Johann Heinrich van Ess
Male, Deceased Person
1772 – 1847
Who was Johann Heinrich van Ess?
Johann Heinrich van Ess, was a German Catholic theologian, born at Warburg, Westphalia. He was educated at the Dominican order gymnasium of his native town, and in 1790 entered, as a novice, the Benedictine abbey of Marienmunster, in the Bishopric of Paderborn. His Benedictine name was Leander. He was priest at Schwalenberg from 1799 to 1821 after which he became extraordinary professor of theology and joint-director of the teacher's seminary at Marburg. In 1818 he received the doctorate of theology and of canonical law. In 1807, in conjunction with his cousin Karl van Ess, he had published a German translation of the New Testament, and, as its circulation was discountenanced by his superiors, he published in 1808 a defence of his views, entitled Auszuge aus den heiligen Vdtern und anderen Lehrern der katholischen Kirche uber das nothwendige und nutzlicke Bibellesen. An improved edition of this tractate was published in 1816, under the title Gedanken der Bibel und Bibellehre, and in the same year appeared Was war die Bibel den ersten Christen? In 1822 he published the first part of a German translation of the Old Testament, which was completed in 1836.
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