Franz Hunolt
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Franz Hunolt (also Humold or Hunoldt; 31 March 1691, at Siegen – 12 September 1746, at Trier) was a German Catholic priest and preacher.
Life
At the age of nine years, Hunolt entered the Jesuit college of his native town; six years later, he attended the Jesuit school at
Work
Each of the six volumes contains seventy-two sermons, and the various divisions in each volume are indicated by sub-titles, such as "The Christian Attitude towards Life"; "The Wicked Christian"; "The Penitent Christian"; "The Good Christian"; "The Last End of Christians"; "The Christian's Model". This material is distributed across the ecclesiastical year. Franz Xaver Kraus describes Hunolt's sermons as follows:
"At a time when German pulpit oratory had degenerated into utter bad taste and brainless insipidity, these sermons are distinguished by noble simplicity, pure Christian sentiment, and genuine apostolic ideas no less than by the felicitous use of Holy Writ, abundance of thought and pregnant language."
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Franz Hunolt". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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