Maurílio Teixeira-Leite Penido

Maurílio Teixeira-Leite Penido (Petrópolis, November 2, 1895 - Rio de Janeiro, June 23, 1970) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, writer, philosopher, and professor.

Biography Born in Petrópolis into a wealthy family, Penido moved to Paris together with his widowed mother at age eleven. He studied literature and philosophy at the University of Paris, where he was a pupil of Henri Bergson, then went to Rome to further his education at the Pontifical Gregorian University, before completing his formation at the University of Fribourg, where he later became a professor. He taught at the National Faculty of Philosophy, a former unit of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

His writings have been noted by René Guénon, Yves Congar, Régis Jolivet, Jacques Maritain, Henrique Cláudio de Lima Vaz, and Olavo de Carvalho.

Works

A Função da Analogia na Teologia Dogmática. Editora Vozes Limitada. Petrópolis, R.J. 1946 Iniciação Teológica - vol 1: O Mistério da Igreja. 1954. Iniciação Teológica - vol 2: O Mistério dos Sacramentos. Iniciação Teológica - vol 3: O Mistério de Cristo. Deus no Bergsonismo. 1993. Le methode de Bergson. 1993. Newman. 1994. O Itinerário Místico de São João da Cruz. Rio de Janeiro: Diadorim. 1995.