Isidor Silbernagl

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Maximilian Joseph Isidor Silbernagl (born October 12, 1831 in Landshut , † April 6, 1904 in Munich ) was a German Catholic theologian , church historian and canonist . From 1862 to 1904 he was professor of canon law and church history at the University of Munich .

Life

Isidor Silbernagl was born as the son of the brewer Joseph Silbernagl. His mother Maria Anna, née Anetsberger, was the daughter of a baker from Pfaffenberg. Silbernagl attended grammar school in Landshut and, after passing high school, studied philosophy and theology with Ignaz von Döllinger and Franz Michael Permaneder at Munich University from 1849 to 1853 . On July 2, 1854, he was in Freising for ordained priest and worked as a chaplain and coadjutor in Toelz , Nymphenburg and Hohenkammer . In 1856 Silbernagl received his doctorate at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Freiburg with the dissertation Albrecht IV., The Wise, Duke of Bavaria, and his government as Dr. phil. His dissertation was the revised version of a study originally submitted to Munich University to solve a prize question, which, however, did not receive a prize.

Isidor Silbernagl's grave in Munich's north cemetery

In 1857 he began to study canon at the University of Munich, which he completed there in 1860 with the dissertation The Oath Binding According to Canon Law to the Dr. theol. could complete. Two years later he completed his habilitation with the habilitation thesis The marriage law according to the laws of the Greek Church as a private lecturer at the theological faculty of the University of Munich. After Permaneder's death in 1863, Silbernagl took on an extraordinary professorship for canon law, and since 1870 a full professorship , at Munich University. From 1865 he also gave lectures on the Bavarian elementary school laws and, since 1887, on Buddhism . In 1869, Silbernagl was a co-signatory of the majority opinion of the Munich theological faculty initiated by Döllinger against a definition of papal infallibility . He hesitated to accept the dogma defined by the First Vatican Council on primatial full power and the infallibility of the Pope, but finally agreed to the decisions of the Council and its decrees. From 1872 to 1886, after Döllinger's excommunication , Silbernagl also took over church history as a nominal subject, until a successor was found in Alois Knöpfler . He was a member of the Senate and was appointed dean of the theological faculty of the University of Munich seven times over the years . In 1904 he retired .

Silbernagl left an extensive body of literature. In 1868 he published the constitution and current inventory of all churches in the Orient . His monograph on Johannes Trithemius appeared in the same year. The constitution and administration of all religious associations in Bavaria was published in 1870 and was published in its fourth edition in 1900. His textbook on Catholic canon law at the same time as the state church law of 1880 in force in the present German Reich was printed in the fourth edition in 1903. Silbernagl also worked as a publisher . As early as 1865 he published Permaneder's handbook of the generally applicable Catholic canon law in its fourth edition. He published smaller works and essays mostly in the historical-political papers for Catholic Germany , the Historical Yearbook and the Archive for Catholic Canon Law .

Isidor Silbernagl died on April 6, 1904, at the age of 72 in Munich. For his services he received the Bavarian Order of St. Michael III. Class. He bequeathed his property to the city of Landshut to support needy students.

Publications (selection)

  • Albrecht IV, the Wise, Duke of Bavaria, and his government. Written from historical sources. ( Dissertation ) Munich 1857. (digitized)
  • The?? Taking an oath according to canon law. (Dissertation) Munich 1860. (digitized)
  • Marriage law according to the laws of the Greek Church. ( Habilitation thesis ) Munich 1862.
  • Constitution and current existence of all churches in the Orient. A canonistic-statistical treatise. Landshut 1865. (digitized)
  • Johannes Trithemius. A monograph. Landshut 1868. (digitized)
  • Constitution and administration of all religious associations in Bavaria. Landshut 1870. (digitized)
  • The supervision of the elementary schools in Bavaria. A contribution to the Kulturkampf. Landshut 1876.
  • Textbook of Catholic Canon Law. At the same time with regard to the state church law applicable in the current German Empire. Regensburg 1880.
  • Buddhism after its origin, further education and dissemination. A cultural-historical study. Munich 1891.
  • The ecclesiastical and religious conditions in the nineteenth century. A cultural image. Landshut 1901.

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SURNAME Silbernagl, Isidor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silbernagl, Maximilian Joseph Isidor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian, church historian and canonist
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1904
Place of death Munich