Karl August Geiger
Karl August Geiger (born February 3, 1863 , † December 24, 1937 ) was a professor of canon law and philosophy at the Philosophical-Theological University of Dillingen .
Geiger studied theology in Munich and was ordained a priest in 1885 . In 1886 he was promoted to Dr. theol. doctorate and then city chaplain in Augsburg . In 1888 he became court curate at Nymphenburg Palace and in 1902 professor of canon law and philosophy in Dillingen an der Donau . He was the Episcopal Spiritual Council . In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler .
His early study of suicide in antiquity was taken up over and over again. It arose from a prize question from the theological faculty as to how the stoic attitude to suicide should be judged from a Christian perspective.
Fonts
- The Suicide in Classical Antiquity: Historical-Critical Treatise. 1888. Reprint 2010.
- The Bavarian Concordat of June 5, 1817. Manz, Regensburg 1918.
- Manual for the entire parish administration in the Kingdom of Bavaria. Tenth Edition of Spiritual Business Style Guide. Multi-part. Regensburg 1910.
- Article suicide. In: Concise dictionary of German superstition . 7, Berlin 1935/1936, col. 1627-1633.
literature
- Alexander Murray : Suicide in the Middle Ages. Volume 1: The Violent Against Themselves. Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-820539-2 , pp. 17-20.
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| SURNAME | Geiger, Karl August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geiger, Carl August; Geiger, Carl A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic canon lawyer and university professor in Dillingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1863 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1937 |