Constantine von Schäzler
Constantine von Schäzler (b. at Ratisbon, 7 May 1827; d. at Interlaken, 9 September 1880) was a German Jesuit theologian. Life. By birth and training a Protestant, he was a pupil at the Protestant gymnasium St. Anna of Ratisbon; took the philosophical course at the University of Erlangen in 1844–45; then studied law at Munich, 1845–47, and at Heidelberg, 1847–48. After this he decided to enter military life and became a Bavarian officer; in 1850, however, he left the army, received the degree of Doctor of Laws at Erlangen, and took up the practice of law. He  entered the Catholic Church at Brussels on 10 October 1850, and began the study of theology. At Leuven in 1851 he entered the Society of Jesus. After completing the studies he was ordained to the priesthood at Liège on 11 September 1856. In 1857 he left the Jesuits and went on with his studies at Munich where in 1859 he took the degree of Doctor of Theology. In 1861 he became a tutor in the seminary at Osnabrück; in 1862 "privatdozent" in the history of dogma at Freiburg; in 1866 archiepiscopal councillor. During the First Vatican Council (1869–70) he was  at Rome as theologian to Bishop Josef Fessler; in 1873 he settled at Rome; in 1874 he was made a domestic prelate and was employed as consultor to various congregations. Shortly before his death he re-entered the Society of Jesus. Works. Schäzler was a prominent representative of Thomism. He was the author of the following works: