Erhard Schlund

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Erhard Schlund OFM (born July 25, 1888 in Siegenburg , Lower Bavaria , † December 1, 1953 in Munich ) was a German religious, religious scholar and philosopher .

Life

After graduating from high school in Bamberg in 1907, Erhard Schlund joined the Order of the Franciscans (OFM) . After studying theology, he was ordained a priest in 1912. During his doctoral studies, he became a member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. on January 15, 1919 . Vindelicia Munich in the CV . He was also a member of the Catholic student associations KDSt.V. Vandalia (Prague) in the CV and KDSt.V. Fredericia Bamberg in the CV. In 1921 he was in Munich with a thesis on the philosophical problems of Communism, especially in Kant Dr. phil. PhD . He was later a professor at the Franciscan theological college in Munich. From 1921 to 1933 he was CV pastor and from 1928 to 1940 chairman and editor of the Consilium a Vigilantia .

Act

Schlund dealt in particular with Catholicism and National Socialism. In 1923, in his most important work New Germanic Paganism in today's Germany, he provided evidence in his essay The Munich National Socialism and Religion ,

"That Hitler wanted to be the new savior, but not the son of God, but the son of his national community, who declared:" We do not want any other God than Germany alone. ", An absolutization of the nation. Such a nazione deificata, which meant everything while its individual members meant nothing, was by no means compatible with a truly Christian worldview. "

- Ernst Piper : Alfred Rosenberg. Hitler's chief ideologist.

Fonts

  • Bolshevism: its concept, its history, its aims, its effects, its prospects. Jos. C. Huber , Dießen am Ammersee 1919.
  • The philosophical problems of communism. Mainly in Kant. 1922.
  • New Germanic paganism in today's Germany. Publishing house Dr. Pfeiffer, Munich 1923.
  • together with Polykarp Schmoll: Modern man and his religious problems. Five lectures. Matthias Grünewald Publishing House. Mainz 1924.
  • Handbook for Franciscan Germany , Pfeiffer, Munich 1926.
  • The religion in the world war. 1931.
  • Anthony of Padua. Commemoration for the 700th anniversary of death. Gsur & Co., Vienna 1931.
  • Theological issues of the present. Regensburg 1940.
  • Outlines of religious studies. 1948.

literature

  • Society for student history and student customs registered association (Hrsg.): CV manual . 3rd expanded edition. Regensburg 2000, ISBN 3-922485-11-1 , p. 582.
  • Michael Fellner: Father Erhard Schlund OFM (1888–1953) and his examination of the ethnic movement and National Socialism , in: GDS archive for university and student history. Volume 5. Cologne 2001, pp. 65–125 (with a detailed catalog raisonné by Schlund).

swell

  1. ↑ Complete list of CV 1925, p. 486.
  2. ^ Christoph Wojaczek: 100 Years of the Catholic German Student Union Fredericia to Bamberg (1913-2013). A chronicle of the years 1913-1945. Bamberg 2013, p. 125.
  3. ^ Ernst Piper : Alfred Rosenberg. Hitler's chief ideologist. In: Compass , Online Extra No. 19.

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personal data
SURNAME Schlund, Erhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious, religious scholar and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Siegenburg , Lower Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1953
Place of death Munich