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Ferdinand Probst
A 19th-century German Catholic theologian and scholar, he wrote widely on liturgy, moral theology, and church history while also serving as a university leader in Breslau.
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Der Fall Otto Weininger: Eine psychiatrische Studie
by Ferdinand Probst
About the author
Born in Ehingen an der Donau in 1816, Ferdinand Probst studied theology at Tübingen and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1840. Early reference works describe him serving first in parish and academic roles before building a reputation as a serious scholar of liturgy and pastoral theology.
He is remembered as a Catholic theologian, liturgical scholar, author, and later rector of the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Breslau. His published work included studies of liturgy and a two-volume Katholische Moraltheologie, showing the range of his interests from church practice to moral teaching.
Probst died in Breslau in 1899. Although he is not widely known today outside specialist religious and historical circles, his career reflects the close connection between scholarship, priestly work, and university life in 19th-century German Catholic thought.