Tobias Lohner (13 March 1619, in

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in the

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– 26 (probably) May, 1697) was an

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n Jesuit theologian.

Life

He entered the Society of Jesus on 30 August 1637, at

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, and spent his first years in the classroom, teaching the classics. Later at Dillingen, he was professor, first of philosophy for seven years, then of speculative theology for four years, and finally of moral theology. He was rector of the colleges of

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and Dillingen and master of novices.

Works

His reputation is based mainly on the many works which he wrote, both in Latin and German, on practical questions, especially of

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and

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. More than twenty years before he died, his literary activity received recognition in the "Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu," a work begun by Father Peter Ribadeneira, S. J., continued by Father Philip Alegambe, S. J., and brought up to date (1675) by Father Nathanael Sotwel, S. J. Among his published works are: *The "Instructissima bibliotheca manualis concionatoria" (4 vols., Dillingen, 1681-), and a series of volumes containing practical instructions, the more important of which are the following: *"Instructio practica de ss. Missæ sacrificio;" *"Instructio practica de officio divino;" *"Instructio practica de conversatione apostolica;" *"Instructio practica pastorum continens doctrinas et industrias ad pastorale munus pie, fructose et secure obeundum;" *"Instructio practica de confessionibus rite ac fructose excipiendis" (complete edition of these instructions, in eleven vols., Dillingen, 1726-). He published many other similar works on preaching, on catechizing, on giving exhortations, on the origin and excellence of the priesthood, on the various states of life, on consoling the afflicted, on questions of polemical, ascetical, speculative, and moral theology, on the means of overcoming temptations, and on the foundations of mystical theology.

References

;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lohner, Tobias 1619 births 1697 deaths 17th-century Austrian Jesuits 17th-century Austrian Roman Catholic theologians