SCHANZ, PAUL. - Theologian and apologist, b. at Horb (Württemberg) on 4 March 1841, d. at Tübingen on 1 June 1905.
He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Tübingen (1861-65) and, having been ordained a priest at Rottenburg (10 Aug. 1866), served as a parochial curate for a year. In Aug. 1867 he returned to Tübingen as a tutor in the theological college, at times replacing Kuhn (v.) in the teaching of dogmatics.
Having perfected his knowledge of mathematics, he became a teacher of it at the gymnasium of Rottweil (1870-76): his studies on Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa as mathematician and astronomer date from that period. From 1876 to 1883 he held at Tübingen the chair
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of biblical exegesis, publishing well-received commentaries on the Gospels (4 vols., Freiburg im Br. 1879-85). In 1883 he succeeded his teacher Kuhn in the chair of dogmatic and apologetic theology, establishing himself with important publications, among which the following stand out: Die Lehre von den heiligen Sakramenten der katholischen Kirche (Freiburg im Br. 1893) and the extensive Apologie des Christentums (3 vols., ibid. 1887-88; Italian trans. Florence 1907).
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