Gerhard Snowman

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Gerhard Schneemann (born February 12, 1829 in Wesel , † November 20, 1885 in Kerkrade ) was a German theologian , church historian and Jesuit .

Life

After completing his school career, Gerhard Schneemann, born in Wesel in 1829, began studying law in 1845 . In 1848 he switched to studying theology in Bonn and entered the seminary in Münster in 1849 , where he became a deacon in 1850 . During a one-year study visit at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome , he mainly devoted himself to philosophy .

Snowman, he joined the Jesuits in 1851 and was ordained a priest on December 22, 1856 . Until 1858, Schneemann worked as a pastor in Cologne and between 1858 and 1862 as a teacher of philosophy for friars in Bonn and at the Jesuit community in Aachen . In the Maria Laach Abbey, which was newly acquired by the Jesuits and converted into a school , Schneemann took over the professorship of church history and church law there until 1869. In addition to his teaching activities, he worked as a librarian and published various writings. Together with Florian Riess , Schneemann was the editor of two series of brochures on the Syllabus errorum and on the First Vatican Council , which with the subtitle "Voices from Maria Laach" were the forerunners of the eponymous magazine, of which Schneemann was one of the founders. He also wrote for the magazine The Catholic Missions .

Driven out of Maria Laach by the Kulturkampf from 1872 onwards, Schneemann settled in Maastricht , where he - relieved of his work as a teacher - devoted himself primarily to the history of dogma until his death. Franz Heinrich Reusch described Schneemann as "one of the most zealous and skilful defenders of papal infallibility".

Fonts (selection)

  • The Roman Trier and the surrounding area according to the results of previous finds . Lintz, Trier 1852.
  • Studies on the Honorius Question . Herder, Freiburg 1864.
  • Church teaching power . Herder, Freiburg 1868.
  • The Jesuit order. Its laws, works and secrets. A source of lighting . Pustet, Regensburg 1872.
  • Not possumus . We can't give in. A criticism of the Prussian May Laws , along with an indication of those Catholic dogmas which are violated by them . Habbel, Amberg 1874.
  • The Origin of the Thomistic - Molinist Controversy. Study of the history of dogma . Herder, Freiburg 1879.
  • Further development of the Thomist-Molinist controversy. Study of the history of dogma . Herder, Freiburg 1880.
  • Controversiarum de divina gratia liberique arbitrii concordiae, initiae et progressus . Herder, Freiburg 1881 (translation of the Latin title: The beginnings and the development of the controversies about the correspondence of divine grace and free will ).
  • The canons and resolutions of the Most Holy Ecumenical and General Vatican Council / Sacrosancti Oecumenici et Generalis Concilii Vaticani Canones et Decreta. German-Latin edition. With the chief conciliar acts, a statistical overview of the Catholic hierarchy and a historical-dogmatic introduction . Herder, Freiburg 1871; therein §§ 4–23 on the history and course of the council (pp. VIII – XLIV).
    • 2nd edition under the title: Latin-German hand edition of the decrees and the main acts of the holy ecumenical Vatican Council. With a historical-dogmatic introduction and an overview of the Catholic hierarchy at the time of the Council . Herder, Freiburg 1895.

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SURNAME Snowman, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and historian, Jesuit
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Wesel
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1885
Place of death Kerkrade