Georg Stengel (theologian)
Georg Stengel ( Latinized Georgius Stengelius ; * 1584 in Augsburg , † April 10, 1651 in Ingolstadt ) was a German Jesuit , Catholic theologian , philosopher and writer .
Life
Georg Stengel was accepted into the Jesuit order in Landsberg in 1601 . From 1603 he studied philosophy in Ingolstadt. After teaching in Pruntrut and Munich, Stengel completed his theological studies at the University of Ingolstadt . In 1618 he took over a professorship for philosophy and from 1621 that of casuistry . He then held the professorship for controversial theology from 1622. From 1640 to 1643, Stengel held the rectorate of the Dillinger Jesuit College, but then returned to Ingolstadt. Georg Stengel died on April 10, 1651 in Ingolstadt.
Works
Stengel wrote 70 Latin and German works, including poems, treatises and also polemical writings. The polemical literature includes his treatises against his religious brother Jacob Reihing, who converted to Lutheranism in 1621 .
Stengel's works include:
- Disputatio philosophica de bonis artibus in genere (1616)
- Disputatio philosophica de bono et malo syllogismo (1616)
- Supposedly papal, actually Lutheran pitfalls of the poor, badly entangled man J. Reihing (1622)
- Sapientissima Dei Mundum Regentis Gubernatio (1645)
literature
- Helmut Zäh: The founding of the university on the theater stage. Georg Stengels 'Otho redivivus' (1614) . In: “Yearbook of the Historical Association Dillingen” 1999, pp. 3–40
- Heinrich Reusch : Stengel, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 49.
- Karl Bosl : Bosl's Bavarian biography. 8000 personalities from 15 centuries . Regensburg 1983, p. 752 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stengel, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stengelius, Georgius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jesuit, Catholic theologian, writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1584 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1651 |
| Place of death | Ingolstadt |