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Joseph Hergenröther

German theologian
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Sept. 15, 1824, Würzburg, Bavaria
Died:
Oct. 3, 1890, Bregenz, Austria (aged 66)
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Joseph Hergenröther (born Sept. 15, 1824, Würzburg, Bavaria—died Oct. 3, 1890, Bregenz, Austria) was a German theologian and church historian who, at the first Vatican Council (1869–70), was one of the leading exponents of papal infallibility, the Roman Catholic doctrine that the pope, under certain conditions, cannot err when he teaches on matters of faith and morals. Educated at Würzburg, Rome, and Munich, Hergenröther was recalled to Würzburg (1852) as professor of ecclesiastical law and history. As one of the most learned theologians advocating Ultramontanism (i.e., a strong emphasis on papal authority and centralization of the church), he was sent ...(100 of 199 words)

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