Peter Joseph Elvenich
Peter Joseph Elvenich (born January 29, 1796 in Embken near Zülpich , † June 16, 1886 in Breslau ) was a Catholic theologian . As a university professor of philosophy in Breslau, he defended Hermesianism . It stands for the agreement between Catholicism and Prussia in the time between Prussian reforms and the German war . As a result of the First Vatican Council, he joined Old Catholicism.
Life
Elvenich studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Münster . When the city became part of the Kingdom of Prussia and the university was relocated to Bonn in 1818 , Elvenich also changed his place of study. In 1821 he became a high school teacher in Koblenz . In 1823 he came to the new Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn as a private lecturer . In 1826 she appointed him associate professor for philosophy.
In 1829 he followed the call of the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau to its chair for philosophy. From 1831 to 1839 he was director of the Matthias Gymnasium . For the academic years 1841/42 and 1857/58 he was rector of the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau.
Already in the work Die Moralphilosophie (Bonn 1830–33, 2 vols.) He had shown himself to be a supporter of Hermesianism. When the papal decrees of September 26, 1835 and January 7, 1836 condemned Georg Hermes ' writings, Elvenich sought to prove in his Acta Hermesiana (Göttingen 1836, 2nd edition 1837) that this was based on an incorrect representation of Hermesianism .
In 1837 he himself traveled to Rome with Professor Johann Wilhelm Joseph Braun in order to obtain a revision of the damn decrees in question. Both reported in the Acta romana , connected with the Meletemata theologica (Hanover and Leipzig 1838), about the failed negotiations.
Elvenich was appointed senior librarian at the Royal University Library in Wroclaw in 1839 . He kept his professorship, but lost it in 1843 at the request of the coadjutor of Cologne Archbishop Johannes von Geissel . In the 1960s Elvenich stood up for Johannes Baptista Baltzer with Joseph Hubert Reinkens . After the First Vatican Council he joined the Old Catholics . He died at the age of 91.
Works
- Defense letter in 2 deliveries, Breslau 1839
- Hermesianism and Johannes Perrone , his Roman opponent (part 1, Breslau 1844)
- Files on the secret history of Hermesianism (Breslau 1845.);
- Pius IX , the Hermesians and the Archbishop Johannes von Geissel (Breslau 1848)
- The essence of the spirit (Breslau 1857)
- Three against one in the Reinkens affair under the name Sincerus Pacificus (Breslau 1862)
- Contributions from the provinces in the Baltz affair under the name Mich. Schlichting (Breslau 1864)
- Evidence for the existence of God according to Cartesius (Breslau 1868)
- The infallible Pope
- The Pope and Science
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : ELVENICH, Peter Josef. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1504.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elvenich, Peter Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher; University professor and librarian in Wroclaw |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Embken near Zülpich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1886 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |