Jordan Simon

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Jordan Simon (also: Johann Georg Alban Simon ; born November 5, 1719 in Neustadt an der Saale ; † August 2, 1776 in Prague ) was a German Catholic theologian.

Life

Simon had attended the Gymnasium in Münnerstadt from 1732 and entered the Augustinian Order of the Hermits there in 1736 , where he passed his novitiate. In 1757 he was sent to the monastery in Mainz , where he devoted himself to philosophical and theological studies during a six-year stay. In 1742 he was ordained a priest and got a job as professor of philosophy in the Augustinian monastery in Constance . Without the permission of his superiors and without the necessary means, he went on a hike through Italy , France , Spain , the Netherlands , northern Germany and part of Russia, filled with an unquestionable desire to travel .

After three years he came to Erfurt , where he became a preacher at the parish and monastery church in St. Wigbert, and later a doctorate and, in 1768, a professor at the University of Erfurt . As a lively opponent of the reform efforts there, Simon fell out of favor with the then Elector and Archbishop of Mainz Emmerich Joseph , also because of his numerous denunciations against his university colleagues, and had to move from Erfurt to Würzburg . From there, after the Elector's death, he was called back to Erfurt as Professor of Canon Law. He again got into largely self-inflicted conflicts, which resulted in a criminal investigation into him. He escaped arrest only by fleeing quickly. For a while he stayed in Münnerstadt, which he had to leave due to his behavior and thus received a reprimand for the entire Franconian region .

Even in Rome , where he went in 1771, no one seemed to want to tolerate him. He therefore went to Bohemia and from there to Vienna , where, unknown to his earlier way of life, he was welcomed benevolently. His talents and knowledge provided him with several influential patrons, for whose use he owed a professorship in polemics at the University of Prague in 1773 . Later he became assessor of the archbishop's consistory there, royal Bohemian council, papal pronotary and house theologian of Cardinal Valenti .

Act

Regardless of his personal and moral weaknesses that stuck to his character, he had always retained an intimate, easily excitable feeling for religiosity. Theological studies had exercised his acumen early on and awakened the pursuit of a varied education. In possession of thorough knowledge, especially in the individual parts of theological knowledge, he distinguished himself as an excellent pulpit speaker through his lively and haunting lecture, which can be seen especially from his fasting sermons in parables (1776) and from his sermons on the Incarnation, suffering and death and resurrection of Christ (1778).

Among his other writings, the Positiones ex universa Theologia positivo-dogmatico-historico-polemica, published in 1758, and the Synopsis of the Four Evangelists, also written in Latin in 1765, deserve special attention . As an irreconcilable Catholic, he had already shown himself to be a resolute opponent of materialism in his own writing in 1761. In Simon's life, his character and work remain unclear in some points, which earned him the reputation of one of the most controversial spirits of the Augustinian order. What is certain, however, is that he was a talented, versatile scholar and an outspoken champion for the Catholic counter-enlightenment.

Works

  • Parvulus tiro magni philosophi Augustim, in schola veritatis magistri, mundum philosophicum perillustrans, sive principis Augustiniano - Platonica cum fundamentalibus Cullianis atomistico- chymico mechanicis concordata, novis et antiquis philosophico-theologico - juridicorum placitis, methodo historica illustrata. Constance 1746
  • Eulogy in honor of St. Benedict. Constance 1746
  • Instruction on the Italian language. Erfurt 1755, (Schweinfurt) 1770
  • Something for everyone, that is, complaints from the illustrious Abbot Don Diego Zunica, in which the afflictions of all classes are presented, and answers, whereby they are comforted; or something for everyone; Translated from Latin into German. Erfurt 1755, Erfurt and Frankfurt a. M. 1767
  • Diss. De poenis parvulorum, sine baptismo decedentium. Erfurt 1758
  • Positiones ex universa theologia positivo-dogmatico-historico polemica. Erfurt 1758
  • Diss. Cephas non Apostolus, sed discipulus Antiochiae, a Paulo reprehensus. Erfurt 1758
  • Μελετηδις verborum Christi Matth. 17, 24, p. politica ecclesiae potestas ct ejus a tributo civili immunitas. Erfurt 1759
  • Judgment on the doctrine of the soul of some doctors or the self-destruction of today's God and soul-denying materialism. Augsburg 1761 (also under the title: Refutation of Materialism. )
  • Nothing that deceives the world: witchcraft; by Ardoino Ubidente dell 'Osa. Würzburg 1761, 2nd edition (under the title: The Nullity of Witchcraft and Magic.) Frankfurt and Leipzig 1766
  • Primitiae studii historico-ecclesiastici, exhibentes primum Ecclesiae Christianae saeculum; una cum tabulis chronologics. Wurzburg 1762
  • Augustine's conversion, in six field sermons. (Würzburg) 1763
  • Monitum ad discipulos S. Augustini de vanitate Concilii Burgosonati ... 1764
  • Contemplation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Erfurt 1765
  • Deleclatio victrix, Deprutatio ad S. Augustinum. Scriptis oppositia Josepho Carpono, Jesuitae Romano ... 1765
  • Oratio funebris in obitum LB de Schmidburg, Propriucipis Erfordiensis. Erfurt 17 ??
  • Oratio dicta LB Breidbach de Bürresheim, Canonico Ecclesiae metropol. Moguntinae, novo Proprincipi Erfordiensi. Erfurt 17.
  • Oratio eucbaristica, dum eminenlissimus Princeps, Elector Moguntinus, Emericus Josephus, e gravi infirmitate reconvaluit. Erfurt 17 ??
  • Moral speeches about the great commandment of love. Augsburg and Ingolstadt 1767–1771, 3 volumes
  • Dorian's letters of friendship to a distinguished friend. Augsburg and Leipzig 1767, 2 volumes
  • Praising the most gracious state ordinance of your KK Apostolic Majesty, how it should be kept with the witch trials; together with a preface in which the brief defense of witchcraft and sorcery by Father August March is answered. Munich 1767
  • Today's world, described in moral speeches according to different classes and warned for improvement. Augsburg 1768
  • Speech at the solemn announcement of the electoral rescript (de reformatione studiorum) held in the larger academic lecture hall. Erfurt 1768
  • Eulogies for the glorification of God in his saints. Augsburg 1768, 2 volumes
  • Progr. Brevis juris ecclesiastici germanici notitia. Erfurt 1768
  • Miscellaneous reading for lovers of good morals and fine science, translated from French by Mr. Raodin. Erfurt 1768, 1774
  • Praelectiones historico - canonicae. Pars I continens VIII priora saecula Ecclesiae et jus canonicum antiquum. Erfurt 1768 (also under the title: Institutiones canonicae. Erfurt 1770)
  • Speech on the election of the Bishop of Worms ... 1768
  • Oh well! - or small doubts about two reports of a witch or student story, which is said to have happened in 1768 on June 10th, 12th and 13th at Ingolstadt in Baiern. Printed to Unbelief in 1768
  • Oh no! - or resolution of the little doubts about two reports. Printed for report houses. 1768
  • Jesus Christ crucified ... 1771
  • Philosophy against beautiful and strong spirits, that is, reflections on human nature and natural religion; translated from Italian. Würzburg 1771, 3 parts (Also under the title: The debunked free spirit, for reasons of religion and reason. Bamberg 1772, 3 parts)
  • Theology against strong spirits, that is, evidence of the Catholic faith against Rousseau, Voltaire and their followers; from French. Augsburg 1772. 2 parts, part 2 ( online )
  • Aphorisms or health rules of the divine Plato against the Epicurean plague, prescribed by a Christian philosopher. Würzburg 1772, 4 pieces
  • Saint Thomas the Apostle, a witness without exception of the deity of Jesus Christ and the divinity of his sacred religion. Prague 1772
  • From reading philosophical books. Prague 1773
  • Brief instruction in evangelical perfection; translated from Italian. Prague 1774, 2 parts
  • Eulogy in honor of St. Ignatius. held on its feast days with the Jesuits in Commothau in Bohemia. 17 ??
  • Lenten sermons in parables. Prague 1776
  • IS A, Christian answer to the non-Catholic answer of a Catholic: Is the bond of marriage indissolubly without exception as indissoluble as the canonists suggest? Salzburg 1776 ( digitized version )
  • The scriptures of the old covenant, or Sunday and holiday sermons. 17 ??, 2 parts
  • Magdalena, in speeches. 17 ??
  • Of the priesthood. 17 ??, 2 parts
  • De religione contra libertinos. 17 ??, IV Tomi.
  • The world is a riddle. 17 ??
  • Sermons about the Incarnation, Suffering, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Augsburg 1778
  • Something to resolve the scruples of true devotees. Cologne and Frankfurt 1779
  • The perfect Christian. Cologne 1779, 2 parts

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ P. Jordan Simon, OESA: Judgment on the soul doctrine of some doctors or the self-destruction of today's God and soul-denying materialism . Stahel, Augsburg 1761.
  2. ↑ Stanislaus Strüber: P. Jordan Simon from the Order of the Augustinian Hermits. A picture of life from the Enlightenment period . Wuerzburg 1930.
  3. ↑ Erich Kleineidam: Universitas Studii Effordensis . 2nd Edition. tape IV . St. Benno, Leipzig 1989, p. 130 f .
personal data
SURNAME Simon, Jordan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simon, Johann Georg Alban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1719
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt an der Saale
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1776
Place of death Prague