Markus Adam Nickel
Markus Adam Nickel (born June 9, 1800 in Mainz ; † October 31, 1869 there ) was a German Catholic theologian .
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After completing his studies and seminary in Mainz, he was ordained priest in 1823. In 1830, Nickel was appointed professor of theology and spiritual director at the Mainz seminary. The time before was marked by the Mainz district and the vacancy on the Mainz bishop's chair (→ History of the Diocese of Mainz ).
In 1833 he was appointed pastor of the cathedral. In the year of his consecration in 1835, the Mainz bishop Peter Leopold Kaiser appointed him to the seminary regens and spiritual council . In 1851, Nickel was elected cathedral chapter by the Mainz cathedral chapter and taught homiletics and liturgy at the seminary almost until the end of his life .
Works
In his will, Markus Adam Nickel bequeathed many homiletic, hymnological and liturgical works to the Martinus Library . His main works are:
- The holy times and feasts according to their history and celebration in the church , 1836. New edition 1863. 6 volumes.
- The new Testament. Purpose, plan and dissection of all individual books , 1846, 3 of 4 volumes on Google Books
- The evangelical pericopes, edited exegetically and homiletically , 1847–54, 18 volumes
- Together with Joseph Kehrein he published: Eloquence of the Church Fathers according to Jos. Weissenbach , 1844, 4 volumes
- Summa of the mystical theology, or: the godly Thomas von Kempis four books on the following of Christ; systematically arranged according to the three paths: purification, enlightenment and unification, Mainz 1851 Google Books
literature
- Anton Weis: Nickel, Markus Adam . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 572 f.
- Günter Duffrer : On the way to liturgical piety. Doctorate in theology, 1961
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus Adam Nickel: The holy times and festivals after their history and celebration in the Catholic Church , Verlag CG Kunze, 1863, digitized original from the University of California digitized on April 16, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nickel, Markus Adam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nickel, Marcus Adam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1869 |
| Place of death | Mainz |