Christoph Moufang - Literary Work

Literary Work

His other literary work was mainly in the history of the older Catholic catechisms in Germany. His chief works on this subject are:

  • "Die Mainzer Katechismen von Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts" (Mainz, 1878)
  • "Katholische Katechismen des 16. Jahrhunderts in deutscher Sprache, herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen versehen" (Mainz, 1881).

Among his numerous shorter writings are:

  • "Die barmherzigen Schwestern, eine Darstellung ihrer Gründung, Verbreitung, Einrichtung und Wirksamkeit" (Mainz, 1842)
  • "Der Informativ-Prozess. Eine kirchenrechtliche Erörterung" (Mainz, 1850)
  • "Die katholischen Pfarrschulen in der Stadt Mainz" (Mainz, 1863)
  • "Das Verbot der Ehen zwischen nahen Verwandten. Beleuchtung der Gründe dieses Verbotes" (Mainz, 1863)
  • "Die Handwerkerfrage" (Mainz, 1864), a speech delivered in the Upper Chamber of the Landtag at Darmstadt and published with notes
  • "Die Kirche und die Versammlung katholischer Gelehrten" (Mainz, 1864), a reply to Dr. Friedrich Bernhard Ferdinand Michelis's "Kirche oder Partei"
  • "Cardinal Wiseman und seine Verdienste um die Wissenschaft und die Kirche" (Mainz, 1865)
  • "Der Kampf um Rom und seine Folgen für Italien und die Welt" (Mainz, 1868)
  • "Carl August, Cardinal von Reisach", in "Katholic", 1870, I, 129-50
  • "Der besondere Schutz Gottes über Papst Pius IX" (Mainz, 1871)
  • "Aktenstücke betreffend die Jesuiten in Deutschland, gesammelt und mit Erläuterungen versehen" (Mainz, 1872).

Moufang also published a widely-used prayerbook, "Officium divinum", which has passed through numerous editions, the first in 1851, the nineteenth in 1905.

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