Dietrich von Hildebrand (October 12, 1889, Florence, Italy - January 26, 1977, New Rochelle, New York) was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian who was called (informally) by Pope Pius XII "the 20th Century Doctor of the Church." October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... New Rochelle is a city located in Westchester County in the US state of New York. ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ...

Raised in a secular Protestant household, Hildebrand converted to Catholicism in 1914. He was a vocal opponent of Adolf Hitler and Nazism, fleeing from Germany to Vienna, Austria in 1933 upon Hitler's rise to power. There he founded and edited an anti-Nazi weekly paper. For this, he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Nazis. This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... ▶ (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... In Absentia is progressive rock band Porcupine Trees sixth studio album and was released on September 24, 2002. ...

When Hitler annexed Austria in 1938, Hildebrand was once again forced to flee making his way, after several narrow escapes, to the United States in 1940. There he taught philosophy at the Jesuit Fordham University on Rose Hill, The Bronx, New York. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... These five broad types of question are not the only subjects of philosophical inquiry, and there are many overlaps between the categories which are subsumed within the discipline under the four major headings of Logic, Ontology, Epistemology, and Axiology. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Fordham University is a private, co-educational university located in the Bronx in New York City (but with campuses also in Manhattan — at Lincoln Center — and Westchester). ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...

Hildebrand is the author of dozens of books, both in German and English, including: Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love (1929) In Defense of Purity (Sheed, 1931; Metaphysics of Community (1930); an anti-totalitarian Catholic Weekly, Der Christliche Staendestaat; Transformation in Christ (Longmans, 1948); Liturgy and Personality (Longmans, 1943); Actual Questions in the Light of Eternity (1931); The Essence of Philosophical Research and Knowledge (1934); Fundamental Moral Attitudes (Longmans, 1950); Christian Ethics (McKay, 1952); The New Tower of Babel (Kenedy, 1953); True Morality and Its Counterfeits, with Alice M. Jourdain (McKay, 1955); Graven Images, also with Alice M. Jourdain (McKay, 1957); The Devastated Vineyard (1973); and Jaws of Death: Gate of Heaven (1976).

Dietrich von Hildebrand died on January 26, 1977 after a long struggle with a heart condition. He was married to Margaret Denck (died 1957), and then, in 1959, to Alice von Hildebrand (born 1923), also a philosopher and theologian. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Alice von Hildebrand (born 1923 in Brussels, Belgium) is a Catholic philosopher and theologian. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Dietrich von Hildebrand is the 20th century Doctor of the Church. -Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (Latin: ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from March 2, 1939 to 1958. ...