Alfons Thome

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Alfons Thome (born June 21, 1915 in Oberlöstern ; † January 28, 2006 ibid) was a German Catholic religious educator .

Life

He was one of nine children of the married couple Johann Thome and Maria, geb. Feid. His younger brother Oskar Thome (1917–2011), supported by him, worked as a missionary in Chile and Ecuador, and later as a pastor in Bliesen .

Alfons Thome entered the mission house of the Steyler missionaries in St. Paul / Wengerohr in 1928 . He studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Trier Theological Faculty . During the Second World War he did military service from 1940 and was a prisoner of war until 1949. He was ordained a priest in 1950 and then worked in pastoral care. In 1959 he obtained his doctorate theologiae at the Trier Theological Faculty, a teaching position at the University of Saarbrücken and a lecturer at the Trier University of Education . In 1964 he was appointed professor. From 1967 to 1982 he was full professor for religious education at the Trier Theological Faculty. From 1968 he was also temporarily rector and clergyman advisor at the Catholic Academy in Trier.

Alfons Thome died in 2006 at the age of 90 and was buried in the cemetery in Kostenbach . Prof.-Alfons-Thome-Strasse in his hometown Oberlöstern reminds of him.

Fonts (selection)

  • Our salvation in God's word. On the theology of biblical catechesis . Düsseldorf 1964, OCLC 73744049 .
  • Living with the Bible. Pocket book for encountering the word of God in everyday life . Trier 1967, OCLC 1100339325 .
  • Modern problem literature in religious education. Topics, texts, models, methods . Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7698-0221-7 .
  • Understand the suffering of the peoples. Giorgio La Pira , Christian and politician . Trier 1990, ISBN 3-7902-1203-2 .

literature

  • Heinz Feilzer , Andreas Heinz , Wolfgang Lentzen-Deis and Hermann Josef Spital (ed.): The philanthropic God. Access - Inquiries - Conclusions. Alfons Thome on his 75th birthday . Trier 1990, ISBN 978-3-447-10236-0 .
  • Reinhold Bohlen : We remember Prof. Dr. Alfons Thome. Tireless herald of God's philanthropy. In: News from the Faculty. No. 6, June 2006, Theological Faculty Trier, pp. 5-6 ( online ).
  • Thome, Alfons. In: Hans-Joachim Schellmann, Manfred Wockel (Ed.): Who's who in the Catholic World. 3. Edition. Intercontinental Book and Publ., Vienna 1983.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thanking was his life principle. Father Oskar Thome is buried today in St. Wendel. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . March 29, 2011. Accessed June 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ P. Oskar Thome SVD passed away. steyler.eu. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Trier theological journal. Volume 93. Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1984, p. 240.
  4. ↑ Thome, Alfons. In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar Online. degruyter.com, accessed on June 28, 2020 (founded by Joseph Kürschner , constantly updated, restricted online edition).
personal data
SURNAME Thome, Alfons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious educator
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1915
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DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2006
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