Clement SchraderClement Schrader (b. at Itzum

Hildesheim

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, in Hanover

Hanover

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, Germany, November 1820; d. at Poitiers

Poitiers

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, France, 23 February 1875 was a German Jesuit theologian.

Life

Schrader studied at the German College at Rome (1840–48) and entered the Society of Jesus on 17 May 1848. For a time he filled the post of prefect of studies in the German College; subsequently he lectured in the Roman College on dogmatic theology, and later on joined the theological faculty of Vienna

Vienna

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In 1867 he became a member of the theological commission appointed to prepare the preliminaries for the First Vatican Council

First Vatican Council

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. On his refusal to take the oath of fidelity to the Constitution of 1867 he was, not long after the council had been prorogued, deprived of his professorship by the Austrian Government.

The remainder of his life was devoted to the teaching of theology

Theology

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 at the University of Poitiers

University of Poitiers

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, where he succumbed to an attack of pneumonia

Pneumonia

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Works

Schrader's grasp of scholastic theology is evidenced by many works. Chief among these are:

• "De Deo Creante";
• "De triplici Ordine"; eight series of these, dealing with various theological questions, e.g. predestination, actual grace, faith, human society;
• "De unitate Romana" (according to Hurter, his ablest work).

He assisted Carlo Passaglia

Carlo Passaglia

Carlo Passaglia , Italian divine, was born at Lucca.Passaglia was soon destined for the priesthood, and was placed under the care of the Jesuits at the age of fifteen. He became successively doctor in mathematics, philosophy and theology in the university of Rome. In 1844 he was made professor in...

 in several of his works, notably in the latter's treatise on the Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception

The Immaculate Conception of Mary is a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, according to which the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin. It is one of the four dogmata in Roman Catholic Mariology...

. He was also actively engaged in the conduct of a periodical published at Vienna (1864–67), and entitled Der Papst und die modernen Ideen. The Syllabus of Pope Pius IX

Pope Pius IX

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is given in a German translation and a number of counter propositions added with a view to bringing out in clearer light the exact significance of the Syllabus.