Theodor Granderath

Theodor Granderath SJ (born June 19, 1839 in Giesenkirchen , † March 19, 1902 in Valkenburg ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian , Jesuit and church historian .

Life

After graduating from high school in Neuss, he studied Catholic theology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and had been a member of the Catholic student association AV Guestfalia Tübingen since 1859 . On April 3, 1860, he joined the Jesuit order in Münster . Granderath studied 1862-1874 Rhetorik , philosophy , theology and Church right and received 1872 ordination .

In 1874 he became professor of canon law at the Jesuit college in Ditton Hall and from 1876 also for dogmatics and apologetics . He then went to the Jesuit College in Exaten in 1887 to continue Gerhard Schneemann's work on the Acta et Decreta Concilii Vaticani , the edition of the acts and decrees of the more recent councils.

From 1893 to 1901 he worked in Rome on a “History of the Vatican Council”, which Konrad Kirch edited after his death between 1903 and 1906. In 1897 and 1898 he replaced the professor of apologetics at the Pontifical Gregorian University . In 1901 Granderath left Rome due to his health and settled in Valkenburg.

Fonts

History of the Vatican Council. From its first announcement to its adjournment . Edited by Konrad Kirch SJ. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Volume 1: Prehistory . With a cover picture. 1903 archive.org .
- Volume 2: From the opening of the council to the end of the third public session . 1903 archive.org .
- Volume 3: From the end of the third public session to the adjournment of the council. The inclusion of the decisions of the Council. (The papal infallibility) . 1906 archive.org .

literature

Granderath, Theodor . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 4 : Görres – Hittorp . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2006, ISBN 3-11-094654-8 , p. 102 .

Web links

Wikisource: Theodor Granderath - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

^ Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk, Lexicon of CV and ÖCV connections, 1997, p. 365.

personal data
SURNAME	Granderath, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Jesuit and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Giesenkirchen
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1902
Place of death	Valkenburg

[1] Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk, Lexicon of CV and ÖCV connections, 1997, p. 365.