Anton Koch (theologian)
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Anton Koch (born April 19, 1859 in Pfronstetten ; † May 24, 1915 in Tübingen ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian , professor and rector of the University of Tübingen .
Life
Koch attended the Latin school in Riedlingen and the grammar school in Ehingen . He then studied Catholic theology at the University of Tübingen and was ordained a priest in 1884 . After working as a pastor, he became a repetiteur at Wilhelmsstift in Tübingen in 1886 . In 1891 he was promoted to Dr. theol. doctorate and then he worked as a chaplain in Stuttgart until he became an extraordinary professor of moral and pastoral theology in Tübingen in 1894 and a full professor from 1896. From 1913 to 1914 he was rector of the University of Tübingen.
As a member of the liberal section of the Tübingen faculty and a supporter of reform Catholicism , he repeatedly clashed with the Bishop of Rottenburg Paul Wilhelm von Keppler .
Since 1893 he was a member of the Catholic student union AV Guestfalia Tübingen .
Fonts (selection)
- Saint Faustus, Bishop of Riez . Stuttgart 1895
- Textbook of moral theology . Freiburg 1905
literature
- Rudolf Reinhardt : Koch, Anton. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 257 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by Anton Koch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography of the University of Tübingen
Individual evidence
- ^ August Vezin: 100 years of Tübingen Guestfalia. Cologne 1965, p. 97.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koch, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian and church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pfronstetten |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1915 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |