Anthony Maas
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Anthony Maas
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Born |
Anthony John Maas
( 1858-08-23 ) August 23, 1858
Bainkhausen,
Province of Westphalia
, Prussia
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Died |
February 20, 1927
(1927-02-20)
(aged
68)
Poughkeepsie
, New York
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Burial place | Saint Andrew-on-Hudson |
Occupation | Writer |
Anthony John Maas (1859–1927) was a noted Catholic exegete , or writer of critical interpretation of scripture.
Biography
Anthony Maas was born in Bainkhausen, Province of Westphalia , Prussia on August 23, 1858. [1] He was educated at public and private schools and the gymnasium at Arnsberg , Westphalia, the Jesuit scholasticates at Manresa, New York , Woodstock College , and Manresa, Spain . [2]
Maas came to the United States , entered the Society of Jesus in 1877, and was ordained , 1887. He was professor of Scripture (1891-1905) and prefect of studies (1897-1905) at Woodstock, assistant editor of The Messenger in New York (1905-1907), rector of Woodstock College (1907-1912), and provincial of the Maryland-New York Province , resident in New York (1912-1927). [3]
His works include the Life of Christ , Christ in Type and Prophecy [4] and a commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew . [5]
He died at Saint Andrew-on-Hudson , Poughkeepsie , New York on February 20, 1927. [6]
References
- ↑ The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers . The Encyclopedia Press . 1917. p. 105 . Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via archive.org.
- ↑ "Maas, Anthony J.", New Catholic Dictionary , 1929 p.580
- ↑ The Sacred Heart Review , Volume 58, Number 24, 24 November 1917
- ↑ Maas, A. J.( 1895), Maas, A. J. SJ, Christ in Type and Prophecy , New York, Benziger Brothers
- ↑ Maas, A. J. (1898), The Gospel according to Saint Matthew, with an Explanatory and Critical Commentary , publ. B Herder, St Louis Mo.
- ↑ "Rev. Anthony J. Maas, 68, Dies in Poughkeepsie" . The Baltimore Sun . Poughkeepsie, New York. February 21, 1927. p. 2 . Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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Woodstock College
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