Wigand Siebel (born 4 January 1929 in

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, died 29 August 2014) was a German sociologist.

Scientific career

After his graduation, Siebel worked for the Social Research Center of

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. In 1964, he was appointed a lecturer at the

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. In 1965, he was appointed Professor of Sociology at the University of the Saarlands in

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. The following is his academic timeline:http://www.the-pope.com
/ref> #Studied in

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and

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. #1955-1959:

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at the Institute for Christian Social Sciences in

. #1955: Received his

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at Münster. #1955-1959: Publishing Company of

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#1959-1964: Fellow of

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at the

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. #1964: Promotion to academic status in Münster #Since 1965: Full Professor at

He is the

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Professor of Sociology at the University of Saarland.

Life

Siebel was raised an

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and converted to

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a short time before

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. As a Conservative Christian, he became involved with the Catholic Traditionalist movement resisting the adoption of the

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ideas into Catholicism as a result of the

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and Vatican II.

Controversy

The French Traditionalist priest, George de Nantes wrote in his ''The Catholic Counter-Reformation in the XXth Century'', #220, June 1989, page 20, para 1 & 2 that Wigand Siebel and his followers teach that, with the Modernist apostasy, the Catholic Papacy has ceased to be or that it has come to an end, a teaching which contradicts Catholic teaching that is strongly emphasised.

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Oratorium von der göttlichen Wahrheit
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