Heinrich Klee (theologian)

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Heinrich Klee (born April 20, 1800 in Münstermaifeld ; † July 28, 1840 in Munich ) was a Catholic theologian .

Life

High school studies in the episcopal seminary in Mainz 1809–17, then study of philosophy and theology in the seminary in Mainz 1817–21 ( ordination 1823). From 1819 to 1824 he worked as a teacher at the Episcopal Gymnasium in Mainz .

Klee became professor of theology and philosophy ( doctor theologiae ) at the episcopal seminary in Würzburg in 1825, and from 1825 to 1829 professor of exegesis and church history in the Mainz seminary. Against the will of Georg Hermes ( Hermesianism ) in Bonn and the Archbishop of Cologne Ferdinand August von Spiegel , Klee became professor of exegesis and church history at the Catholic faculty of the University of Bonn in 1829 .

Heinrich Klee died on July 28th, 1840 in Munich and found his final resting place there.

“His sharp contrast to the Hermesians also split the student body. Klee found support from Karl Windischmann and the Archbishop of Cologne, Clemens August von Droste-Vischering , but at the end of 1839 he went to the University of Munich to succeed Johann Adam Möhler as professor of dogmatics and exegesis , where he was well received by colleagues and students but soon died . Klee's theological work, basically that of an autodidact, developed in two directions: "Back to history" (in his exegetical and dogma-historical investigations), and the attempt to create a system of theology as a whole based on the model of idealistic philosophy. His pressing questions were: What is theology? How does a dogma come about? What is the church? The synthesis he strived for and the new foundation of theology were not possible for him despite restless work. Important contemporaries such as Döllinger counted him among the most outstanding theological thinkers of their century "

- Georg Schwaiger : about Heinrich Klee

Works (selection)

  • Tentamen theologico-criticum de chiliasmo primorum saeculorum (Diss.) (1825)
  • The confession, a hist.-crit. Under (1828)
  • Commentary on the Gospel according to Johannes (Mainz 1829)
  • Commentary on the Apostle Paul's letter to the Romans (Mainz 1830)
  • Encyclopedia of Theology (Mainz 1832)
  • Interpretation of the letter to the Hebrews (Mainz 1833)
  • Catholic dogmatics (Mainz 1835, 3 volumes; 4th edition 1861). Is considered his main work
  • Textbook of the history of dogma (Mainz 1837–38, 2 vols.)
  • Outline of Catholic morality (2nd edition, Mainz 1847).

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personal data
SURNAME Klee, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Münstermaifeld
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1840
Place of death Munich