Yves Congar
Yves-Marie-Joseph Cardinal Congar OP (born April 8, 1904 in Sedan , France as Georges Yves Marie Congar , † June 22, 1995 in Paris ) was a Roman Catholic theologian and cardinal .
Together with Jean Daniélou and Henri de Lubac, Congar is considered to be the pioneer of Nouvelle théologie , which especially between 1940 and 1950 considered certain currents of contemporary philosophy in the context of the doctrine of the faith . The Nouvelle théologie raised the question of the immutability and the historicity of truth , the relationship between wanted nature and grace determine and she returned the themes of Marxism , the non-Christian religions and the knowledge of God the new up and theological Tapet . The themes of the Second Vatican Council were thus given and introduced into the theological discussion.
Life
Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar attended the minor seminary in Reims and studied philosophy and Catholic theology in 1921 at the Séminaire des Carmes of the Institut Catholique in Paris . During his military service as a reserve officer for the French occupation in Mainz , he decided to join the Dominican order. In 1925/1926 he completed the novitiate in Amiens and then continued his studies at the religious college Le Saulchoir . On July 25, 1930, he received the sacrament of ordination .
In 1931 Yves Congar was appointed lecturer at Le Saulchoir College . From 1935 he was secretary of the important journal Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques . Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar took part in the Second World War as a medic in the French Army and was a German prisoner of war in Colditz from 1940 to 1945 . The Vatican forbade him from teaching and publishing books from 1954 to 1956 because he was involved in the workers 'priests' movement with positions that were felt to be extreme . After his rehabilitation, Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar worked as an advisor to the Preparatory Commission of the Second Vatican Council , in which he participated as an expert from 1962 to 1965. From 1968 he was permanently restricted in his activities due to a severe neurological disease.
Pope John Paul II accepted Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar on November 26, 1994 as a cardinal deacon with the titular church of San Sebastiano al Palatino in the college of cardinals . Congar was because of its advanced age and poor health from receiving the people since John XXIII. bishop ordination for all cardinals dispensed .
Yves Congar died in Paris on June 22, 1995 and was buried in the Dominican tomb in the Montparnasse cemetery.
Fonts (selection)
- The Holy Spirit (“Je crois en l'esprit saint”). 3rd edition Herder, Freiburg / B. 1991, ISBN 3-451-19425-2 .
- The Lefebvre case . Schism in the Church (“La crise dans l'église et Monsieur Lefebvre”). Herder, Freiburg / B. 1977, ISBN 3-451-17887-7 .
- Priests and lay people in the service of the Gospel ("Sacerdoce et laïcat"), translated by Herlinde Pissarek-Hudelist , Freiburg / B. 1965.
- What can the layman do to achieve agreement? Paulus-Verlag, Recklinghausen 1960.
literature
- Essays
- Gabriel Flynn: Yves Congar. A theologian of the Church. In: Concilium. Internationale Zeitschrift für Theologie , Vol. 42 (2006), pp. 488-496, ISSN 0588-9804 .
- Étienne Fouilloux: Brother Yves, Cardinal Congar, Dominicain. Itinéraire d'un théologies. In: Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologique Vol. 79 (1995), pp. 379-404, ISSN 0035-2209 .
- Jean-Pierre Jossua: Yves Congar. La vie et œuvre d'un théologies. In: Cristianesimo nella storia , vol. 17 (1996), 1-12, ISSN 0393-3598 .
- Hervé Legrand: Yves Congar. Passion for unity. Some notes on his insights and hermeneutics. In: Trierer theologische Zeitung , Vol. 113 (2004), pp. 223–246, ISSN 0041-2945 .
- Ekkart Sauser : Yves Congar. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 282-285.
- Books
- Joseph Famerée, Gilles Routhier: Yves Congar. Éditions du Cerf, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-204-08566-3 .
- Gabriel Flynn: Yves Congar's vision of the church in a world of unbelief. Ashgate Books, Aldershot 2004, ISBN 0-7546-0652-X .
- Ulrich von Plettenberg : In shared responsibility. Office and laicat in the church after Yves Congar and the Second Vatican Council (Trier theological studies; vol. 72). Paulinus-Druckerei, Trier 2005, ISBN 3-7902-1303-9 (also dissertation, University of Trier 2004).
- Peter Kohlgraf: Only a serving church serves the world - Yves Congar's contribution to a credible church . Matthias Grünewald Verlag der Schwabenverlag AG, Ostfildern, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7867-3036-1
Web links
- Congar, OP, Yves. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 23, 2016.
- Entry on Yves Marie-Joseph Congar on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 23, 2016.
- Literature by and about Yves Congar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Yves Congar in the German Digital Library
Footnotes
- ^ Victor Conzemius : Yves Congar - Theologian of the Church . In: Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung , accessed on June 15, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Congar, Yves |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Congar, Yves-Marie-Joseph; Congar, Georges Yves Marie (original name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French theologian and cardinal of the Roman Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sedan , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1995 |
| Place of death | Paris |