Karl Joseph von Hefele

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Bishop Karl Joseph Hefele, a photograph by Paul Sinner , 1869
Bishop Karl Joseph von Hefele (photo as council father, 1870)
Bishop Karl Joseph von Hefele, photo
Karl Joseph von Hefele in the Professorengalerie in Tübingen
Episcopal coat of arms
Grave tablet in the bishop's crypt in Martinskirche in Rottenburg-Sülchen

Karl Joseph Hefele , from 1853 by Hefele (born March 15, 1809 in Unterkochen ; † June 5, 1893 in Rottenburg am Neckar ), was a Roman Catholic church historian and 3rd bishop of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese .

Life

Karl Joseph Hefele was born as the son of a royal Württemberg ironworks administrator in 1809 in Unterkochen . His mother came from the civil servant nobility of the former prince provost of Ellwangen. From 1817 he attended high school in Ellwangen , and in 1825 he entered the Konvikt in Ehingen. From 1827 he attended the Wilhelmsstift and studied philosophy, philology and Catholic theology at the University of Tübingen . In 1833 Hefele was ordained a priest. After various activities, including as a vicar and grammar school teacher, he was appointed professor of Catholic church history in Tübingen in 1840 as the successor to his teacher Johann Adam Möhler . Together with Johannes von Kuhn , Hefele led the ultramontane party in the Rottenburg diocese , but under the impact of the revolution after 1848, he turned into a moderate ultramontane.

From 1842 to 1843 he was a member of the electorate for the Ellwangen Oberamt in the Second Chamber of the Württemberg estates . In 1853 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which was associated with the personal title of nobility. In 1868 he was taken over by Pope Pius IX. called to Rome to prepare the First Vatican Council . His task was to draw up the rules of procedure for this meeting. He was best able to do this, because he had already published the first volume of his most famous work, the nine-volume history of the Council, in 1855. Another six volumes followed by 1874, volumes eight and nine were continued by Josef Hergenröther in 1887/1890 .

On June 17, 1869, Hefele was elected bishop of the Rottenburg diocese by the cathedral chapter . The confirmation of the election by Pope Pius IX. did not take place until November 22, 1869. Hefele's episcopal ordination on December 29, 1869 was donated by Archbishop Lothar von Kübel of Freiburg .

Immediately after his episcopal ordination, Hefele set out for the council that had already begun. As a member of the Council, he belonged to the minority who rejected the dogma of the Pope's infallibility , and in this group he adopted the historical argument. When the dogmatization of the Pope's infallibility could not be prevented, he and other opponents left the council prematurely, as they hoped a later limiting revision; but there was no continuation of the council. In a statement on 10 April 1871 finally accepted Hefele the decision of the Council sake of peace. At his death he was also reconciled with the authorities of the Church. The experience of the council had broken him nonetheless; shortly before his death in 1893, he almost destroyed his entire written estate.

Hefele was an honorary member of the Catholic student association AV Guestfalia Tübingen in the CV . He always let the mandate associated with the episcopate in the second chamber of the state parliament in Stuttgart rest.

He found his final resting place in the bishop's crypt in the Sülchen cemetery church .

Fonts (selection)

  • History of the introduction of Christianity in south-western Germany, particularly in Würtemberg , Tübingen 1837 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The Cardinal Ximenes and the ecclesiastical conditions in Spain at the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century , Tübingen 1844, 2nd edition Tübingen 1851 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • History of Councils. First volume , Tübingen 1855 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Causa Honorii papae . Angelis, Naples 1870.
    • German translation: The Honorius question . Translated from Latin by Hermann Rump. Russell, Munster 1870.
    • Another German translation: Honorius (I.) and the 6th general council. Authorized translation. With an addendum by the author . Laupp, Tübingen 1870.

literature

Web links

Commons : Karl Joseph Hefele  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1866, p. 43.
predecessor Office successor
Josef von Lipp Bishop of Rottenburg
1869–1893 		Wilhelm von Reiser
personal data
SURNAME Hefele, Karl Joseph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hefele, Carl Joseph von; Hefele, Karl Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church historian and Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Undercooking
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1893
Place of death Rottenburg am Neckar