as satisfactory. The removal of the censure followed (1781) when Hontheim published in Frankfurt what purported to be a proof that his submission had been made of his own free will (Justini Febronii acti commentarius in suam retractationem, etc.). This book, however, which carefully avoided all the most burning questions, rather tended to show – as indeed his correspondence proves – that Hontheim had not essentially shifted his opinion. Notes References This work in turn cites: Otto Mejer, Febronius, Weihbischof Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim und sein Widerruf (Tübingen, 1880) with many original letters (with numerous references). 1701 births 1790 deaths 18th-century German Roman Catholic bishops 18th-century German historians 18th-century German Catholic theologians German Roman Catholic titular bishops Old University of Leuven alumni People from Trier German male non-fiction writers 18th-century German male writers