(October 12, 1889 - January 26, 1977), German Catholic philosopher and theologian who was called (informally) by Venerable Pope Pius XII "the 20th Century Doctor of the Church."
Pope Benedict XVI said of him, "When the intellectual history of the Catholic Church in the twentieth century is written, the name of Dietrich von Hildebrand will be most prominent among the figures of our time."
Dietrich von Hildebrand
(October 12, 1889 - January 26, 1977), German Catholic philosopher and theologian who was called (informally) by Venerable Pope Pius XII "the 20th Century Doctor of the Church."
Pope Benedict XVI said of him, "When the intellectual history of the Catholic Church in the twentieth century is written, the name of Dietrich von Hildebrand will be most prominent among the figures of our time."