Johann Christoph Raßler

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Johann Christoph Raßler , also Christoph Rassler , Christophorus Raslerus , (born August 12, 1654 in Konstanz , † July 16, 1723 in Rome ) was a German Jesuit , theologian and scholar.

family

Christoph Raßler was a brother or relative of the Jesuits and writers Franz Raßler (1649–1734) and Maximilian Raßler (1645–1719); a family relationship to the Benedictine and abbot of Zwiefalten Christoph Raßler (1615–1675) is possible.

Life

After attending school in Augsburg, he entered the Jesuit order on September 30, 1669. He studied at the University of Ingolstadt and the Collegium Romanum in Rome. In 1685 he became professor of philosophy at the University of Ingolstadt, in 1691 he switched to a professorship for moral theology and dogmatics at the University of Dillingen ; In addition, he was professor of theology in Ingolstadt from 1692 to 1702. Raßler was prefect of studies in Ingolstadt from 1702 and again from 1714, and from October 15, 1714 to September 17, 1716, Rector of the University of Dillingen. In 1716 he was made prefect of studies at the Collegium Romanum in Rome.

Christoph Raßler became known as a critic of the Jesuit general Thyrsus González , who was appointed by his successor Michelangelo Tamburini as general auditor for manuscript control and censorship in the general administration of the order. In addition, on behalf of the Magister sacri palatii , the papal court theologian, he assessed manuscripts prior to the granting of the Roman printing permit (" imprimatur ") and probably also worked as a qualifier (expert reviewer) of the Sanctum Officium for the Inquisition Congregation. He was also an advisor to the Jesuit Cardinal Giovanni Battista Tolomei (1653-1726).

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Raßler is a main representative of the German Jesuit moral theologians, to whose work the independence of moral theology from dogmatics within the canon of Catholic theology goes back. He had a “Controversiae philiosophicae” defended in Ingolstadt, in Dillingen in 1696 a “Controversiae theologicae de ultima resolutione fidei divinae” and again in Ingolstadt in 1697 a “Controversiae theologicae de physica praedeterminatione”. In 1701 he published the apologetics "De regula externa fidei divinae" in Ingolstadt .

In 1694 he wrote three extensive dissertations under the title “Controversia theologica tripartia academicae disputationi subjecta de recto usu opinionum probabilium” in order to combat the recently published work “Fundamentum theologiae moralis” by the Jesuit general Thyrsus González to combat probabilism in the order. It was the first writing against a Jesuit order general. In it, Rassler defended the Swiss moral theologian and Jesuit Georges Gobat (1600–1679), who was active in Munich and Constance, and criticized the Bishop of Arras, Guy de Sève de Rochechouart († 1726), who, through episcopal “censorship”, made the posthumous “Opera moralia” (1703) had convicted of Gobat. When printing began, the writing was confiscated, given to Rome for censorship and ultimately destroyed. This was followed by the further publication "Vindiciae Gobatianae" (1706) and "Norma recti" (1713) on the subject of probabilism.

literature

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  1. ^ "Christoph Rassler, SJ" (Brussels University Library) (French). Archived from the original on August 8, 2007 ; Retrieved February 27, 2007 .
  2. ↑ a b c Heinrich Reusch:  Raßler, Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 334 f. (Generic article)
  3. ^ A b Herman H. Schwedt:  Raßler, Johann Christoph. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 1373-1376.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Raßler, Johann Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rassler, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jesuit, theologian, scholar
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1723
Place of death Rome