Religion Roman Catholic Ethnicity German Name Philotheus Boehner | Alma mater University of Munster Died May 22, 1955 Known for Medieval scholarship Education University of Munster | |
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Full Name Heinrich Boehner Born February 17, 1901 ( 1901-02-17 ) Lichtenau, Westphalia Employer St. Bonaventure University People also search for Zachary Hayes, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, Allan Bernard Wolter Books Medieval Logic: An Outline of, Collected Articles on Ockham, Examination of Conscien, Collected Articles on Ockham, Conferences for Francisca | ||
Cause of death Coronary thrombosis | ||
Philotheus Boehner (pronounced ([ˈbøːnɐ] ), born Heinrich Boehner (February 17, 1901 – May 22, 1955) was a member of the Franciscan order known for medieval scholarship.
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Biography
Boehner was born Heinrich Boehner in Lichtenau, Westphalia. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1920, and was given the name Philotheus, the Latin form of the Greek Philotheos, ("friend of God"). In 1927 he was ordained as a priest, although he was so ill with tuberculosis he was not expected to live. While resting, he began his work as a medieval scholar by translating Étienne Gilson's work on Saint Bonaventura. He became a close friend of Gilson in the 1930s.
In the summer of 1940 Boehner moved to Saint Bonaventure College (now a university) where he lectured on Franciscan philosophy, and it was here that he began to build the Franciscan Institute into a center of international Franciscan scholarship.
Works
As a result of his work and influence, a large output of scholarly publications were issued from the Franciscan Institute (more than thirty volumes from 1944–55, divided into five series—Philosophy, Theology, Texts, History, and Missiology).
Probably his most enduring work is the critical edition of William of Ockham's Opera omnia theologica et philosophica, which he produced with Professor Ernest Moody.