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Dr. Karl Adam
DR. KARL BORROMÄUS ADAM (October 22, 1876 - April 1, 1966) was a German Catholic theologian of the early 20th century.
Born in Freudenberg, Bavaria in 1876, Dr. Adam attended the Philosophical and...view moreDR. KARL BORROMÄUS ADAM (October 22, 1876 - April 1, 1966) was a German Catholic theologian of the early 20th century.
Born in Freudenberg, Bavaria in 1876, Dr. Adam attended the Philosophical and Theological Seminary at Regensburg and was ordained in 1900. He spent the next two years doing parish work and received his doctorate from the University of Munich in 1904.
In 1915, he became a professor of theology in Munich. Two years later, he accepted a chair in moral theology at Strasbourg and in 1919 he went to teach dogmatic theology at the University of Tübingen. He retired from that post in 1949.
Dr. Adam wrote extensively on theology. His books include: Tertullian’s Concept of the Church, Eucharistic Teaching of St. Augustine, Christ Our Brother, The Son of God, The Spirit of Catholicism, Roots of the Reformation, The Christ of Faith (Der Christus des Glaubens) and One and Holy.
Adam is best known for his 1924 work Das Wesen des Katholizismus (The Spirit of Catholicism), which was widely translated.
In 1934 he delivered a denunciation of the so-called German religion in an address on “The Eternal Christ”.
He died in 1966 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg at the age of 89.
DOM JUSTIN MCCANN (born Philip Justin McCann: June 18, 1882 - February 19, 1959) was an English cleric, philologist, author and editor. He is best known for his translations of French and German theological works, including The Spirit of Catholicism (1929) and Saint Augustine: The Odyssey of His Soul (1932) by Dr. Karl Adam; The Rule of St. Benedict (1921) by The Right Rev. Dom Paul Delatte; and Vestments and Vesture: A Manual of Liturgical Art (1931) by Eugéne Roulin.
Born in Manchester, England, he was educated at Oxford University (St. Benet’s Hall) and resided in Helmsley, North Yorkshire, Liverpool, and Oxford.
He passed away in 1959 at the age of 76 and is buried at St. Mary’s in Warrington, Cheshire.view less