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Johann Heinrich Achterfeldt
The Catholic Encyclopedia
or Theologian, b. at Wesel, 17 June, 1788; d. at Bonn, 11 May, 1877. He was appointed professor of theology at Bonn in 1826 and in 1832 he founded with his colleague, J.W.J. Braun (d. 1863), the "Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Katholische Theologie" (1832-52), the chief purpose of which was to defend the teachings of Hermes. He also published under the title "Christkatholische Dogmatik" (Münster, 1834-36) the theological writings which Hermes (d. 1831) had left in manuscripts. This publication was followed by sharp controversy, and eventually by the condemnation of the works of Hermes, which Pope Gregory XVI placed upon the Index, 26 September, 1835. In 1843, Achterfeldt incurred suspension from his professorial chair rather than sign the declaration of faith required by the Coadjutor Archbishop von Geissel of Cologne. Though Hermesianism lost ground and finally disappeared during the revolution of 1848, Achterfeldt clung to his views. In 1862, however, he was reinstated as professor, and in 1873, having made his submission to ecclesiastical authority, he was freed from suspension.
MÜLLER, in Dict. de théol. catholique, s.v.; HERGENRÖTHER, Handbuch d. allg. Kirchengesch. (Freiburg, 1886), III, 969.
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Johann Heinrich Achterfeldt'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/j/johann-heinrich-achterfeldt.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
