Beda Mayr

Beda Mayr , actually Felix Mayr , pseudonym Sebastian Leo (born January 15, 1742 in Taiting , † April 28, 1794 in Donauwörth ) was a German clergyman, theologian and writer.

Life

After studying in Augsburg, Munich and Freiburg im Breisgau, took his religious vows on September 29, 1762 in Heilig Kreuz zu Donauwörth. There he also worked as a professor of theology and philosophy. He also became prior of the monastery.

A pamphlet, which he wrote but was published by Heinrich Braun without his knowledge, caused a sensation under the title The first step towards the future unification of the Catholic and Protestant churches. Dared by - You will hardly believe it, dared by a monk .

Fonts (selection)

• The venerable and zealous preacher in Sangersdorf gave a punitive and moral sermon to his peasants . Leipzig 1775 ( digitized version )
• All the sermons
  • 3rd part Sunday sermons for the country people . Augsburg 1778 ( digitized version )
  • 4th part: Sermons. ... part two ( digitized version )
  • Part 5: Ceremonial sermons, with an appendix of occasional speeches . Augsburg 1782 ( digitized version )
• The first step towards the future unification of the Catholic and Evangelical Churches. Dared by - You will hardly believe it, dared by a monk . 1778 ( digitized ), ( digitized )
• Something about Mr. Nikolai, bookseller in Berlin, and his reviewers… . 1786 ( digitized version )
• Father Beda Mayr's apology for his defense of the Catholic religion . Augsburg 1790 ( digitized version )
• Fr Beda Mayrs… answer to two so-called reviews of his work: Defense of religion . Augsburg 1790 ( digitized version )
• Defense of the Natural, Christian and Catholic Religions: According to the Needs of Our Times. Defense of the Christian religion . Augsburg 1787–1789 (digitized: Volume 1 , Volume 2.2 )
• P. Beda Mayrs… The foundations of mathematics and algebra. For use in high and low schools . Augsburg 1792 ( digitized version )

literature

• Franz Heinrich Reusch:  Mayr, Beda . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 134 f.
• Philipp Schäfer:  MAYR, Beda. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 1115-1116.
• Manfred Weitlauff :  Mayr, Beda. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , pp. 558-560 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Beda Mayr in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )