Valentin Gröne (7 December 1817 – 18 March 1882) was a

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. He obtained a Doctor of Theology from the

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in 1848. In 1868, he became the

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of Irmgarteichen, within

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Known works

* "Tetzel und Luther oder Lebensgeschichte und Rechtfertigung des Ablasspredigers und Inquisitors Dr. Johann Tetzel aus dem Predigerorden (Soest and Olpe, 1853, 2nd ed. 1860, abridged popular ed., "Tetzel und Luthur", Soest, 1862) * "Die Papst-Geschichte" (2 vols., Ratisbon, 1864–66, 2nd ed., 1875) * "Sacramentum oder Begriff und Bedeutung von Sacrament in der alten Kirche bis zur Scholastik" rilon (Soest), 1853* "Glaube und Wissenschaft" (Schaffhausen, 1860) * "Der Ablass, seine Geschichte und Bedeutung in der Heilsokonomie" (Ratisbon, 1863) * "Compendium der Kirchengeschichte" (Ratisbon, 1870)

Minor writings

* "Zustand der Kirche Deutschlands vor del Reformation" in the "Theologische Quartalschrift" (Tübingen, 1862), 84-138 * "Papst und Kirchenstaat" (Arnsberg, 1862)

References

German Roman Catholic theologians 1817 births 1882 deaths {{Germany-christian-theologian-stub