Basil Binder

Basilius Binder OSB (born March 26, 1910 in Greding ; † June 26, 1947 in Salzburg ), baptized Albert, was a Benedictine in the Bavarian monastery of Metten and professor of moral theology at the theological faculty in Salzburg.

biography

After graduating from high school in Landshut in 1930, Albert Binder began studying at the clerical seminar in Freising . In 1932 he entered the Benedictine Abbey of St. Boniface in Munich and received the religious name Basilius. Following the novitiate , Basilius Binder continued his theology studies at the University of Munich from 1933 . After completing his studies, he moved to the Benedictine abbey of Metten. Here he initially worked as a prefect in the monastery seminary. In 1938 he began studying classical philology at the University of Munich.

In the same year, Basilius Binder received his doctorate in theology at the Theological Faculty of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg im Breisgau (together with Hermann Hoberg and Bernhard Welte ). His dissertation on the history of the marriage blessing is still considered a standard work on the development of the church rite . The first opinion on the dissertation comes from Linus Bopp , Professor of Education and Pastoral Theology at the Freiburg Faculty.

When the Benedictines' preparatory college in Salzburg was closed by the National Socialist rulers in 1939 and the Benedictines opened a preparatory college as a replacement in Seitenstetten Abbey , Basilius Binder was sent there as professor of apologetics (fundamental theology) and liturgical studies. In 1943 he took over the position of parish administrator in the parish of Weistrach in the diocese of Sankt Pölten . When the theological faculty was reopened in Salzburg after the Second World War , Basilius Binder received the professorship for moral theology here. However, he died the following year at the age of 37.

Works (selection)

• History of the solemn marriage blessing from the origin of the rituals to the present day, taking into account related rites, customs and traditions. An investigation into the history of liturgy , Metten 1938, OCLC 311915039 .

literature

• Michael Kaufmann, Memento mori. In memory of the deceased conventuals of the Benedictine abbey of Metten since the rebuilding in 1830 (history of the development of the Benedictine abbey of Metten, Part V), Metten 2008, p. 336f, ISBN 3930725061 .

Web links

• Entry to Basilius Binder on RES (Regesta Ecclesiastica Salisburgensia)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uniarchiv.uni-freiburg.de/bestaende/sammlungen/copy_of_diplome/d0008/dseite-0008
2. ↑ http://www.ub.uni-freiburg.de/?id=1312