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Monday, May 18, 2015

Innsbruck and the Jesuitenkirche

Appropriately, the Jesuitenkirche is on Karl Rahner Platz. Karl Rahner, was one of the most influential Jesuit Theologians of the XX century, and leaving his mark on the Catholic Church, especially after Pope John XXIII appointed him peritus at the Second Vatican Council. Karl Rahner was professor here at the University in Innsbruck, during the 1930s, until the Nazis took control.
 
Karl Rahner Platz, site of the Jesuitenkirche,
Innsbruck
 
Karl Rahner's dissertation Geist in Welt, shows how well he relates Thomas Aquinas concept of philosophy with Emmanuel Kant and especially with the Existentialism of Martin Heidegger.

Skyview of the dome and bell towers of the
Jesuitenkirche
 
Façade and main Entrance of the
Jesuitenkirche
 
Main altar of Jesuitenkirch



Baroque main altar and apse of
Jesuitenkirche

Main dome of Jesuitenkirche

Carved wooden stalls of Choir of Jesuitenkirche


Dome and transept of Jesuitenkirche


 

Baroque Pulpit of Jesuitenkirche

Organ loft


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