COMMER, ERNST. - Neo-Thomist philosopher and theologian, b. in Berlin on 18 Feb. 1847, d. in Graz on 24 Apr. 1928. He taught philosophy in Regensburg and Liverpool, apologetics and moral theology at the Royal Academy of Münster (1884-88), dogmatic theology at the University of Breslau (1888-1900) and at that of Vienna (1900-10).
Principal writings: System der Philosophie (4 vols., Münster-Paderborn 1883-85); Die Kirche in ihrem Wesen und Leben dargestellt (Vienna 1904); Relectio de Matris Dei munere (ibid. 1906); H. Schell und der fortschrittliche Katholizismus, (ibid. 1907). C. was the first to subject the theories of Schell and of the reformist Catholics to rigorous examination and played a significant part in the controversy that followed. His principal merit was the founding of a Thomist journal for the German-speaking countries, the Jahrbuch für Philosophie und spekulative Theologie (Münster 1886), continued in Vienna from 1914 under the name Divus Thomas.
Rogger, Igino. “Commer, ernst.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 54–55. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/commer-ernst.
MLA
Rogger, Igino. “Commer, ernst.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 54–55. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/commer-ernst.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_commer_ernst,
author = {Rogger, Igino},
title = {Commer, ernst},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {54--55},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/commer-ernst}
}
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