Albert Ehrhard


Albert Joseph Maria Ehrhard was a German Catholic theologian, church historian and Byzantinist. He was the author of numerous works on Early Christianity.

Biography

Ehrhard studied theology at Würzburg and Münster, being ordained as a priest in 1885, then received his doctorate of theology in 1888. From 1889 he served as a professor of dogmatics at the Roman Catholic seminary in Strasbourg. From 1892 to 1898 he was a professor of church history at the University of Würzburg, and afterwards held professorships in Vienna, Freiburg and Strasbourg, where in 1911/12 he served as university rector. From 1920 to 1927 he was a professor of church history at the University of Bonn.

Selected works