Directory:Logic Museum/Philotheus Boehner
Philotheus Boehner, born Heinrich Boehner (February 17, 1901 – 1955) was a member of the Franciscan order and a distinguished medieval scholar.[1]
History
Boehner was born Heinrich Boehner on February 17, 1901, in Lichtenau, Westphalia. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1920, and was given the name Philotheus,[2] the Latin form of the Greek Philotheos, ("friend of God"). In 1927 he was ordained as a priest, although he was so ill with tuberculosis he was not expected to live. While he was resting he began his work as a medieval scholar by translating Gilson's work on Saint Bonaventura. He became a close friend of Gilson in the 1930s.
In the summer of 1940 Boehner moved to Saint Bonaventure College (now a university) where he lectured on Franciscan philosophy, and it was here that he began to build the Franciscan Institute into a centre of international Franciscan scholarship.
Works
As a result of his work and influence, a large output of scholarly publications issued from the Franciscan Institute (More than thirty volumes form 1944-55, divided into five series - Philosophy, Theology, Texts, History, and Missiology.
Probably his most enduring work is the critical edition of Ockham's Opera omnia theologica et philosophica, together with Professor Ernest Moody.[3]
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