Johann Baptist Franzelin

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Johannes Baptist Franzelin (b. at

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Life

Johann Baptist Franzelin was born 15 April 1816, in Aldein, Austria, the son of Pellegrino and Anna Wieser Franzelin.[1] Despite their poverty, his parents sent him at an early age to the neighboring Franciscan college at

Hebrew, in which he was especially proficient.[2]

Driven from Rome by the revolution of 1848, he went successively to England, Belgium, and France, where he was ordained in 1849. In 1850, he returned to the Roman college as assistant professor of dogma and lecturer on

Chaldean. In 1853, he became prefect of studies in the German college, and, in 1857, professor of dogmatic theology in the Roman college, where he remained for nineteen years, winning for himself by his lectures and publications a foremost place among the theologians of that time. During this period, he acted as Consultor to several Roman Congregations and aided in the preliminaries of the First Vatican Council. In 1876, despite his protests, he was raised to the cardinalate by Pope Pius IX, and participated in the papal conclave of 1876 which elected Pope Leo XIII.[3]

Though of delicate heath, the appointment made little change in his scrupulously simple lifestyle. As a

missions, and converts whose property had been seized by the Italian government.[2]

Cardinal Franzelin died in Rome on 11 December 1886. On the centenary of his death, his remains were exhumed and transferred to the parish church of his native Aldein.[1]

Works

As a theologian, Franzelin takes high rank. He served as papal theologian to the First Vatican Council.[1]

From the first his works were recognized as a mine of rich material for the preacher; and for years he was accustomed to receive numerous letters from priests in all parts of the world, spontaneously acknowledging the great aid in preaching they had derived from his books. Of his works, which have gone through numerous editions, the treatise "De Divina Traditione et Scriptura" (Rome, 1870; 2nd rev. ed., 1875) is considered a classic.[4] Other works include:

  • "De SS. Eucharistiæ Sacramento et Sacrificio" (1868);
  • "De Sacramentis in Genere" (1868);
  • "De Deo Trino" (1869);
  • "De Deo Uno" (1870);
  • "De Verbo Incarnato" (1870);
  • some smaller treatises, and the posthumous "De Ecclesia Christi".

References

  1. ^ a b c Miranda, Salvador. "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Biographical Dictionary". No. 107. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  2. ^ a b Murphy, John F.X. "Johann Baptist Franzelin." The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.
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  4. ^ "Franzelin, Johann Baptist - 1910 New Catholic Dictionary - Bible Dictionary". StudyLight.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Johann Baptist Franzelin". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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