Johann Martin Graef

Johann Martin Gräf (born February 21, 1751 in Kastl (Lauterachtal) , Upper Palatinate , † March 17, 1833 in Augsburg ) was a German Catholic theologian .

Life

Johann Martin Gräf received his basic education at the Amberg school and then entered the Jesuit order . After its abolition, he came to the Albertinum College in Ingolstadt , donated by Elector Maximilian Joseph from the property of the Jesuits , where he heard theology, including moral doctrine and canon law, according to the teaching method of the time. After he had finished his studies and was ordained priest in 1775, he became court master of the sons of Baron von Riedheim, head stableman of Eichstätt . He held this position for six years and then received the parish Mailing near Ingolstadt in 1782 , which he exchanged for the parish Regling in the Duchy of Neuburg in 1790 .

In 1794, Graef accepted the position offered to him as a preacher at the court church in Neuburg , which had been handed over to the Order of Malta , but after only six months he accepted a call to Regensburg as the spiritual councilor of the local bishop's seminary . In this institution he successfully presented the pastoral, spiritual eloquence and liturgy until after eight years he was employed by Bishop Clemens Wenzeslaus and the cathedral chapter of Augsburg as a morning preacher at the cathedral of this district. His Catholic sermons, which were much respected at the time, about the knowledge of God, his divine Son and the excellent evidence of the revealed religion, fall during this period of his activity ; according to the great needs of our time (Augsburg 1811).

Graef's earlier writings belonging to the subject of canon law are less important:

• About the celibate and virgin status of the Catholic priesthood. In addition to an important side dish: with Germany as a call to Germany, the bad books concerning flood ravaged , Augsburg 1805
• Two words against Scripture: About divorce in Catholic countries by Dr. Socher , Augsburg 1811

After the secularization and transfer of the former imperial city of Augsburg to the Kingdom of Bavaria , the royal government immediately recognized his decree as cathedral preacher and repeatedly gave him proof of their respect. Gräf died in Augsburg in 1833.

literature

• Philipp H. Külb : Count (Johann Martin) . In: Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste , 1st section, vol. 78 (1864), p. 49.