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Dietrich von Hildebrand

Born

in Florence, Italy

October 12, 1889

Died

January 26, 1977

Genre

Philosophy, Catholicism, Religion

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Dietrich von Hildebrand was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian who was called (informally) by Pope Pius XII "the 20th Century Doctor of the Church."

Pope John Paul II greatly admired the work of von Hildebrand, remarking once to von Hildebrand's widow, Alice von Hildebrand, "Your husband is one of the great ethicists of the twentieth century." Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has a particular admiration and regard for Dietrich von Hildebrand, whom he already knew as a young priest in Munich. In fact, as young Fr. Ratzinger, he even served as an assistant pastor in the church of St. Georg in Munich, which von Hildebrand frequented in the 1950s and 1960s. It was also in St. Georg that Dietrich and Alice von Hildebrand were married.

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Average rating: 4.39 · 2,138 ratings · 304 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Art of Living by Dietrich von Hildebrand, Alice von Hildebrand 4.43 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 1965 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transformation in Christ: On the Christian Attitude 4.65 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 1940 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love 4.32 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1929 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Battle Against Hitler: Faith, Truth, and Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich by Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby 3.97 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2014 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart: An Analysis of Human and Divine Affectivity by Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Haldane (Preface), John F. Crosby (Introduction) 4.56 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liturgy and Personality by Dietrich von Hildebrand, Alice von Hildebrand (Afterword), Robert Barron (Foreword) 4.56 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1933 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Humility: Wellspring of Virtue 4.32 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Defense of Purity by Dietrich von Hildebrand, Leo Scheffczyk (Preface), Alice von Hildebrand (Foreword) 4.27 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1927 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trojan Horse in the City of God: The Catholic Crisis Explained by Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Cardinal O'Connor (Foreword) 4.46 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1967 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man, Woman, and the Meaning of Love: God's Plan for Love, Marriage, Intimacy, and the Family 4.41 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1983 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Love is not concerned with a person’s accomplishments, it is a response to a person’s being: This is why a typical word of love is to say: I love you, because you are as you are.”
― Dietrich von Hildebrand, The Art of Living

tags: beauty, love

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“The great mystery of our metaphysical situation, that God is nearer to us than we are ourselves, is manifest in the fact that we cannot even be wholly ourselves—in the sense of individuality as a unique divine thought—until we are reborn in Christ.”
― Dietrich von Hildebrand, Transformation in Christ: On the Christian Attitude

tags: christianity

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“Humility involves the full knowledge of our status as creatures, a clear consciousness of having received everything we have from God.”
― Dietrich von Hildebrand, Humility: Wellspring of Virtue

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