Hartmann Grisar

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Father Hartmann Grisar SJ

Hartmann Grisar , known as Luther-Grisar (born September 22, 1845 in Koblenz , † February 25, 1932 in Innsbruck ) was a German-Austrian Jesuit and church historian .

Life

Hartmann Grisar was born the son of a court baker. He studied from 1862 to 1863 at the Royal Theological and Philosophical Academy in Münster and from 1863 to 1868 at the theological faculty of the University of Innsbruck . In 1868 he was ordained a priest and entered the Jesuit order in Rome.

In 1870 he fled from occupied Rome to St. Andrae in Carinthia. In 1871 he was appointed professor of church history at the University of Innsbruck, from 1873 he was full professor . He became an Austrian citizen and lived in Thaur . In 1876 he was one of the co-founders of the magazine for Catholic theology in Innsbruck, which had been published since 1877, and of which he was editor from 1883 to 1886.

From 1895 Hartmann Grisar worked mainly in Rome, but remained associated with the University of Innsbruck as an honorary professor. In Rome, he found unique reliquaries and relics from the early days of Christianity in the Papal Chapel Sancta Sanctorum in the former Lateran Palace . In 1900 Hartmann Grisar became a member of the advisory board of the Görres Society .

From 1902 to 1911 Hartmann Grisar was engaged in church history studies in Germany, especially Luther research . From 1911 to 1925 he was a private scholar in Munich. At the age of 80, he retired to the Jesuit College in Innsbruck in 1925. He died there in 1932.

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In 1883, on the anniversary of Martin Luther's birthday , there were denominational attacks on the papacy and the Catholic Church, including by Protestant theologians and historians. In order to defend Catholicism, Grisar wrote the text Reformatorenbilder . In it he judged Luther as follows: “Luther was not a herald of truth. Our Catholic reformers have a completely different character. "

The preoccupation with Luther never let go of him. At first, Grisar took a radical Catholic stand that betrayed the influence of Johannes Janssen . His Luther biography, which is considered to be his main work, was also harshly criticized. Heinrich Denifle's dogmatic view of Luther was even clearer . Although Grisar's anti-Lutheran standpoint remained largely unchanged later, the radicalism of his judgment declined significantly. The later writings of Grisar on Luther that appeared after the First World War are therefore the most valuable.

Grisar also researched the Christian archeology of the city of Rome and early papal history . The Analecta Romana offer a collection of material on the early history of the Pope .

Fonts

  • Galileo Studies. Historical-theological investigations into the judgments of the Roman Congregations in the Galileo Process . Pustet, Regensburg 1882.
  • Jacobi Lainez . Disputationes Tridentinae. Ad manuscriptorum fidem edidit et commentariis historicis instruxit Hartmannus Grisar ( edition and scientific commentary). F. Rauch, Innsbruck 1886.
  • The Roman Sebastianuskirche and its apostles' crypt in the Middle Ages . In: Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history , vol. 9 (1895), pp. 409–461 ( text as edoc ).
  • Reformers pictures. Historical lectures on Catholic reformers and Martin Luther . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1883 (under the pseudonym Germanus Konstantin ).
  • Luther . 3 volumes. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1911/1912.
    • Vol. 1: Luther's foundation for the split up to 1530
    • Vol. 2: At the height of life
    • Vol. 3: At the end of the train reviews
  • Analecta Romana. Dissertazioni, Testi, Monumenti dell'arte riguardanti principalmente la Storia di Roma e dei Papi nel medio evo . Desclee Lefebvre, Rome 1899.
  • History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages. Represented according to the sources with special consideration of culture and art . Vol. 1: Rome at the exit of the ancient world . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1901. [No other volumes have appeared.]
  • The Roman Chapel Sancta Sanctorum and its treasure. My discoveries and studies in the palace chapel of the medieval popes . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1908 ( full text ).
  • The literature of the Luther anniversary in 1917, a picture of today's Protestantism . In: Journal for Catholic Theology , Vol. 42 (1918), pp. 592–814.
  • Luther in Worms and the three most recent centuries of the Reformation . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1921.
  • (with Franz Heege) Luther's battle pictures . 4 volumes. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1921–1923.
    • Vol. 1: Passional Christi and Antichristi. Opening of the picture fight (1521) . 1921.
    • Vol. 2: The battle of images in the German Bible (1522ff.) . 1922.
    • Vol. 3: The battle of images in the writings from 1523 to 1545 . 1923.
    • Vol. 4: The illustration of the papacy and other images of battle in leaflets, 1538-1545 . 1923.
  • Luther's song of triumph " A solid castle " in the past and present . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1922.
  • The German Luther in the World War and in the present. Historical forays . Haas & Grabherr, Augsburg 1924.
  • Martin Luther's life and work . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1926.

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SURNAME Grisar, Hartmann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luther grisar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jesuit and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1932
Place of death innsbruck