Cologne Declaration (1989)
The memorandum “Against incapacitation - for open catholicity” , briefly referred to as the Cologne Declaration , was published on January 6, 1989. It is the best known of the Cologne Declarations named after their place of publication Cologne . She criticizes the authoritarian style of John Paul II as well as his behavior regarding the granting of the ecclesiastical license to teach ( Missio canonica ).
Until May 1989 it was signed by more than 220 Catholic theology professors (from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands); later over 700 theologians worldwide did so. The signatories included Franz Böckle , Johannes Brosseder , Peter Eicher , Heinrich Fries , Ottmar Fuchs , Norbert Greinacher , Johannes Gründel , Bernhard Häring , Friedhelm Hengsbach , Peter Hünermann , Hans Küng , Norbert Mette , Johann Baptist Metz , Dietmar Mieth , Hermann Stenger , Knut Walf , Jürgen Werbick and Hans Zirker .
In 2009 Dietmar Mieth drew a “mixed balance”. On the 20th anniversary of the Cologne Declaration, the German ecclesiastical movement “ We are Church ” declared: “The Cologne Declaration ... has not lost any of its urgency to this day, but is more relevant than ever in view of the Roman decrees and the restorative course of recent decades. In many points, the fears and warnings formulated at the time occurred or were even exceeded. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 20 years of the “Cologne Declaration” - “Cologne Declaration” unfortunately as relevant today as it was 20 years ago. In: Churches People Movement. January 4, 2009, accessed May 20, 2015 .
- ^ Against incapacitation - for an open catholicity, Cologne declaration by Catholic theology professors from the Epiphany. (PDF; 22 kB) January 6, 1989, accessed on May 20, 2015 (full statement from Cologne).
- ↑ Dietmar Mieth: A mixed balance - the "Cologne Declaration" of 1989 and its effects. (PDF; 129 kB) In: Herder Korrespondenz 2/2009. P. 65 ff. , Accessed on May 20, 2015 .