Desire-Joseph Mercier ✓

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Belgian cardinal (1851–1926)

About Desire-Joseph Mercier

Désiré Félicien François Joseph Mercier was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1906 until his death in 1926. A Thomist scholar, he had several of his works translated into other European languages. He was known for his book, Les origines de la psychologie contemporaine (1897). He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1907.

Notable works:

A manual of modern scholastic philosophy

All Desire-Joseph Mercier Quotes

Suffering accepted and vanquished. . . . will give you a serenity which may well prove the most exquisite fruit of your life. Accepted
We must not only give what we have, we must give what we are. Give
All knowledge is sterile which does not lead to action and end in charity. Action

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