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Georg Hermes

(1775–1831) Theologian

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Georg Hermes was a theologian, best known for Landesrecht Hessen.

Quick Facts About Georg Hermes

Born: April 22, 1775
Died: May 26, 1831
Profession: Theologian
Notable works: Landesrecht Hessen

About Georg Hermes

Georg Hermes was a German Roman Catholic theologian who advocated a rational approach to theology. During his lifetime, his theology was greatly in vogue in Germany, but declined after the posthumous papal condemnation of "Hermesianism" by Pope Gregory XVI.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Georg Hermes

The soul passeth from form to form; and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold.

Form

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Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine.

Divine

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From one Soul of the Universe are all Souls derived.

Soul

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Death is like an arrow that is already in flight, and your life lasts only until it reaches you.

Arrows

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The impious soul, however, punishes itself by seeking a human body to enter into, for no other body can receive a human…

Animal

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A beautiful and chaste woman is the perfect workmanship of God, and the true glory of angels, the rare miracle of earth,…

Angel

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Prayer is the chief thing that man may present unto God.

Chiefs

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The starting-point and chief principle of every science, and hence of theology also, is not only methodical doubt, but positive doubt. One…

Being true

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