Karl Hörmann (theologian)

Karl Hörmann (born January 23, 1915 in Höflein an der Thaya , Moravia , † September 19, 2004 in Vienna ) was an Austrian theologian.

Life

Hörmann attended secondary school in Laa an der Thaya , where he graduated in 1933. Subsequently, he acquired the Latin and Greek skills necessary for studying theology in a one-year preparatory course . From 1934 to 1939 he studied at the University of Vienna . He was ordained a priest on July 9, 1939. Until 1945 he was chaplain in Hollabrunn . In 1942 he received his doctorate. In 1944 he joined the oratorio Sanctissimae Trinitatis founded by Friedrich Wessely . After the war, Hörmann worked as a religion professor at a grammar school . In 1950 he moved to the University of Vienna as an academic teacher. In 1953 he became a professor of moral theology .

In 1966, Karl Hörmann was appointed rector of the University of Vienna . In 1969 Pope Paul VI appointed the full professor of moral theology to the papal honorary prelate. Until his retirement in 1986, Hörmann worked in teaching and research. He edited specialist publications in the field of moral theology. Then the theologian dealt with the history of his homeland in South Moravia . He published several writings on local history about this. In 1989 he received the South Moravian Culture Prize for this. The South Moravian ethnic group honored him as their home priest.

In 2004 Karl Hörmann died in a Viennese hospital and was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

Fonts

• Life In Christ - Connections between Dogma and Customs in the Apostolic Fathers. Herold, Vienna 1952
• Lexicon of Christian Morals. Tyrolia, Innsbruck / Vienna / Munich 1969. 2nd revised edition 1976 ( electronic version of his articles as a mixture from 1976 and 1969 ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Hörmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Appreciation of Karl Hörmann on the South Moravia portal