Heinrich Wangnereck (theologian)

Heinrich Wangnereck (* July 1595 in Munich ; † November 11, 1664 in Dillingen ) was a Catholic theologian, Jesuit , professor, author and university chancellor.

At the age of 16, he finished his high school studies at the Jesuit high school in Munich in 1611 (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ), then entered the Jesuit order in Landsberg and trained as a Jesuit, where he himself worked as a high school teacher. He became professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Dillingen , of which he was chancellor for over 24 years. He also became known as a preacher. In 1665 he was sent to Lindau as superior and missionary. After five years he returned to Dillingen, where he remained Chancellor until the end of his life. He enjoyed a reputation as a scholar whom many secular princes and church superiors (bishops) in Germany asked for advice on many important ecclesiastical and secular matters.

His 24 works are mainly on theology. He took part in ecclesiastical issues such as B. the restitution of dioceses and abbeys in Protestant areas, where he argued with Melchior Cornäus , a Jesuit against the Protestant Johann Georg Dorsche . He was punished once by his order general for expressing disrespect for the Bavarian prince. His first work, Notae in confessiones S. Augustini , was published in 1630 and is still considered a classic today. Further editions of this classic appeared in the 20th century.

Fonts

Notae in confessiones S. Augustini. 1630.
Carsten Kottmann : Wangnereck (Wagnereck), Heinrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 36, Bautz, Nordhausen 2015, ISBN 978-3-88309-920-0 , Sp. 1472-1474.

literature

v. Schulte : Wagnereck, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 590.

Individual evidence

^ Leitschuh, Max: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich, 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 1, p. 25 (there: Wangereck, Heinrich)

personal data
SURNAME	Wangnereck, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catholic theologian, Jesuit, author and university chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1595
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	November 11, 1664
Place of death	Dillingen

[1] Leitschuh, Max: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich, 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 1, p. 25 (there: Wangereck, Heinrich)