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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