicos.org. 13 de diciembre de 2016. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2023.
Career In Salamanca, Arintero founded the "Scientific-Apologetic Academy of Saint Thomas". In 1921, he founded in Bilbao the magazine La Vida Sobrenatural.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. 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.Martinez Juan, Manuel Ángel (2010). "La Verdadera Evolución de la Iglesia según Juan González-Arintero, OP," Ciencia Tomista 137 (1):107-138.
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"),La evolución mística en el desenvolvimiento y vitalidad de la Iglesia. Editorial Católica. 1968. p. 26. 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."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.
Arintero died in Salamanca on 20 February 1928 at the age of 67.
Beatification His cause for beatification has been initiated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca since 5 August 1976.
Works
In Spanish 1892: El Diluvio Universal Demostrado por la Geologia 1898: La Evolución y la Filosofía Cristiana 1901: El Hexámeron y la Ciencia Moderna 1904: Teología y Teofobia 1908: Evolución Mística 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
In English translation 1949: The Mystical Evolution in the Development and Vitality of the Church 1957: Stages in Prayer
See also Marie-Joseph Lagrange Neo-Scholasticism Ramiro de Maeztu
References
Further reading 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.
External links Juan González Arintero Dominican Contributions to the Spiritual Life of the Church Arinteriana - vie et oeuvres du P. Arintero en français