Edmund Voit
Edmund Voit (born September 27, 1707 , in Neustadt an der Saale , Lower Franconia ; † October 29, 1780 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) was a Jesuit priest, professor of theology and provincial of the Upper Rhine Order Province. Father Voit wrote a. a. a two-volume, Latin moral theology, which became known worldwide as a standard work.
Life
Edmund Voit entered the Jesuit order on July 11, 1727 and became a priest. Together with the young Theodor Schneider , later rector of Heidelberg University and missionary pioneer in America, Voit worked around 1736 as a pastor in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . There the Jesuits had looked after the Catholic parish of the Liebfrauen-Stiftskirche on behalf of the Palatinate Elector since 1700 and had a branch with a Latin school or college.
In 1748 Father Voit received his doctorate in theology in Würzburg, then he became professor of Holy Scripture and taught from 1749 to 1760 as a professor of moral theology in Würzburg . Here he also published various theological books and treatises. His two-volume Latin moral theology, first published in Würzburg in 1750, made him known worldwide. It was published several times (last time in 1860) and for about 70 years was a standard theological work that can still be found in most of the major libraries today. In Würzburg Voit also acted as the rector of the Jesuit College (secondary school).
After his time as a professor in Würzburg, Edmund Voit worked again in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . Now he officiated as the rector of the Latin school or the college and worked in the pastoral care there; In 1771 he was promoted to provincial (superior) of the entire Upper Rhine Province of the Jesuits. Voit remained in this position until the dissolution of the religious order in 1773. After that, the priest continued to work in the pastoral care of the collegiate church and died in 1780. In October of that year he was at the then Catholic cemetery in Neustadt (at what later became Hetzelplatz) in the Jesuit crypt there as last dead buried.
literature
- Franz Heinrich Reusch: Voit, Edmund . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 220.
- Heinrich Joseph Wetzer and Benedikt Welte : Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology and its auxiliary sciences, 7th volume, 1851, page 306; Scan of the entry
- Franz Xaver Remling : Documented history of the former abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria, Neustadt, 1836, page 309; Scan the section
- Andreas Kraus and Max Spindler: History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century, Verlag CH Beck, 1997, page 1094, ISBN 3406394515 ; Scan of the passage
Web links
- Complete scan, 1st volume of the moral theology Edmund Voits
- Complete scan, 2nd volume of the moral theology Edmund Voits
Individual evidence
- ^ Source on the stay in Neustadt, 1736, together with Father Theodor Schneider.
- ↑ On moral theology Edmund Voits
- ↑ On moral theology Edmund Voits
- ^ Edmund Voits Moral Theology in the catalog of the Australian National Library
- ^ Edmund Voit as rector of the Würzburg Jesuit College.
- ↑ Pirmin Stolz, 100 Years of the Parish Church of St. Marien, Neustadt, 1962, pages 7 and 8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voit, Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German priest, Jesuit and university professor, religious provincial |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1707 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Neustadt an der Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1780 |
| Place of death | Neustadt an der Weinstrasse |