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Title: The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Herbermann, Charles George, 1840-1916
Subjects: Catholic Church Theology Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York, The Encyclopedia Press
Contributing Library: Mississauga - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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After God.our hope and trust rest on Your Majestys piety,wisdom, and justice, When we ha^e reached ourdioceses we shall strive most zealously to extendthe benefits of the agreement in all directions.In order to make the Concordat effectual, the bishopsheld sjniods in their dioceses: at Gran, 1858; Vienna,18.58; Prague, 1860; Kalocsa, 1863. Fresh lifeshowed itself everjT\here. It is now acknowledgedthat schools of all grades accomplished great thingsunder the Concordat. The primary schools wereexcellently arranged, a course of study which is stillin force was drawn up for the gj-mnasia, and theUniversity of Vienna gained a world wide reputationvmder Thun, the author of the Concordat. In 1855the Institute for Research in Austrian history wasformed. Famous members of the medical facultyof the imiversify were the professors: Skodra (per-cussion and auscultation); Rokitansky (pathologicalanatomy); Oppolzer; Hebra; Stellwag; Hyrtl; Briicke,and Billroth, the last named being the leading sur-
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN 131 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ^eon of ihc century. Ipon Rauschers suggestionthe number of professors in the department of dog-matic tlieology of the University of Vienna wasincreased, in order to ensure a more extended coursein this branch. The new men called were, FatherPhilip Guidi, O.P., and Father Clemens Schrader,S.J., both from Rome. The lectures were obligatory3n di\inity students in any one year of the four yearsfourse, and were intended also for priests desirousof instruction. The successful development of artduring this period is shown in the church of Altler-ehenfeld in Vienna, which was consecrated in 1861.This fine structure was built from the designs of thearchitect John George Miiller, and was decoratedwith a series of mural paintings by Joseph Fiihrich,professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.These paintings combine art and true dogma mostadmirably, and Fiihrich is in them a veritableteacher of the Faith. He was born at Krazau inBohemia, studied art firs

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