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Charles Coppens was born on May 24, 1835 at Turnhout, Belgium, the son of Peter Hubert and Caroline (Vaes) Coppens.
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Charles Coppens was born on May 24, 1835 at Turnhout, Belgium, the son of Peter Hubert and Caroline (Vaes) Coppens.
Coppens began his training in the Jesuit college of St. Joseph in his native town and came to the United States to continue it in the scholasticates at St. Louis and at Fordham universities.
Coppens entered the Society of Jesus in 1853 at Florissant, Missouri, and was ordained in New York by Cardinal McCloskey in 1865.
He was professor of Latin and Greek in St. Louis University 1855-1859 and in St. Xavier’s College, Cincinnati, 1860-1862, taught rhetoric in the normal school at Florissant, Missouri, 1863-1875, and in St. Louis University 1876-1880, was president of St. Mary's College at St. Mary’s, Kansas, 1881-1884, was professor of rhetoric again at Florissant, 1885-1886, and of philosophy in Detroit College, 1887-1895, in Creighton University at Omaha, 1896-1905, in St. Louis University, 1906-1908, and finally in Loyola University in Chicago, where he died.
During his lifetime he published a lot of textbooks for educational purposes and contributed some works to the American Catholic Quarterly Review, the American Ecclesiastical Review, the Messenger of the Sacred Heart, the Messenger, Men and Women, and the Catholic Encyclopedia. His works included: The Art of Oratorical Composition (1885); A Practical Introduction to English Rhetoric (1886); A Brief Text-Book of Logic and Mental Philosophy (1891), and others.
His books were written in a style of unusual lucidity and ease. In them, as in his devotional works, Father Coppens made no significant departures from Jesuit tradition as regards style and matter. More originality was displayed in his most important book, Moral Principles and Medical Practice (1897; new and enlarged edition by H. S. Spalding, 1921).
Charles Coppens exerted a strong influence on Jesuit education in America and became well-known author of numerous textbooks and devotional works. Several of his textbooks have been widely used in Catholic schools and colleges. His book "Moral Principles and Medical Practice" (1897) made him the first author who treated medical ethics and medical jurisprudence from the Catholic point of view.
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Coppens was a member of the Society of Jesus.
Coppens was slight of stature and seemingly fragile, delicate of health, and so zealous and humble that “he never lost a moment of time or spoke an uncharitable word. ”
