Alexandre Ganoczy
Alexandre Ganoczy (actually: Sándor Gánóczy; born December 12, 1928 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian Catholic theologian and dogmatist who worked as a university teacher in Germany and France. He lives in Dauphin , Alpes-de-Haute-Provence .
Life
Sándor Gánóczy studied theology in Budapest, Paris and Rome and was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Esztergom in 1953, where he then worked for nine years as a worker and student chaplain. He received his PhD from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1963 . From 1967 he taught at the Department of Dogmatics at the University of Münster . In 1969 he received his doctorate in philosophy from the Sorbonne . In 1972 he was given the chair for dogmatics in Würzburg , which he held until his retirement in 1996, and was also a professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris .
From 1978 to 1990 Ganoczy was a member of the Ecumenical Working Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians in Germany and acted as an advisor in the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity .
In his theology of creation he seeks a dialogue with the natural sciences and incorporates knowledge from the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, evolutionary theory and chaos research into his considerations.
Ganoczy was first known through his work on John Calvin .
He has published a large number of books, magazine articles and reviews in Germany, France, Hungary and also in English-speaking countries. Two festival publications were dedicated to him, and he was invited to participate in various festival publications, including the one for his Regensburg colleague Ratzinger on the occasion of his sixtieth.
Awards
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva in 1982
- Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Budapest in 1994
- In 2009 he received the “Stephanus Prize” in Hungary , donated to Szent István Társulat .
Festschriften
- Creatio ex amore: Contributions to a theology of love; Festschrift for Alexandre Ganoczy on the occasion of his 60th birthday Ed. Thomas Franke ..., Würzburg 1988
- Boundaries of theology: Professor Alexandre Ganoczy on his 75th birthday , Otmar Meuffels; Jürgen Bründl (ed.), Münster 2004
Works
Calvin
- The hermeneutics of Calvin: intellectual history. Requirements u. Basic features / by Alexandre Ganoczy u. Stefan Scheld, Wiesbaden: Steiner 1983
- Calvin's handwritten annotations on Chrysostom: e. Contribution to Calvin's hermeneutics , by Alexandre Ganoczy a. Klaus Müller , Wiesbaden: Steiner 1981
- Le jeune Calvin: Genèse et évolution de sa vocation réformatrice With e. Introduction by Joseph Lortz , Wiesbaden: F. Steiner 1966
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexandre Ganoczy in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Professor Alexandre Ganoczy 75 years old . In: Bischöfliches Ordinariat Würzburg (Hrsg.): Pressedienst Ordinariat Würzburg . 32nd year. No. 49 . Würzburg December 3, 2003, p. 21 ( kirchenserver.net [PDF; 301 kB ; accessed on March 22, 2013]).
- ↑ In the field of tension between tradition and innovation. Festschrift for Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger , Regensburg 1997. Edited by Heinrich Petri, Georg Schmuttermayr , Karl Hausberger , Wolfgang Beinert, Georg Hilger, Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1997 ISBN 3-7917-1548-8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ganoczy, Alexandre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gánóczy, Sándor; Ganoczy, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |