Thomas Holtzclau

Thomas Holtzclau (also Holtzklau ; * December 18, 1716 in Hadamar ; † June 4, 1783 in Würzburg ) was a Roman Catholic theologian , Jesuit priest and university professor .

Life

Holtzclau entered the Jesuit order in 1736 and first taught philosophy at the Jesuit school in Würzburg from 1752 and then dogmatics and exegesis at the institutions of the Jesuits in Molsheim and Mainz . When did he go to Dr. theol. PhD is not known. In 1760 he was appointed to the chair of dogmatics at the theological faculty of the University of Würzburg , in 1771 he was also appointed professor of exegesis.

Even after the Jesuit order was abolished in 1773, Holtzclau retained his professorship at the University of Würzburg, and after the abolition he held the post of dean of the theological faculty twice .

Works (selection)

with Heinrich Kilber , Ignaz Neubauer and Ulrich Munier : RR Patrum Societatis Jesu Theologia dogmatica, polemica, scholastica et moralis praelectionibus publicis in alma Universitate Wirceburgensi accommodata , 14 volumes, Stahel, Würzburg 1766–1771 (= Theologia Wirceburgensis , 10 volumes, Paris 1852– 1854).
Institutiones Scripturisticae , 1775.
Harmonia Evangelistarum in enarranda Christi anastasis historia, ad illustrandum dogma de resurrectione Christi succinta diatriba aevi nostri incredulis opposita. Nitribitt, Würzburg, 1780.

literature

Karl Werner : Holtzclau, Thomas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 12.
Karl Josef Lesch : Holtzclau, Thomas . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 5 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1996, Sp. 241 .
Erich Naab: Holtzklau, Thomas. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 640-641.
Holtzclau, Thomas SJ , in: Heiner F. Klemme, Manfred Kuehn (Ed.): The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers , Bloomsbury, London 2016, ISBN 9781474256001 , pp. 358 f.

Web links

Works by and about Thomas Holtzclau in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

↑ That he leads the title will u. a. in D. Thomae Holtzclau Ss. Theol. Doct. Et S. Scripturarum In Alma Universitate Wirceburgensi Professoris Publ. Et Ordin. Institutiones Scripturisticae, Usibus Eorum, Qui S. Scripturae Studio Vel Lege, Vel Voluptate Tenentur: Tom I. Et Prodromus Complectens Prolegomena Inscripturam S. Universam (Rienner, Würzburg 1775).
^ Ludwig K. Walter: Study S. Theologiae Herbipolense. Part II: The teaching staff , Würzburg undated, p. 152.

personal data
SURNAME	Holtzclau, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Holtzklau, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Jesuit, Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1716
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hadamar
DATE OF DEATH	June 4, 1783
Place of death	Wurzburg

[1] That he leads the title will u. a. in D. Thomae Holtzclau Ss. Theol. Doct. Et S. Scripturarum In Alma Universitate Wirceburgensi Professoris Publ. Et Ordin. Institutiones Scripturisticae, Usibus Eorum, Qui S. Scripturae Studio Vel Lege, Vel Voluptate Tenentur: Tom I. Et Prodromus Complectens Prolegomena Inscripturam S. Universam (Rienner, Würzburg 1775).

[2] Ludwig K. Walter: Study S. Theologiae Herbipolense. Part II: The teaching staff , Würzburg undated, p. 152.