Georg Karl Mayer

Who was Georg Karl Mayer?

Georg Karl Mayer was a German Roman Catholic theologian born in Aschbach, Upper Franconia.

He studied philosophy and theology in Bamberg, then continued his education at the Universities of Munich and Vienna. In 1837 he received his ordination in Bamberg, and afterwards worked as a chaplain. From 1842 he was a professor at the Lyceum in Bamberg, where he taught classes in canon law, church history, dogmatics, exegesis and Hebrew language. In 1862 he was appointed Domcapitular at Bamberg.

Mayer specialized in dogmatic theology, and with church historian Johann Spörlein, was a principal representative of Güntherianism at Bamberg. After the Church's condemnation of Anton Günther's writings in 1857, he fought for the recognition and continuation of Günther's teachings, including an appeal to the First Vatican Council.