Franz Xaver von Funk
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Franz Xaver von Funk (1840-1907) was a Catholic theologian and a German, born at Abts-Gmund, Württemberg, educated at Tübingen, at the seminary of Rottenburg, and in Paris, where he studied economics. In 1870 he was appointed professor of theology at Tübingen and in 1876 became an editor of the Tübingen Theologische Quartalschrift[1]. His principal publications are:
- Opera Patrum Apostolicorum (1878; second edition, 1901)
- Lehrbuch der Kirchengeschichte (1886; fourth edition, 1902)
- Die apostolischen Konstitutionen (1891) — Funk thought the apostolic constitutions were written as late as the beginning of the fifth century
- Kirchengeschichtliche Abhandlungen und Untersuchungen (1897-99)
[edit] References
- ^ Franz Xaver von Funk - article in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
