Franz Dünzl

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Franz Dünzl (born July 25, 1960 in Regensburg ; † August 23, 2018 ) was a German Catholic church historian .

Life

Franz Dünzl studied Catholic theology at the University of Regensburg and the University of Augsburg and was initially active in pastoral care at the Dominikus ring iron factory in Ursberg . In 1987 he became a research assistant at the Chair for Ancient Church History and Patrology at the University of Regensburg. He became a bride and groom in 1992 with his dissertation . The interpretation of the Canticum by Gregor von Nyssa did his doctorate with Norbert Brox in Regensburg . In 1998 he completed his habilitation at the University of Regensburg with the thesis “Pneuma. Functions of the theological term in early Christian literature ”and received the venia legendi for the field of church and dogma history of antiquity with patrology.

In 2001 he was offered a chair for ancient church history, Christian archeology and patrology at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . In 2005 Franz Dünzl was awarded the “Prize for good teaching at the state universities in Bavaria” from the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art. From 2011 to 2013 he was dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty.

Dünzl published numerous scientific papers on church history. He was co-editor of the Fontes Christiani series . He was chairman of the Friends of the Eastern Church Institute and member of the institute's scientific advisory board.

Dünzl died on August 23, 2018 after a serious illness. He was buried in the Trinity Mountain Cemetery in Regensburg .

Fonts (selection)

  • Bride and groom. The interpretation of the Canticum by Gregory von Nyssa (= contributions to the history of biblical exegesis. Volume 32). Mohr, Tübingen 1993, ISBN 3-16-146033-2 (dissertation).
  • Gregory of Nyssa. In Canticum Canticorum Homiliae. Homilies to the Song of Songs (Greek / German). Translated and introduced by Franz Dünzl (= Fontes Christiani. Volume 16 / 1–3). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna / Barcelona / Rome / New York 1994.
  • Pneuma. Functions of the theological term in early Christian literature (= yearbook for antiquity and Christianity. Supplementary volume 30). Aschendorff, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-402-08114-8 (= habilitation thesis).
  • Norbert Brox. Early Christianity. Writings on historical theology. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna / Barcelona / Rome / New York 2000, ISBN 3-451-26279-7 .
  • Brief History of Trinitarian Dogma in the Ancient Church. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna / Barcelona / Rome / New York 2006, ISBN 978-3-451-28946-0 .
    • New edition: Brief history of the Trinitarian dogma in the old church , second, reviewed and expanded edition, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-30946-5 .
    • English translation: A Brief History of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Early Church. Translated by John Bowden. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, London / New York 2007, ISBN 978-0567031938 .
    • Italian translation: Breve storia del dogma trinitario nella chiesa antica. Traduzione di Carlo Danna. Editrice Queriniana, Brescia 2007, ISBN 978-8839908292 .
  • with Wolfgang Weiß (Ed.): Umbruch - Wandel - Kontinuität (312–2012). From the Constantinian Era to the Church of the Present (= Würzburg Theology. Volume 10). Echter, Würzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-429-03710-9 .
  • Strange in this world? Early Christianity between world distance and world responsibility. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3451312328 .
  • History of Christological Dogma in the Old Church , ed. by Michael Bußer and Johannes Pfeiff, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-451-37877-5 .

literature

  • Michael Busser, Daniel Greb, Johannes Pfeiff (eds.): Historicity as a religious existential. Commemorative publication for Franz Dünzl (1960-2018) (= Würzburg Theology . Volume 17), Echter, Würzburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-429-05534-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michaela Stumpf: Mourning for Professor Franz Dünzl . In: Main-Post . Main-Post GmbH, September 1, 2018 ( online [accessed August 28, 2018]).
  2. ^ A b Franz Dünzl: Obituary notice. Mittelbayerische Zeitung Regensburg, archived from the original on November 9, 2018 ; accessed on August 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d "On the death of Prof. Dr. Franz Dünzl " , obituary of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Würzburg from August 28, 2018, accessed on August 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Dünzl, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2018