Emilio Castro

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Emilio Castro (born May 2, 1927 in Montevideo , Uruguay ; † April 6, 2013 ibid) was a Uruguayan Methodist pastor and theologian of liberation .

Life

The baptized Catholic Castro, after obtaining his university entrance qualification, studied Protestant theology in Basel , where he was influenced by the theological knowledge of Karl Barth . At the University of Lausanne , he put his dissertation before and became a doctor of theology doctorate . He served as a Methodist church pastor before serving in several Latin American and international ecumenical institutions. In 1973 he was appointed director of the World Evangelization and Mission Commission at the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva . He called it a special goal of his administration to bring the South American Pentecostals into the World Council of Churches. From 1985 to 1992 he took over the office of general secretary of the WCC and shaped ecumenical work through accents that he brought in from the theology of liberation. With eloquent sermons and pronounced socio- ethical demands for a renewal of the international economy and politics, he drew attention in the churches, but also experienced sharp opposition from conservative and economically liberal circles. Under his leadership the first time, a delegation of the WCC South Africa , after the representative of the ANC , Nelson Mandela , was released from his imprisonment. The WCC had criticized the apartheid system for decades.

Even after Castro left the leadership of the WCC, he continued his activities in the ecumenical search for a more just world order. Together with Konrad Raiser , his successor in the office of General Secretary, he called an international ecumenical congress for 2006 at the Theological College of San Leopoldo on the subject of “Mission and Ecumenism in Latin America”. Noteworthy in this company was the fact that in 35 km distance from the same time in Porto Alegre . Meeting participants IX Assembly of the WCC took place.

Castro worked in the Christian Peace Conference and took part in the II All-Christian Peace Assembly in Prague in 1964 , where he was elected one of the vice-presidents . Regardless of the global political changes that have occurred since the 1990s, his work has been directed towards the implementation of a peace council of all churches, as the Council Movement for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation has been striving for for many years. For this he was also active as a journalist, spoke at congresses, appeared as an editor of liberation theological literature and supported Christians in Chile in their work to overcome the consequences of the Pinochet dictatorship.

Works

  • A passion for unity, Geneva: WCC Publ., 1992
  • World Council of Churches 1987 / (Part 2). The Report of the Secretary General of the World Council of Churches, 1987
  • Freed for broadcast, Frankfurt am Main: Lembeck, 1986
  • On the ecumenical agenda: War and Peace, Uetersen: Internat. Reconciliation League, Dt. Zweig, [1985]
  • Edinburgh 1985, Grand-Saconnex, Geneva: WSCF, 1985

Essays

  • Letter from the WCC general secretary on the conciliar process, in: Materials Service of the Ecumenical Central, Volume 38, No. 16-20 / 87, pp. 20f.
  • Emilio Castro invites WCC member churches to the world assembly (letter), in: Ecumenical Information Service, No. 14, December 1988, fourth quarter, p. 5.
  • Expectations from the 2/3 world of the conciliar process for justice, peace and integrity of creation. Lecture, in: 2nd ecumenical workshop in the Rhineland for justice, peace and the integrity of creation. 27.-29. October 1989 in Knechtsteden . Documentation, Knechtsteden 1989, pp. 56–58.
  • Interview: "The Gospel does not allow us to resign . On the conciliar process for justice, peace and the integrity of creation, in: New Voice, No. 2/87, p. 27f.
  • Our testimony to the non-violence in the ecumenical movement. Presentation at the conference of the German Reconciliation Union on May 18, 1985 in Bonn, in: Junge Kirche, 46th year, No. 6/85, pp. 306–311.
  • Our testimony to the non-violence in the ecumenical movement. Presentation at the working conference of the German Association of Reconciliation on May 18, 1985 in Bonn , abbreviated in: Theological Study Department at the Federation of Evangelical Churches in the GDR (ed.), Conciliar trial, Berlin / GDR 1985 [information and texts, no. 14].
  • On the way to the peace council. Conversation with the general secretary of the WCC, in: epd-Documentation, No. 24/86, pp. 28–30 (there quoted from: Evangelical Commentaries, Volume 19, No. 5/86, pp. 269–275).
  • On the way to the peace council. Conversation with the general secretary of the WCC, in: Evangelical Commentaries, Volume 19, No. 5/86, pp. 269–275.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kathweb Catholic Press Agency Austria April 7, 2013 (KAP): Former World Council of Churches General Secretary Castro has died , accessed on April 7, 2013
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070809004544/http://www.institut-diakrisis.de/vortr1.pdf
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072608/http://emk-schweiz.ch/nc/fr/page-daccueil/detail-des-nouvelles/artikel/2010/jan/hommage-au-pasteur -methodiste-emilio-castro.html
personal data
SURNAME Castro, Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan Methodist theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2013
Place of death Montevideo