Balthasar Fischer

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Balthasar Fischer (born September 3, 1912 in Bitburg ; † June 27, 2001 in Trier ) was a German Catholic theologian , liturgist and university teacher .

Life

Balthasar Fischer, son of of Wittlich originating elementary school teacher born Balthasar Fischer senior and Susanne Thomas, graduate at Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium in Trier, devoted himself subsequently studying theology in Trier , but soon moved on to Innsbruck . After Balthasar Fischer in the summer of 1936 in Trier by Franz Rudolf Bornewasser the ordination had received, he returned to Innsbruck, where he at Josef Andreas Jungmann , whose commitment to a reform of the liturgy , impressed him a doctorate . In 1937 Fischer was given a chaplaincy in Neunkirchen in Saarland , in 1939 Fischer moved to the Benedictine Academy of Maria Laach , founded in 1931 and graduated in 1940, to continue his studies with Abbot Ildefons Herwegen - he was close to the liturgical movement . In addition to pastoral activities, Fischer subsequently pursued a post-doctoral degree in ancient church history in Bonn , which he completed in 1946.

Mainly at the insistence of the Trier vicar general Heinrich von Meurer, in 1947 he was not given the professorship for his habilitation subject at the Trier Theological Faculty , but for liturgical studies. Balthasar Fischer, who held the rector's office there from 1964 to 1966 , retired in 1980. In addition, he held visiting professorships in 1950 and 1985 at the University of Notre Dame , from 1957 to 1971 at the Center international Lumen Vitae in Brussels and in 1977 at St. John's University in New York City . In addition, from 1961 to 1974, Balthasar Fischer was a member of various committees and working groups for the preparation of the Second Vatican Council and for the implementation and implementation of the Council's resolutions, and for many years acted as an advisor to the liturgy commission of the German Bishops' Conference . Balthasar Fischer has received several awards for his services to the liturgical reform, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Mainz in 1977 and the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon in 1992 .

Fonts

  • The lower clergy with Gregory the Great . A contribution to the history of the Ordines Minores. Dissertation . In: Journal for Catholic Theology , Volume 62, 1938, pp. 37-75.
  • The Mass in the Proclamation of the Faith: Kerygmatic Questions. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1950.
  • The blessed martyr Franz Joseph Pey : theology student in Trier 1779 - 1784. Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1955.
  • People of God around the altar: the voice of the faithful at the Eucharistic celebration. Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1960.
  • What was not in the catechism: Christian teaching on the liturgy of the church. St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1962.
  • The first fruit of the council: An orientation on the liturgy-constitution of Vatican II. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Vienna 1964.
  • From the shell to the core: brief addresses on signs and words of the liturgy. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, Vienna 1979.
  • The Latin motto on the gable front of the Hardehausener Zehntscheune in Scherfede. Schöningh, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna, Zurich 1981.
  • I want to look for you from day to day: meditations on the morning and evening psalms of the book of hours. 2nd edition, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Vienna 1987.
  • Friedrich Spee as an educator for the piety of creation. Bonifatius, Paderborn 1991.
  • Piety of the Church: Collective Studies on Christian Spirituality. Alfter, Borengässer, Bonn 2000.

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SURNAME Fischer, Balthasar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian, liturgist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Bitburg
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 2001
Place of death trier