Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-313) and index.
Contents:
Index. List of abbreviations. Introduction : L'affaire Dollinger: a preview -- Nineteenth-century Europe and return of religion -- Dollinger, history, and the Catholic Church. 1 "The world is collapsing": the papacy, memory, and revolution : Trauma: the French Revolution and the papacy -- Ultramontanism and historicism, or The Pope and The Popes -- "Worse than Attila": the agony of Peter's chair, 1820s to 1860s. 2 Between Munich and Rome: the formation of a German Catholic scholar : The world of southern German Catholicism -- Professor at Munich and the climate of Catholic thought -- Drifting from Rome -- Turning points: 1861, 1863. 3 Conscience and authority: the Vatican Council and excommunication : Peter's chair in the 1860s: between theology and history -- The eve of the Council -- The Council and "Quirinus" -- "Prisoner of the Vatican" and Dollinger's excommunication. 4 After the Council: renown, Christian unity, and its obstacles : L'affaire Dollinger at home and abroad -- Old Catholicism, Dollinger, and German nationhood -- Christian unity and the Bonn Reunion Conferences of 1874 and 1875 -- Disappointment. 5 Conclusion : Nonagenarian and death -- Conscience, Catholicism, and the Modern Age. Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
The Pope and the professor tells the captivating story of the German Catholic theologian and historian Ignaz von Dollinger (1799-1890), who fiercely opposed the teaching of Papal Infallibility at the time of the First Vatican Council (1869-70), convened by Pope Pius IX (r. 1846-1878), among the most controversial popes in the history of the papacy. Dollinger's thought, his opposition to the Council, his high-profile excommunication in 1871, and the international sensation that this action caused offer a fascinating window into the intellectual and religious history of the nineteenth century. Thomas Albert Howard examines Dollinger's post-conciliar activities, including pioneering work in ecumenism and inspiring the"Old Catholic" movement in Central Europe. Set against the backdrop of Italian and German national unification, and the rise of anticlericalism and ultramontanism after the French Revolution, "The pope and the professor" is at once an endeavor of historical and theological inquiry. It provides nuanced historical contextualization of the events, topics, and personalities, while also raising abiding questions about the often fraught relationship between individual conscience and scholarly credentials, on the one hand, and church authority and tradition, on the other.
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