Herbert Doms

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Herbert Doms (born April 14, 1890 in Ratibor , Upper Silesia , † September 22, 1977 in Münster ) was a German Catholic moral theologian .

Life and work

Doms was the son of the tobacco industrialist Franz Doms and Maria Doms geb. Rattle. Julius Dom's older brother was a tobacco industrialist in Ratibor and Orsoy . His great-grandfather was the tobacco industrialist in Ratibor Joseph Doms (1780-1853). He was a nephew of the artist and writer Wilhelm Doms (1868–1957).

Herbert Doms attended grammar school in Ratibor from 1899 to 1908 , then he studied natural sciences in Munich, Berlin and Breslau. In 1914 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. at the Zoological Institute of the University of Munich .

From 1914 to 1918 he was with the German Red Cross and soldier in the First World War . In 1919 he became an assistant at the Zoological Institute in Breslau. There he wrote a much-cited study on Aging, Death and Rejuvenation (1921).

He then studied Catholic theology. He was ordained a priest on March 2, 1924 in Breslau, after which he worked as a chaplain in Breslau and Mühlbock (Neumark). In 1927 he received his doctorate as Dr. theol. and in 1930 the habilitation in dogmatics at the University of Breslau . From 1930 to 1946 he was chair in Braunsberg, Freiburg, Breslau and Münster. From 1946 to 1948 Doms was a lecturer in fundamental theology in Freiburg i. Br. And from 1948 to 1956 professor of moral theology at the University of Münster .

Publications (selection)

  • About the influence of temperature on growth and differentiation of the organs during the development of rana esculenta (= Archive for Microscopic Anatomy , Volume 87, Department 1), from the Zoological Institute Munich, Friedrich-Cohen-Verlag, Bonn 1915, DNB 570097738 (Philosophische Dissertation University of Munich 1915, pages 60-95, on this 1 plate and 14 text figures, 1 plate, 8).
  • The doctrine of grace of Blessed Albertus Magnus . First part, Breslau 1927, DNB 570097746 (Dissertation University of Breslau, Catholic-Theological Faculty, 1927, 53 pages, 8)
  • The purpose of marriage. East German Publishing House, Breslau 1935.
    • Translation: You sens et de la fin du mariage. Desclee de Brouwer, Paris 1934.
  • The position of man in the cosmos. Aschendorff, Münster 1951.
  • The sense of celibacy . Verlag Regensberg Münster (Westf.) Imprimatur of September 4, 1954.
  • The incorporation of sexuality into the human personality. Imprimatur of April 17, 1959, Verlag Wort und Werk GmbH, Cologne 1959.
  • This secret is great. Verlag Wort und Werk, Cologne 1960.
  • with Johannes Langner : Wilhelm Doms 1868–1957; Painting watercolor graphics. Brentano-Verlag, Stuttgart 1962.
  • Spousal unit and offspring. Matthias Grünewald Publishing House, Mainz 1965.

literature

  • Johannes Tenzler (ed.): Archetype and reflection: Contribution to a synopsis of the shape of the world and the reality of faith; Festschrift for Herbert Doms on the 80th birthday , Habbel, Regensburg 1972 DNB 730 062 163 ( Festschrift )
  • Johannes Gründel : Herbert Doms (1890–1977) (= Silesian Church in Life Pictures, Volume 6). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1992, pp. 120-123.
  • Konrad Glombik: Herbert Doms (1890–1977) in the light of the unpublished archive material. Some thoughts on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death (= Archive for Silesian Church History , Volume 65), 2007, pp. 149–179.
  • Konrad Glombik: “Dear Jedin!” - “Dear Doms!” Correspondence between two scholar friends (= Archive for Silesian Church History , Volume 69), (2011), pp. 151–180.
  • Konrad Glombik:  "Two unity". Herbert Doms (1890–1977) and his contribution to the personalistic understanding of marriage (= Forgotten Theologians , Volume 7, original title: Jedność dwojga , Polish), LIT , Berlin / Münster 2016, ISBN 978-3-643-13285-7 (habilitation thesis, Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, Opole, 2007, 225 pages, 24 cm).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dissertation on the influence of temperature on growth and differentiation of the organs during the development of Rana esculenta . In: Archives for microscopic anatomy . Vol. 87, (1915), Issue 1, pp. 60-95.
  2. ^ Doms, Herbert . In: Michael Hirschfeld, Markus Trautmann (ed.): Lived faith, hope for home. Catholic expellees in the diocese of Münster . Dialogverlag, Münster 1999, ISBN 3-933144-15-9 , pp. 281–282, here p. 281.
  3. ↑ Müller & Seifert, Breslau 1929, table of contents of the whole work p. 3–4; the entire work submitted to the faculty should appear as a book in its full and furthermore expanded scope; see. Breslauer Studies on Historical Theology , Volume 13 (1929).
  4. ↑ Under the imprimatur, the comment "This brochure deals with the wording of the title, only the relationship between sexuality and the person that is shaped by it, not the significance of sexuality for the preservation of the human species"
  5. ↑ There is no “Theological University of Opole”, it is the Theological Faculty of the University of Opole .
personal data
SURNAME Doms, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German moral theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratibor , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1977
Place of death Muenster