Albert Joseph Maria Ehrhard (14 March 1862 – 23 September 1940) was a German Catholic

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and

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. He was the author of numerous works on

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Biography

Born in

Herbitzheim Herbitzheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Herbitzheim is one of 45 member communes of the Communauté de communes de l'Alsace Bossue. Location The village is located in the north west of Al ...

(Alsace), Ehrhard studied theology at

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg ...

and

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...

, 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

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. From 1892 to 1898 he was a professor of church history at the University of Würzburg, and afterwards held professorships in

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(from 1898),

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(from 1902) and

(from 1903), 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 The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

. He died in

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aged 78.

Selected works

* ''Die altchristliche Literatur und ihre Erforschung seit 1880'' (1894) – Early Christian literature and its research since 1880. * ''Die altchristliche Litteratur und ihre Erforschung von 1884-1900'' (1894) – Early Christian literature and its research from 1884 to 1900. * ''Forschungen zur hagiographie der griechischen kirche, vornehmlich auf grund der hagiographischen handschriften von Mailand'' (1897) – Research involving the

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of the Greek church. * ''Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur'' (with

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Heinrich Gelzer Heinrich Gelzer (1 July 1847, in Berlin – 11 July 1906, in Jena) was a German classical scholar. He wrote also on Armenian mythology. He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer (1813–1889). He became Professor of classical ...

, 1897) – History of

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. * ''Der Katholizismus und das zwanzigste Jahrhundert im Lichte der kirchlichen Entwicklung der Neuzeit'' (1902) – Catholicism and the twentieth century in the light of ecclesiastical development in the modern age. * ''Die Griechischen Martyrien'' (1907) – The Greek martyrs. * ''Das Mittelalter und seine kirchliche Entwickelung'' (1908) – The Middle Ages and ecclesiastical development. * ''Urchristentum und Katholizismus : drei Vorträge'' (1926) – Early Christianity and Catholicism: three lectures. * ''Das Christentum im Römischen Reich bis Konstantin'' (1932) – Christianity in the Roman Empire prior to

Constantine the Great Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterran ...

. * ''Die Kirche der Märtyer; ihre Aufgaben und ihre Leistungen'' (1932) – The church of the martyrs. * ''Urkirche und Frühkatholizismus'' (1935) – The early Church and early Catholicism.Most widely held works by Albert Ehrhard
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