Augustin Braig

Augustin Braig (born January 31, 1766 in Rississen , † July 16, 1821 ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor.

Life

Augustin Braig entered the Benedictine order in Weingarten Abbey and took his religious vows on April 23, 1786 . He was ordained a priest on September 18, 1790 . He then taught philosophy and theology in Weingarten Monastery and, since 1800, in Göttweig Monastery in Lower Austria . In 1804 he came to the University of Vienna as a professor of dogmatics and worked as such until 1814.

As a professor in Vienna , he was commissioned to write a textbook on dogmatics in 1812, which was to be used in the future in place of the standard textbook Institutiones theologiae dogmaticae by Engelbert Klüpfel , but the work remained unfinished after he resigned his teaching post in 1814, until 1817 as vice-chairman -Director of the Department of Theological Studies.

On February 23, 1817 he was canon at the Metropolitan Church of St. Stephen in Vienna.

In his role as an advisory Government Commissioner of the Emperor Franz for church affairs he became reality on April 18, 1818 Government appointed.

Fonts (selection)

Joachim Kramer; Augustin Braig: Materies tentaminis publici ex iure ecclesiastico . Salem, 1790.
Augustin Braig; Bernhard Gilg; Dominicus Kayser: Conspectus metaphysicae et philiosophiae morum: quem cum positionibus ex trigonometria plana et algebra in imperiali monasterio Weingartensis. Altdorf ad Vin .: Herkner, 1793.
Materies tentaminis publici ex philosophica universa . Altdorfii, 1794.

Individual evidence

^ ADB: Braig, Augustin - Wikisource. Retrieved April 21, 2018 .
↑ Augustin Braig was a relative of the Wiblingen conventual Michael Braig .
^ Institutiones theologiae dogmaticae
↑ Fatherland papers for the Austrian imperial state v. January 11, 1817 . 1817 ( google.de [accessed on April 21, 2018]).
↑ Anton KLEIN (Theologiæ Doctor.): History of Christianity in Austria and Styria, since its first introduction in these countries up to the present time, p. 181 . 1842 ( google.de [accessed on April 21, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Braig, Augustine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Braig, Augustine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 31, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cracks
DATE OF DEATH	July 16, 1821

[1] ADB: Braig, Augustin - Wikisource. Retrieved April 21, 2018 .

[2] Augustin Braig was a relative of the Wiblingen conventual Michael Braig .

[3] Institutiones theologiae dogmaticae

[4] Fatherland papers for the Austrian imperial state v. January 11, 1817 . 1817 ( google.de [accessed on April 21, 2018]).

[5] Anton KLEIN (Theologiæ Doctor.): History of Christianity in Austria and Styria, since its first introduction in these countries up to the present time, p. 181 . 1842 ( google.de [accessed on April 21, 2018]).