Roderich Erwin von Kienitz

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Roderich Erwin von Kienitz (born November 5, 1906 in Duisburg , † September 22, 1948 ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian , honorary professor for German state church law and ecclesiastical administrative practice and cathedral chapter.

Life

Born as the son of Walter von Kienitz and Anna Sophie von Kienitz (née Hennenbusch), he converted from the Protestant to the Roman Catholic denomination in 1924. He studied law in Freiburg and Paris, and Catholic theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University . In 1930 he received his doctorate in theology in Munich , and in 1931 in Freiburg in law. On June 29, 1931, he was ordained a priest in Freising by Cardinal Faulhaber . In 1933 he was appointed cathedral vicar . He completed his habilitation in canon law at the theological faculty of the University of Munich.

The National Socialist authorities withdrew his passport in 1939, and in 1940 he was banned from writing. In 1943 he was accepted as a cathedral chapter in the Munich Metropolitan Chapter . From 1946 to 1948 he was honorary professor for German state church law and ecclesiastical administrative practice at the University of Munich.

Works

  • Vicar General and Official on the basis of the Codex Iuris Canonici , Freiburg i. Br. 1931 (Diss. Theol.).
  • Content of the action and amendment of the action in the civil procedure law of the Codex Iuris Canonici , Munich 1932 (Diss. Iur.).
  • The church consecration process, systematically presented and critically valued , Freiburg i. Br. 1934.
  • The shape of the church. An introduction to the spirit and form of ecclesiastical constitutional law , Frankfurt am Main 1937 (prohibited by the Nazi government).
  • Christian marriage. A representation of marriage law and the marriage morals of the Catholic Church for pastors and lay people , Frankfurt am Main 1938 (prohibited by the Nazi government).
  • Bridal exam . A Guide for Pastoral Care Practice in Freiburg 1940.
  • Augustine . Genius of the Occident , Wuppertal 1947.
  • Aloys Goergen (Ed.), Knowledge in Light. A memorial book (collection of sermons), Munich, Publishing House of the Catholic Church Bavaria 1949.

Literature on Kienitz

  • Hans-Jörg Nesner, The Metropolitan Chapter of Munich (since 1821) , in: Georg Schwaiger (Ed.), Monachium Sacrum. Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of the Metropolitan Church of Our Lady in Munich, Volume 1, Munich 1994, pp. 560–563, p. 570.
  • Winfried Aymans (Hrsg.), Karl-Theodor Geringer (Hrsg.), The Canonical Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich 1947-1997 , Munich 1997, p. 12.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Critical online edition of the diaries of Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber (1911–1952). Diary entry from December 10, 1945 EAM, Faulhaber estate 10023, pp. 73, 75. Retrieved on March 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Kienitz, Roderich Erwin von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kienitz, Erwin Roderich Hermann von; Kienitz, Erwin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian, canon lawyer, university professor and cathedral chapter
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1948