Johannes von Kuhn
Johannes Evangelist Kuhn , from 1850 by Kuhn , (born February 19, 1806 in Wäschenbeuren , † May 8, 1887 in Tübingen ) was a German Catholic theologian .
Johannes Kuhn attended the Latin School in Gmünd from 1818 to 1821 , the Obergymnasium in Ellwangen from 1821 to 1824 and the Obergymnasium in Rottweil from 1824 to 1825 . From 1825 to 1830 he studied Catholic theology at Wilhelmsstift in Tübingen . In the fall of 1830 Kuhn entered the seminary in Rottenburg am Neckar , and on September 14, 1831 he was ordained a priest.
He took up a professorship in Gießen in 1832 before moving to Tübingen as a professor of dogmatics in 1837 . From 1848 to 1852 he was a member of the Württemberg Chamber of Deputies . In 1857 he was elected to the State Court. In 1862 he took part in the assembly of Greater Germans in Frankfurt and in founding the German Reform Association . From 1868 until his death he held a mandate in the Württemberg Chamber of Notaries.
Johannes von Kuhn was the most important systematic theologian of the Tübingen school . He was a staunch opponent of neo-scholasticism and demanded the independence of philosophy from theology .
Kuhn was long forgotten in Catholic theology. The theologians Josef Rupert Geiselmann and Heinrich Fries have made a contribution to a new discovery by Kuhn.
In 1850, Johannes von Kuhn received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which was associated with the personal title of nobility. He was also awarded the commentary cross of the Friedrich Order .
Works
- Catholic dogmatics . 3 unfinished volumes. Tübingen 1846-1859.
- Philosophy and theology . Tuebingen 1860.
- The Christian doctrine of divine grace . Tuebingen 1868.
- A free Catholic university in Germany and freedom of science . Tübingen: Laupp, 1863.
literature
- Wilhelm Baum: Kuhn, Johannes Evangelist from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 263 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Friedrich Lauchert : Kuhn, Johannes von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 418-420.
- Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 485 .
- Erich Naab: Kuhn, Johannes Evangelist (from). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 795-798.
- Franz Wolfinger The faith according to Johann Evangelist von Kuhn. Essence, forms, origin, development , (= studies on theology and intellectual history of the nineteenth century, volume 2) Göttingen 1972, ISBN 978-3-525-87454-7 .
- Hubert Wolf : Heretic or Doctor of the Church? The Tübingen theologian Johannes von Kuhn (1806-1887) in the church political debates of his time , Mainz 1992 (publications of the Commission for Contemporary History, Series B: Research 58), p. 367.
Web links
- Works by and about Johannes von Kuhn in the German Digital Library
- Literature by and about Johannes von Kuhn in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuhn, Johannes von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuhn, Johannes Evangelist von (full name); Kuhn, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic theologian; Rector in Tübingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wäschenbeuren |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1887 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |