SCHMID, FRANZ

SCHMID, FRANZ. - Theologian, b. at Trento in 1841, d. at Bressanone in 1922.

A student of the Collegio Germanico, he was spiritual director of the major seminary of Bressanone (1879), where he taught dogmatic theology for 26 years (1882-1908). Rector of the seminary from 1908, in 1916 he became vicar general and provost of the Cathedral. A passionate student of St. Augustine and St. Thomas, he carried on notable scholarly activity (1918-21).

Principal works: De inspirationis bibliorum et ratione (Bressanone 1885); Quaestiones selectae ex theologia dogmatica (Paderborn 1891); Christus als Prophet und Wundereräter (Bressanone 1892); Die Wirksamkeit des Bittgebetes (ivi 1895); Die Sakramentalien der Kath. Kirche (ivi 1896); Die ausserordentlichen Heilswege für die gefallene Menschheit (ivi 1899); Der Unsterblichheits- und Auferstehungsglaube in der Bibel (ivi 1902); Das Fegfeuer nach kath. Lehre (ivi 1904); Die Seelenläuterung im Jenseits (ivi 1907). Giovanni Baur

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“SCHMID, FRANZ.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), p. 66. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/schmid-franz.