Joseph Bautz

Joseph Bautz (also Josef ; born November 20, 1843 in Keeken near Kleve , † March 19, 1917 in Münster ) was a German Roman Catholic priest and theologian .

Life

After graduating from the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck , Bautz studied philosophy and theology from 1863 to 1867 at the Royal Theological and Philosophical Academy in Münster , including dogmatics and apologetics with Anton Berlage . On December 20, 1867, Bautz was ordained a priest . After promotion to lic. theol. in 1874 he worked as prefect of studies at the Collegium Ludgerianum in Münster until his habilitation in 1877 . He then held lectures as a private lecturer at the theological faculty in Münster and was appointed extraordinary professor of dogmatics and apologetics in 1892, succeeding his teacher Berlage. In the same year he received his doctorate his faculty to Dr. theol. hc Bautz taught at the University of Münster for 36 years. Since he mainly dealt with eschatology , he was popularly nicknamed "Höllen-Bautz". He died on March 19, 1917 in Munster; his grave can be found in the local central cemetery.

Fonts

• The doctrine of the resurrection body presented according to its positive and speculative side. 1877
• The sky. Represented speculatively. 1881
• The hell. Shown following the scholasticism. 1882; 2nd edition, 1905
  Review of the 2nd edition: Max Philipp Albert Kemmerich: Kultur-Kuriosa. 1. Volume, Albert Langen, Munich 1910, pp. 232–235 ( online version )
• The purgatory. Following scholasticism, shown with reference to mysticism and ascetics. 1883
• Last Judgment and End of the World. Shown in connection with scholasticism and modern theology. 1886
• Fundamentals of Christian Apologetics. 1887; 3rd edition, 1906
• Basic features of Catholic dogmatics. Four volumes. 1888-1893; 2nd edition, 1899-1903.

literature

• Harald Wagner : Joseph Bautz - Hermann Eising - Erwin Iserloh . Almost forgotten theology professors from the diocese. In: Dorothea Sattler (Ed.): Commemorate and create. 1200 years of the diocese of Münster. Aschendorff, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-402-00213-2 , pp. 162-179.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Bautz, Josef. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 430-430. ( Another BBKL article ( Memento of June 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) by Peter H. Görg is only available on the Internet for a fee)
• Peter H. Görg: "Say who is this one". Content, rank and development of Mariology in dogmatic textbooks and publications by German-speaking dogmatists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Nova & Vetera, Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-936741-51-3 , pp. 167-171.