Bardo white

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Bardo Weiß (born May 20, 1934 in Weißenthurm ; † August 5, 2018 ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and a priest of the diocese of Mainz .

Life

After graduating from high school, Weiss studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Mainz and Innsbruck from 1953 to 1960 . After various chaplain positions in Mainz, he became pastor in Dalsheim in 1965 . In 1963 he received his doctorate at the University of Mainz with a thesis on the history of salvation under Meister Eckhart . After completing his habilitation, he was Professor of Dogmatics at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz from 1970 to 1999 . He also had a teaching position at the universities of Marburg and Koblenz-Landau . From 1973 to 1992 he was also spiritual at the Mainz seminary .

One of his main areas of research was German women's mysticism , on whose image of God, Christology, ecclesiology and doctrine of the sacraments he published numerous extensive volumes, especially after his retirement.

With an ecumenical group of Christian scholars, he founded the “Working Group Theology of Spirituality” in 1998 and was its first chairman until 2004.

One of his students is the philosophy professor Raymond Jahae, who teaches in Canada and who did his doctorate with Weiss on the mystic Hadewijch .

Works

  • The history of salvation with Meister Eckhart (=  dissertation ). Grünewald, Mainz 1965, OCLC 264972852 (181 pages).
  • Way into life. Meditations on images and symbols from the Gospel of John . Grünewald, Mainz 1979, ISBN 978-3-7867-0777-6 (117 pages).
  • Margareta of Magdeburg. A paralyzed mystic of the 13th century . Schöningh, Paderborn 1995, ISBN 978-3-506-79721-6 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00045121-0 (209 pages).
  • Mysticism and institution. On the visions of Rupert von Deutz (=  Theos . No. 35 ). Kovac, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 978-3-8300-0108-9 (152 pages).
  • The German mystics and their image of God. The German mystics' image of God on the background of monastic theology . Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, DNB  971492557 (3 vol.).
  • The Triune Creator and the Early German Mystics . Schöningh, Paderborn 2006, ISBN 978-3-506-75735-7 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052155-7 (846 pages).
  • Ecstasy and love. The Unio mystica among the German mystics of the 12th and 13th centuries . 2nd Edition. Schöningh, Paderborn 2006, ISBN 978-3-506-76314-3 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052144-7 (987 pages, first edition: 2000).
  • "And fall into you ...". Aphorisms and prayers . Lit, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1012-2 (103 pages).
  • Jesus Christ among the early German mystics . Schöningh, Paderborn 2009, DNB  991834631 (2 vols.).
  • Church and sacraments among the early German mystics . Schöningh, Paderborn 2013, DNB  1037330420 (2 volumes).
  • numerous articles and encyclopedia entries

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice on the death of Bardo Weiss
  2. ↑ a b Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz mourns the loss of Dr. theol. habil. Bardo white. In: News from the Catholic Theological Faculty. University of Mainz, August 21, 2018, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
  3. ^ Mourning for Bardo Weiss. In: Alumni-Post No. 4/2018. Catholic Theological Faculty Mainz, October 31, 2018, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Michael Rosenberger : Obituary for Prof. Dr. Bardo White (1934-2018). Working Group Theology of Spirituality, August 15, 2018, accessed on May 31, 2020 .
  5. ↑ TDr. Dr. P. Raymond Jahae OMI qualified as a professor. Catholic Theological Faculty Münster, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Know, Bardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißenthurm
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 2018
Place of death Mainz