DIEKAMP, FRANZ. - Theologian, b. at Geldern (Rhineland) on 8 Nov. 1864, ordained priest in 1887, from 1902 professor of dogmatic theology at Münster (Westphalia), d. in 1943.
Author of: Die Gotteslehre des hl. Gregor von Nyssa (Münster 1896); Hippolytos von Theben (ibid. 1898); Die originistischen Streitigkeiten im 6. Jahrh. (ibid. 1899); Doctrina Patrum de Incarnatione Verbi (ibid. 1907); Patres apostolici (ed. F. X. Funk, II, 2, Tübingen 1913); Katholische Dogmatik nach den Grundsätzen des hl. Thomas V. A. (3 vols., 9th-10th eds., Münster 1942). Latin translation: Theologiae dogmaticae manuale (4 vols., ibid. 1932-1933). Founder and editor of the journal: Theologische Revue (Münster 1902 ff.). D. was one of the foremost authorities on the history of dogma in the ancient Church.
(from Mélanges C. D., I, Histoire, Paris 1930)
DIEHL, CHARLES - Ritratto.