Friedrich, JOHANN, a Catholic theologian, a leader with Döllinger in the Old Catholic movement. Born in Franconia in 1836, he became a professor of Theology at Munich in 1865; assisted at the Vatican Council in 1870; and subsequently, in life and labours, has been identified with the Old Catholics (q.v.).
Friedrich, JOHANN
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