Bertram Zotz

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Bertram Wolfgang Raimund Zotz (* 1968 ) is an Austrian theologian and canon lawyer .

Life

Bertram Zotz, which consists of the traditional Tyrolean family Zotz originated in 1986 acquired the Matura at Episcopal High School Paulinum in Schwaz in Tyrol and his PhD in 1995 a doctorate in theology at the University of Innsbruck . In 1998 he obtained a licentiate in canon law from the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and thus the academic prerequisite for teaching at ecclesiastical universities according to Catholic-Church university law. He then worked for the University of Münster at the Institute for Canon Law , where he supervised a research project on legal questions of church affiliation from 2001–2002. In addition to his academic work, he currently works as head of the chancellery of the diocesan court and as a judge of the diocese of Innsbruck .

Content focus

In Bertram Zotz's scientific research, problems of religious marriage law and church membership are in the foreground. He dealt with the complex question of the canonical validity of a marriage if the partners agree in advance to limit the number of children.

In addition, Zotz examines the question of which theological and canonical criteria allow physical persons to be Catholics. The Codex Iuris Canonici , the code of law of the Catholic Church and other provisions of canon law define persons as “Catholics” who have been baptized in or accepted into the Roman Catholic Church. However , there are no clear legal provisions as to what specifically makes baptisms a baptism of the Catholic Church and the requirements for legally effective membership of the Catholic Church. Bertram Zotz examined this problem from canon law and state church law dimensions.

Fonts

  • Welfare of the spouse and offspring as marital goals in the most important testimonies of church marriage doctrine. Innsbruck 1992, (Innsbruck, University, diploma thesis, 1993).
  • Marriage between love and law. Biblical-theological, genesis and conceptual historical as well as canonical considerations on can. 1055 § 1 CIC with special consideration of the arrangement of the marriage to the "good of the spouse". Innsbruck 1995, (Innsbruck, University, dissertation, 1995).
  • Persona baptizata in Ecclesia catholica vel in eandem recepta. Canonical considerations on the question of the justification of membership in the Catholic Church. Münster 1998, (At the same time: Münster, University, Licentiate thesis, 1997).
  • Baptized Catholic - became Catholic. Canonical criteria for membership of the Roman Church (= Munster Commentary on Codex iuris canonici. Supplement 35). Ludgerus-Verlag, Essen 2002, ISBN 3-87497-243-7 (also: Münster, Universität, licentiate thesis, 2002).
  • Number of children and will of marriage. Considerations on the relevance of consensus law of the previous limitation of the number of children from a specifically intended marriage. In: Konrad Breitsching, Wilhelm Rees : Law - guarantor of freedom. Festschrift for Johannes Mühlsteiger SJ for his 80th birthday (= canonical studies and texts. Vol. 51). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-428-12262-3 , pp. 877-889.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Rectorate): Research report 2001–2002
  2. ↑ Episcopal Diocesan Court Innsbruck: Staff
  3. ↑ Cf. Bertram Zotz: Number of children and will to marry. Considerations on the relevance of consensus law of the previous limitation of the number of children from a specifically intended marriage. In: Breitsching, Rees: Law - guarantor of freedom. 2006, pp. 877-889.
  4. ↑ 1 CIC / 1983 and 1490 CCEO
  5. ↑ Bertram Zotz: Baptized Catholic - became Catholic. Canonical criteria for membership in the Roman Church. 2002.
personal data
SURNAME Zotz, Bertram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zotz, Bertram Wolfgang Raimund (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theologian and canon lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1968