Background
Georg Hermes was born on the 22nd of April, 1775 in Hörstel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
philosopher theologian university professor
Georg Hermes was born on the 22nd of April, 1775 in Hörstel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Georg Hermes was educated at the gymnasium and University of Münster.
Georg Hermes later taught at both of these institutions. In 1820, he was appointed professor of theology at Bonn, where he died. Hermes had a devoted band of adherents, of whom the most notable was Peter Josef Elvenich (1796–1886), who became professor at Breslau in 1829, and in 1870 threw in his lot with the Old Catholic movement.
Georg Hermes' Christkatholische Dogmatik was published, from his lectures, after his death, by two of his students, Johann Heinrich Achterfeldt and Joseph Braun (5 vols, 1831–1834). The Einleitung had a major and controversial effect upon Catholic theology in Germany.
The judgment was negative. On 25 September 1835 a papal bull condemned both parts of the Einleitung and the first volume of the Dogmatik. Two months later, the remaining volumes of the Dogmatik were likewise condemned.
The controversy did not cease. In 1845, a systematic attempt was made anonymously by Forex Werner to examine and refute the Hermesian doctrines, as contrasted with the orthodox Catholic faith (Der Hermesianismus, 1845). In 1847, the condemnation of 1835 was confirmed by Pius IX.