Franz Courth

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Franz Courth SAC (born December 30, 1940 in Weeze , † September 17, 1998 in Vallendar ) was a German Catholic theologian , professor and Pallottine .

Life

From 1952, Franz Courth, who was born in Weeze in 1940, visited Konvikt St. Albert in Rheinbach, which is run by Pallottines, together with his twin brother Peter . After completing secondary school at the Rheinbach municipal high school , Courth went to Limburg an der Lahn and graduated from high school there in 1963. He then performed his two-year novitiate with the Pallottines in Olpe . Courth studied philosophy and theology at the Philosophical-Theological College of the Pallottines in Vallendar, where he was ordained a priest on July 9, 1969 . After completing his studies, Courth went to Munich , where he wrote his dissertation "The Life of Jesus by David Friedrich Strauss in the Critique of Johann Evangelist Kuhn ".

After receiving his doctorate in 1973, he began lecturing at the University of Vallendar. His habilitation on “The Essence of Christianity in Liberal Theology ” was completed in 1977, and on December 1 of the same year Courth was appointed full professor of dogmatics and the history of dogma , which, like Mariology in particular , were among the main focuses of his literary work in Vallendar appointed. In addition to his professorship, from 1978 to 1984 he took on the position of Secretary of Studies, then that of Vice-Rector until 1992 and finally that of Rector at his university until 1996 .

Franz Courth died in Vallendar in 1998.

Fonts (selection)

  • Trinity (= handbook of the history of dogma , vol. 2: The trinitarian God - the creation - the sin , fascicle 1). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau
    • Fascicle 1a: In der Schrift und Patristik , 1988.
    • Fascicle 1b: In der Scholastik , 1985.
    • Fascicle 1c: From the Reformation to the Present , 1996.
  • Mariology (= texts on theology , department dogmatics, vol. 6). Styria, Graz 1991, ISBN 3-222-11994-5 .
  • Jesus Christ the Redeemer. Guide to Christology . Fuck-Verlag, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-9803142-3-5 .
  • The god of triune love . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1993, ISBN 3-87088-757-5 .
  • The sacraments. A textbook for the study and practice of theology . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, ISBN 3-451-23651-6 .

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