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Hefele, Karl Joseph von

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Historian, Bishop of Rottenburg, born Unterkochen, Wurttemberg, 1809; died Rottenburg, 1893. He taught church history at Tübingen (1836-1869), where he opposed Illuminism and laid special emphasis on Christian archaeology. Hefele accepted the definition of papal infallibility after opposing it during the deliberations of the Vatican Council. His best-known work is a great history of the councils.

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Entry for 'Hefele, Karl Joseph von'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​h/hefele-karl-joseph-von.html. 1910.
 
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