GEORG See also:

• HERMES
• GEORG HERMES (1775-1831)

HERMES (1775-1831)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic theologian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 22nd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1775, at Dreyerwalde, in See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia, and was educated at the gymnasium and university of See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, in both of which institutions he afterwardstaught . In 182o he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology at See also:

• BONN

Bonn, where he died on the 26th of May 1831 . See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes had a devoted See also:

• BAND

band of adherents, of whom the most notable was See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Josef Elvenich (1796-1886), who became professor at See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau in 1829, and in 187o threw in his See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot with the Old Catholic See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement . His See also:

• WORKS

works were Untersuchungen fiber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die inhere Wahrheit See also:

• DES

des Christenthums (Munster, 18o5), and Einleitung in die christkatholische Theologie, of which the first See also:

• PART

part, a philosophical introduction, was published in 1819, the second part, on See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive theology, in.1829 . The Einleitung was never completed . His Christkatholische Dogmatik was published, from his lectures, after his See also:

• DEATH

death by two of his students, Achterfeld and Braun (3 vols., 1831—1834) . The Einleitung is a remarkable See also:

• WORK

work, both in itself and in its effect upon Catholic theology in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . Few works of See also:

• MODERN

modern times have excited a more keen and See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter controversy . Hermes himself was very largely under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the Kantian and Fichtean ideas, and though in the philosophical portion of his Einleitung he criticizes both these thinkers severely, rejects their See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of the moral See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law as the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• GUARANTEE (sometimes spelt " guarantie " or " guaranty "; an O. Fr. form of " warrant," from the Teutonic word which appears in German as wahren, to defend or make safe and binding)

guarantee for the existence of See also:

• GOD

God, and condemns their restricted view of the possibility and nature of See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

revelation, enough remained of purely speculative material to render his See also:

• SYSTEM

system See also:

• OBNOXIOUS (Lat. obnoxiosus, from ob, over, against, and noxa, harm)

obnoxious to his See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . After his death, the contests between his followers and their opponents See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew so bitter that the dispute was referred to the papal see . The See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment was adverse, and on the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1835 a papal See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull condemned both parts of the Einleitung and the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of the Dogmatik . Two months later the remaining volumes of the Dogmatik were likewise condemned .

The controversy did not cease, and in 1845 a systematic See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made anonymously by F . X . See also:

• WERNER, ABRAHAM GOTTLOB (1750-1817)
• WERNER, ANTON ALEXANDER VON (1843– )
• WERNER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG ZACHARIAS (1768–1823)

Werner to examine and refute the Hermesian doctrines, as contrasted with the orthodox Catholic faith (Der Hermesianismus, 1845) . In 1847 the condemnation of 1835 was confirmed by See also:

• PIUS

Pius IX . See K . Werner, Geschichte der katholischen Theologie (1866), pp . 4.05 sqq .