Franz Xaver von Funk (22 October 1840 – 24 February 1907) was a German

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and historian.

Biography

Funk was born at Abts-Gmünd,

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, and educated at

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, at the

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of Rottenburg am Neckar, and in

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, where he studied

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. In 1870 he was appointed

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of theology at

and in 1876 became an editor of the Tübingen ''Theologische Quartalschrift''. Though he is perhaps best remembered today for his edition of the

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, he produced a number of other works on early Christian literature. Funk thought the

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were written as late as the beginning of the fifth century.

Select publications

* ''Zins und Wucher: Eine moral-theologische Abhandlung'', 1868. * ''Geschichte des kirchlichen Zinsverbotes'', 1876
online
* ''Opera Patrum apostolicorum'', 2 vols., 1878–1881; 2nd ed., 1901. * ''Die Echtheit der Ignatianischen Briefe, aufs neue verteidigt'', 1883. * ''Doctrina duodecim Apostolorum'', 1887. * ''Die Apostolischen Konstitutionen: Eine literar-historische Untersuchung'', 1891. * ''Das 8. Buch der Apostolischen Konstitutionen und die verwandten Schriften, auf ihr Verhältnis neu untersucht'', 1893. * ''Kirchengeschichtliche Abhandlungen und Untersuchungen'', vol. I, 1897; vol. II, 1899; vol. III, 1907. * ''Das Testament unseres Herrn und die verwandten Schriften'', 1901. * ''Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum'', 2 vols., 1905. * ''Lehrbuch der Kirchengeschichte'', 1886; fourth edition, 1902 (published in English as "A Manual of Church History", 2 vols. Trans. by P. Perciballi and edited by W. H. Kent. London: Burns & Oates, 1914.)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Funk, Franz Xaver von 1840 births 1907 deaths 19th-century German Catholic theologians German historians of religion University of Tübingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Tübingen 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers