Wenceslaus Mattes

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Wenzeslaus Mattes (born September 24, 1815 in Renquishausen , † November 20, 1886 in Weingarten (Württemberg) ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman , university professor and politician .

Life

After private lessons with a pastor Schreiber in Todtnauberg , Mattes attended high school in Rottweil and the Konviktsgymnasium in Ehingen . He studied theology and philosophy in Tübingen and was awarded a Dr. theol. as well as Dr. phil. PhD. He was ordained a priest on September 16, 1840 . After a year-long scientific journey, he became a repetitee at the Wilhelmsstift on October 22, 1844appointed in Tübingen, he was also given permission to give lectures on philosophy. Because of a primary sermon held on September 8, 1845 in his home parish Renquishausen , Mattes was removed from his position by the royal Catholic church council on February 3, 1846 and was then parish administrator in Mögglingen .

He moved to Prussia and on December 15, 1846 was appointed professor of theology at the philosophical-theological school of the Hildesheim seminary . In 1854 he was the same rain .

In 1860 Mattes returned to the Diocese of Rottenburg and became pastor in Böttingen on December 18, 1860 , and then city and garrison pastor in Weingarten on June 27, 1866. From 1868 to 1871 he was also a school inspector for Ravensburg . Mattes represented Waldsee as a member of the state parliament in the second chamber of the Württemberg state estates . He was also a member of the board of the philosophical section of the Görres Society .

He died of a heart attack .

Publications (selection)

Mattes was co-editor and, alongside Pius Gams, the most ardent author of the Hildesheim Theological Monthly . He also published regularly in the Tübingen Theological Quarterly . He was one of the main contributors to the twelve-volume church lexicon by Benedikt Welte and Heinrich Joseph Wetzer , which was published in Freiburg im Breisgau from 1847 to 1860 . He also wrote articles for the General Kirchenlexikon of Joseph Aschbach that from 1846 to 1850 in Frankfurt appeared.

  • What is the priest , Laupp, Tübingen 1846
  • Günther and his relationship to the new theological school , Theologische Viertelschrift 1844, p. 347 ff. * Right of state authority to influence church property , ibid. 1845, p. 235 ff.
  • The Christian in Plato , ibid. 1845, p. 479 ff.
  • The old and the new scholasticism , ibid. 1846, pp. 355 ff. And 576 ff.
  • The study of philosophy at the Catholic theological faculties , ibid. 1847, p. 365 ff.
  • On the teaching of Justinus Martyr on original sin , ibid. 1859, p. 367 ff.
  • Die Schulfrage , Hildesheimer Theologische Monatsschrift I / 1850, p. 357 ff. And p. 445 ff.
  • The growth of Jesus , ibid I / 1850, p. 558ff. and p. 629 ff.
  • As an introduction to dogmatics , ibid I / 1850, pp. 907 ff.
  • The incomprehensibility of Christian dogmas , ibid II / 1851, p. 85 ff.
  • Pedagogical sketch , ibid II / 1851, p. 623 ff.
  • Aphorisms on the administration of the Sacraments , ibid II / 1851, p. 1033 ff.

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SURNAME Mattes, Wenceslaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman, university professor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Renquishausen
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1886
Place of death Weingarten (Württemberg)