Franz Xaver Reithmayr

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Professor Franz Xaver Reithmayr

Franz Xaver Reithmayr (born March 16, 1809 in Illkofen (Barbing) ; † January 26, 1872 in Munich ) was Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

biography

After attending grammar school in Regensburg , Franz Xaver Reithmayr studied Catholic theology at the Lyceum in Regensburg and at the University of Munich. Following his ordination in 1832, he first became a religion teacher at the Latin school in Regensburg, but soon went back to Munich University to continue his studies, where he received his doctorate in theology in 1836. During this time he was particularly influenced by Johann Adam Möhler , who encouraged him to study the church fathers intensively.

In 1837 he was appointed associate professor (full professor) for New Testament exegesis at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Munich, where he taught until his death.

Together with the majority of professors in the Munich faculty, Reithmayr signed the report to the state government in 1869, in which the faculty spoke out against the definition of papal infallibility. After the doctrine was dogmatized at the 1st Vatican Council , he submitted, like most of his co-signers, to ecclesiastical authority.

Works (selection)

  • Commentary on the letters to the Romans , Regensburg 1843.
  • Introduction to the canonical books of the New Covenant , Regensburg 1852.
  • Commentary on the letters to the Galatians , Munich 1865.
  • Textbook of Biblical Hermeneutics (edited from the estate of Valentin Thalhofer), 1874.
  • Articles for the historical-political papers , the Catholic , the Munich archive for theological literature and the Freiburg church lexicon

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personal data
SURNAME Reithmayr, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Illkofen
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1872
Place of death Munich