Paul Laymann

Paul Laymann (* 1575 in Arzl ; † November 13, 1635 in Konstanz ) was an Austrian Jesuit who is considered one of the most important moral theologians of his time. He was confessor Ferdinand II. He is known for his critical attitude towards witch trials .

Life

Paul Laymann studied law in Ingolstadt for a year. In 1594 he joined the Jesuit order in Landsberg . After his novitiate he taught at the Jesuit grammar school in Dillingen . After completing his studies, he was ordained a priest in 1603 and was professor of philosophy in Ingolstadt until 1609. From 1609 he taught moral theology in Munich. In 1625 he became the first professor at the newly established chair for canon law at the University of Dillingen . In 1632 he fled from the Swedes to Konstanz , where he died of the plague on November 13, 1635 .

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His main work is the five-volume Theologia moralis , which appeared in 32 editions between 1625 and 1748. A short version ( Theologiae moralis compendium ) developed together with Antonius Goffar appeared in 1631 and was reissued by 1760. In 1629 he published a work on the Peace of Augsburg , which appeared shortly afterwards in German. His canonical work Jus canonicum was only published posthumously.

Fonts

• Theologia moralis in quinque libros distributa . Munich 1625
• Pacis compositio, seu dissertatio de compositione pacis inter Principes et Ordines Imperii Romani Catholicos et Augustanae Confessioni adhaerentes in Comitiis Augustae 1555 . Dillingen 1629
• Pacis compositio: that is, an external and well-founded treatise from which in 1555 at the Diet of Augspurg ... established religion peace ... Dillingen 1630
• Quaestiones canonicae de praelatorum ecclesiasticorum, electione, institutione et potestate ex libro I Decretalium . Dillingen 1629
• Justa defensio Romani Pontificis, Augustissimi Caesaris, SRE Cardinalium, Episcoporum, Principum et aliorum, demum minimae Societatis Jesu in causa monasteriorum exstinctorum et bonorum ecclesiasticorum contra quosdam a se ipsis delectos judice . Dillingen 1631
• Jus canonicum . Dillingen 1663

literature

in order of appearance

• Karl Werner :  Laymann, Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 87.
• Bernhard Duhr : Paul Laymann and the witch trials. In: Journal of Catholic Theology . Vol. 23 (1899), pp. 733-743; Vol. 24 (1900), pp. 585-592; Vol. 25 (1901), pp. 166-168.
• Bernhard Duhr: The position of the Jesuits in the German witch trials. JP Bachem, Cologne 1900, pp. 53-59.
• Friedrich Zoepfl: Witch madness and witch hunt in Dillingen . In: Journal for Bavarian State History , vol. 77 (1964), pp. 235–244.
• Heinrich Bacht:  Laymann, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 6 ( digitized version ).
• Rainer Florie: Paul Laymann. A Jesuit in the field of tension between science and politics . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2017, ISBN 978-3-402-11591-6 .