DÖLLINGER, JOHANN (1799–1890), more fully Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger; Roman Catholic professor of dogmatics and church history at the University of Munich (1826–1872), who became the controversial center of scholarly...

Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (February 28, 1799 - January 14, 1890) was a German theologian, Catholic priest and church historian who rejected the dogma of papal infallibility. He is considered an important contributor to the doctrine, growth and...

Johann Ignaz von Felbiger and Kardinal Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg: Wege der Religiosen Reform im 18. Jahrhundert. By Winfried Romberg. [Arbeiten zur schlesischen Kirchengeschichte, Band 8. ] (Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag. 1999. Pp. 191. Paperback.) Is the term "Catholic Enlightenment" an oxymoron? It...

'Bundle' of memories that formed Ratzinger Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger was born on April 16, 1927, the youngest of three children in a lower-middle-class Bavarian household. Just a month later, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic in...