Peter Dausch

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Professor Peter Dausch

Peter Dausch ; often also Petrus Dausch (born November 25, 1864 in Eschbach (Pfalz) ; † November 9, 1944 in Dillingen an der Donau ) was a Catholic priest from the diocese of Speyer and professor of theology in Munich, Passau and Dillingen.

Life

origin

Peter Dausch was born into a farming family in Eschbach in the south of the Palatinate. He felt called to be a priest. In Speyer he passed the Abitur in 1885 and then studied philosophy and theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich until 1889 . On March 27, 1889 he received the subdiaconate in Speyer - and on August 18 of the same year he was ordained a priest by Bishop Joseph Georg von Ehrler . After that, the young priest was given leave of absence for further studies because of his scientific abilities.

Theologian and professor

On February 28, 1891, Peter Dausch received his doctorate in theology from the University of Munich and, on August 19, 1891, received the permission of his native Speyer bishop to transfer to the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising . He stayed in the Bavarian capital and accepted a pastoral position as vicar choir at the Hofkirche St. Kajetan (Theatinerkirche) . In addition, the clergyman worked from April 1891 to February 1892 as a religion teacher at the Munich advanced training school, and from 1892 to July 1899 in the same position at the Royal Wilhelms-Gymnasium .

Dausch completed his habilitation on August 3, 1894 and worked from 1894 to 1899 as a private lecturer at the theological faculty of the University of Munich. Then the theologian moved to the Royal Lyceum of Passau as a university professor for New Testament exegesis , the forerunner of the university there. He stayed here until 1903. In that year Peter Dausch began his work in Dillingen on the Danube , also first at the Royal Lyceum and from 1923 at the Philosophical-Theological College . From 1919 to 1923 he also served as the rector of the Lyceum.

Professor Dausch was awarded the King Ludwig Cross as early as 1917, and in 1923 he was appointed to the Episcopal Spiritual Council ; on April 1, 1930 he retired and stayed in Dillingen as an emeritus . After the transfer of power , on November 11, 1933, he signed the professors' commitment to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state at German universities and colleges .

In his will, which he wrote shortly before his death, he wrote a. a.

“ I don't want a conventional funeral speech. If the officer wants to say something, he would say something like: 'The deceased wanted to belong to the quiet in the country all his life. He asks to stand in the shade in the grave too. ' I know nothing of myself to praise except that I endeavored to fulfill my duty and life's work. If it did not always work out, God forgive me. I acknowledge with gratitude: I have experienced a lot of good things in life. I was also delighted with life's sorrow. Praise be to the Lord! I thank everyone who has done me good. When I feel sorry for someone, I ask forgiveness for God's sake. Whoever wants to do me a service of love, pray for my poor soul. But I wish everyone, like myself, a happy birth in life and light, above the stars. Amen."

- Professor Dausch's will, 1944

Peter Dausch published several theological books and many small scripts. The best known is the work published together with Joseph Sickenberger in 1923: "The Holy Scriptures of the New Testament".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schematism of the Diocese of Speyer, 1893, page 164

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personal data
SURNAME Dausch, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dausch, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschbach (Palatinate)
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1944
Place of death Dillingen on the Danube