Theodor Weber
Theodor Hubert Weber was a German theologian and professor of philosophy.Biography
Weber was born in Zülpich. He was the second bishop of the German Old Catholic Church, and one of the more important followers of Anton Günther's philosophy.
In 1858 he obtained his doctorate of philosophy at the University of Bonn under the tutelage of Franz Peter Knoodt. In 1860 he received his ordination in Breslau, and from 1862 to 1864 was a schoolteacher in the town of Sagan. In 1868 he received his habilitation, later serving as a professor of philosophy at the University of Breslau.
In 1890 he relocated to Bonn, where he was named vicar-general by Joseph Hubert Reinkens. In 1896 he succeeded Reinkens as bishop of the German Old Catholic Church.Works
Among his better known writings are the following:
- Schülers Metaphysik. Anschauungen vom Menschen, 1864
- Kants Dualismus von Geist und Natur aus dem Jahre 1766 und der des positiven Christentums, 1866
- Geschichte der neuen deutschen Philosophie, 1873
- Zur Kritik der Kantschen Erkenntnistheorie, 1882.
- Metaphysik, eine wissenschaftliche Begründung der Ontologie des positiven Christentums,