Paul Michalke

Paul Michalke SVD (born June 2, 1909 in Heinrichswalde, Schlochau district in West Prussia (today Uniechów, Debrzno municipality ); † July 16, 2008 in Maria Enzersdorf , Austria ) was a Roman Catholic theologian , professor and university rector .

Life

Paul Michalke, the oldest of six children, passed his Abitur in 1930 at the Mission House Heiligkreuz in Neisse, today's Polish Nysa , and joined the religious order of Steyler Missionaries in the Mission House St. Gabriel in Maria Enzersdorf south of Vienna . From 1933 to 1937 he studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . After his perpetual profession in Rome on March 27, 1936, he was ordained a priest on October 25, 1936, also in Rome. He then worked in the St. Gabriel Mission House. During the Second World War, he was at the University of Vienna with a thesis on Jean Gerson to Dr. theol. PhD ; from 1941 to 1945 he was a chaplain in the parishes of St. Josef am Wolfersberg and in the parish of St. Ulrich in the Archdiocese of Vienna .

After the war ended in 1945 he received a reputation as a professor of philosophy at the founded in 1889, Theological College of St. Gabriel . After positions as prefect of theologians (1953–1962) and director of studies and dean of the university (1962–1971), he was rector of St. Gabriel from 1971 to 1980. In 1995 he retired .

In addition to general philosophy, his main focus in teaching and research was, in particular, logic and epistemology , the history of philosophy and an introduction to scientific work. In St. Gabriel he created a comprehensive collection of neo-scholastic philosophical literature.

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Michalke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Josef Salmen: Obituary and biography of Paul Michalke [1]
• Father Paul Michalke SVD passed away, July 16, 2008 [2]