Franz Mali

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Franz Mali (2015)

Franz Mali (born December 28, 1960 in Oberzeiring , Styria ) is an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and theologian . He is university professor for Greek Patristicism , History of the Ancient Church and Languages ​​of the Christian Orient at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the bilingual University of Freiburg ( French Université de Friborg , Latin Universitas Friburgensis ) in Freiburg im Üechtland ( French Friborg [ fʀibuʀ ]) in Switzerland .

Life

Origin and education

Franz Mali grew up as one of six children of a Catholic family in Oberzeiring, Upper Styria . His father, who died in 1989, was a factory worker and previously a woodworker . His mother, who died in 2014, was a housewife and farmer . One brother died in 2003.

Mali attended elementary school in his hometown. He then graduated from the Episcopal Gymnasium in Graz and then studied Roman Catholic theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Graz . He completed this study in 1984 with the graduation to the Master of Divinity from. During his studies, he was "not easy, problems under the carpet periodic" discovered by his own account his love of the Church Fathers . Subsequently, he studied patristics for four semesters in Rome and obtained a licentiate in patristics. Back in Graz , he taught religion in the private high school Sacré Coeur Graz and was a pastoral intern in the Grazer Grabenpfarre . At the same time he worked on his dissertation with university professor Johannes Baptist Bauer at the Institute for Ecumenical Theology , Eastern Church Orthodoxy and Patrology at the University of Graz. With the completion of his doctoral studies , he became a doctor of theology doctorate .

In 1990 he was ordained diocesan priest of the Graz-Seckau diocese by diocesan bishop Johann Weber in Graz Cathedral and worked as a chaplain in Gnas and Trautmannsdorf , Eastern Styria, for the next three years .

Franz Mali then completed his habilitation from October 1993 to February 16, 1998 with University Professor Wilhelm Maximilian Gessel , from 1979/80 Professor of Ancient Church History , Patrology and Christian Archeology at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Augsburg , with a thesis on the church father pseudo Dionysius Areopagita . During this time he also performed his priestly ministry as a pastor near Augsburg . From autumn 1998 he completed an additional half year of studies in Saint Petersburg , Russia .

Professional work as a scientist

On August 1, 1999, he was appointed Associate University Professor to the Chair of Greek Patristicism, History of the Ancient Church and Languages ​​of the Christian Orient at the bilingual Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg (Université de Friborg), the sixth largest and only bilingual university in the Switzerland, and was its dean from August 1, 2012 to January 31, 2015 . He has been Vice Rector of the University of Freiburg since 2018.

University of Freiburg (Université de Friborg) , main building Miséricorde (Humanities faculties with the theological faculty)

The Chair for Patristics and History of the Old Church at the University of Freiburg is part of the Department of Patristics and Church History and the Institute for Antiquity and Byzantium . The chair holder is Franz Mali. In research and teaching, he represents the field of ancient church history , the history of theology and the history of literature of the ancient church as well as the ancient oriental churches . The chair also includes a teaching and research council for patristics and the history of dogma .

The Institute for Languages ​​of the Biblical World and the Christian Orient has been attached to the chair since 1970 . This institute has set itself the goal of enabling and promoting the learning of ancient and medieval languages ​​that are necessary and useful for understanding the Bible and developing important literary sources in church history . Due to the ecumenical relevance , the interreligious and interdenominational perspective, the institute also wants to support institutions that are concerned with cultures, religions and churches of the East, especially in linguistic and exegetical questions, and to be available for advice. The tasks of the institute also include supporting the Swiss Patristic Working Group.

Franz Mali is a member of several boards , including the board of the Study Center for Faith and Society at the Institute for Ecumenical Studies at the University of Freiburg (Friborg), the board of the Institute for Antiquity and Byzantium , an institute in the Philosophical Faculty, the board of the Dominique Barthélemy Institute and the Board of Trustees of the Spicilegium Friburgense .

At the suggestion of the Board of Directors and by resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Pro Oriente Foundation , the Archbishop of Vienna , Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP , appointed Franz Mali to be consultor for a period of four years to provide technical advice to the Board of Directors regarding the fulfillment of the foundation's purpose and the determination of the most important tasks .

further activities

In November 2005 , on the occasion of the award of an honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg (Friborg) to the former Bishop of St. Gallen , Ivo Fürer , Franz Mali paid tribute to him on behalf of the Faculty, among other things, for his commitment to the implementation of the resolutions of the Second Vatican Council in the diocese of St. Gallen as well as at the Swiss and European level, as stated in the doctoral certificate.

In addition to his full-time teaching activity, he also takes a current position in various media on specific issues of faith and the church . As he wrote in April 2014 on the occasion of Lent , the Holy Week and Easter an article on the question "What sense does suffering ?" In the Freiburger Nachrichten . On March 22, 2015, Passion Sunday , the Kleine Zeitung published an interview by Monika Schachner with Franz Mali in its Sunday supplement entitled “Suffering is also a sign of great closeness”.

He is also involved in the Church with Women project , which advocates a fraternal and dialogical church: “For a Church with Women”, a 1000-kilometer pilgrimage to Rome took place in May and June 2016 Concerns have been deposited with Pope Francis .

In addition to his university work, Franz Mali is also a volunteer in pastoral care .

Pilgrimage to Israel

Franz Mali towards the end of the pilgrimage on December 22, 2011 in the West Bank (near Mitspe Jericho, GPS position: N31 ° 49.263 'E35 ° 23.348')

Franz Mali made a pilgrimage from Ascension Day to Christmas 2011 together with Christian M. Rutishauser SJ , then head of the Lassalle-Haus , a center for interreligious encounters with a focus on spirituality , dialogue and responsibility , in Bad Schönbrunn in Switzerland, Esther Rüthemann and Hildegard Aepli Starting from the Lassalle House, on foot via Italy , Austria, Slovenia , Croatia , Serbia , Bulgaria , Turkey , Syria and Jordan to Israel .

As the leader of the pilgrim group, he planned the entire route meticulously and guided the group safely with GPS support. The four pilgrims encountered the history of the Crusaders , Christian Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire . In the Balkans they saw the traces of the Balkan wars , in Syria they came into contact with the civil war . The Israeli-Palestinian separation wall also had to be passed. The dialogue between the religions was central to them: at a peace conference in Jerusalem it was discussed how pilgrims and the places of pilgrimage in the Holy Land contribute to understanding. The pilgrimage could also be accompanied in a blog . The group celebrated the conclusion of this approximately seven-month pilgrimage of over 4,000 kilometers on foot in Jerusalem and Bethlehem at Christmas .

Franz Mali's travel experiences were the subject of many of his lectures in Austria, Germany and Switzerland after his return. Since Holy Week 2015 is under the title Four Pilgrims - One Destination. A new book, written by the four pilgrims about their pilgrimage together, is available on foot after Jerusalem .

Others

The enthusiastic chorus singer and hiker in bilingual Freiburg (Friborg) is still “permanently tense” whether he should speak German or French with someone else.

After the resignation of the Styrian diocesan bishop Egon Kapellari, accepted by the Holy See on January 28, 2015, he was named in the media , for example in the Salzburger Nachrichten , as one of his possible successors in the episcopate. The Kleine Zeitung also mentioned him in this context in its print edition of March 16, 2015.

Bibliography (excerpt)

Monographs

  • " Communion in hand ": Explanations of the practice that is occasionally in doubt. Edited by Pastoral Office of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau, Graz 1999 (= Liturgical Series 1).

Anthologies

  • Pro Oriente study conference “Unity and Catholicity of the Church”. Researchers from the east and west of Europe at the sources of the common faith. Study conference Sibiu , 27. – 30. June 2007. Edited by Th. Hainthaler, F. Mali and G. Emmenegger. Innsbruck 2009 (= Pro Oriente Vol. 36 / Wiener Patristische Tagungen Vol. IV), ISBN 978-3-7022-3020-3 .
  • Pro Oriente study conference “Holiness and Apostolicity of the Church”. Researchers from the east and west of Europe at the sources of the common faith. Study conference in Thessaloniki , 22. – 26. September 2009. Edited by Th. Hainthaler, F. Mali and G. Emmenegger. Innsbruck 2010 (= Pro Oriente Vol. 35 / Wiener Patristische Tagungen Vol. V), ISBN 978-3-7022-3102-6 .
  • Athanasius : The life of St. Anthony . Published by order of the domestic mission and provided with an introduction by Franz Mali. Freiburg / Friborg 2010.
  • Nerses von Lambron - The impatience of love. On the situation of the Christian churches. Synodal speech on Hromkla (1179) - letter to King Levon II (1195). Trans. U. ed. v. Iso Baumer / with the collaboration of Franz Mali, Abel Manoukian, Boghos Levon Zekiyan and Thomas Kremer. Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 2013 (= Sophia Bd. 36), ISBN 978-3-7902-1460-4 .
  • Pro-Oriente study conference “For us and our salvation”. Soteriology in East and West. Researchers from the east and west of Europe at the sources of the common faith. Study conference Esztergom , 3. – 5. October 2012: “Pour nous et pour notre salut” - Sotériologie vue de l'Orient et de l'Occident. Edited by Th. Hainthaler, F. Mali, G. Emmenegger u. M. Lenkaityte Ostermann. Innsbruck 2014 (= Pro Oriente Vol. 37 / Wiener Patristische Tagungen Vol. VI), ISBN 978-3-7022-3351-8 .

Articles in anthologies / encyclopedias

  • The Church, a “chaste prostitute ” (casta meretrix): Notes on the holiness of the Church with St. Ambrose of Milan . In: Pro Oriente Study Conference “Holiness and Apostolicity of the Church”. Researchers from the east and west of Europe at the sources of the common faith. Thessaloniki, 22-26 September 2009. Edited by Th. Hainthaler, F. Mali and G. Emmenegger. Innsbruck 2010 (= Pro Oriente Vol. 35 / Wiener Patristische Tagungen Vol. V), pp. 343–357, ISBN 978-3-7022-3102-6 .
  • Dionysius Ps.-Areopagita and his astronomical knowledge. In: Nomina divina. Colloquium Dionysiacum Pragense (Prague, October 30-31, 2009). Edited by L. Karfíková, M. Havrda, with the assistance of L. Chvátal. Friborg 2011 (= Paradosis 52), pp. 89-106, ISBN 978-3-7278-1699-4 .
  • Aşa numitul Edict de la Milano şi scrierea De mortibus persecutorum a lui Lactanţiu. In: Cruce şi misiune. Sfinţii Împăraţi Constantin şi Elena - promotori ai libertăţii religioase şi apărători ai Bisericii, vol. II. Studii culese şi publicate de Emilian Popescu şi Viorel Ioniţă, Bucharest 2013, pp. 289–298. (= Translation of the article: The so-called Edict of Milan and the De mortibus persecutorum des Laktantius . In: Ibid. Pp. 277–287.)
  • Descendit ad inferos. The salvation of Christ for the deceased 'Adam'. Salvation according to the Gospel of Nicodemus . In: For us and our salvation. Soteriology in East and West. Researchers from the east and west of Europe at the sources of the common faith. Study conference Esztergom, 3. – 5. Oct. 2012: “Pour nous et pour notre salut” - Sotériologie vue de l'Orient et de l'Occident. Edited by Th. Hainthaler, F. Mali, G. Emmenegger u. M. Lenkaityte Ostermann. Innsbruck 2014 (= Pro Oriente Vol. 37 / Wiener Patristische Tagungen Vol. VI), pp. 67–79, ISBN 978-3-7022-3351-8 .

Articles in scientific journals

  • Hristologia Bisericii din Orient: Creştinii în regatul sasanid. In: Hristos. Bucharest 2004 (Sfinţii Parinţi pe întelesul tuturor 2), pp. 119–140.
  • The pilgrimage of Romanus to Acaunus / St-Maurice. A contribution to the travel route. In: Helvetia archaeologica 41, No. 161, 2010, pp. 5–12.
  • Pelagius and Augustine : More than a Doctrinal Controversy. In: Augustiniana 60, 2010, p. 9 f.

Web links

Commons : Franz Mali  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Franz Mali, theologian and dean in Friborg “Because I liked it and was personable” , sonntagsblatt.at, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Wilhelm M. Gessel, Augsburg , website of the University of Augsburg, accessed on March 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Website of the Chair for Patristic and History of the Old Church, University of Friborg, Switzerland , accessed on February 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Mali Franz , website of the University of Freiburg, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  5. ^ Website of the University of Freiburg , accessed on September 23, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b Website of the Chair for Patristic and History of the Old Church, University of Friborg, Switzerland , accessed on February 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg: Institute for Languages ​​of the Biblical World and the Christian East , accessed on February 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ About us: Directorate , Glaubundgesellschaft.ch, accessed on February 19, 2015
  9. ^ Institute for Antiquity and Byzantium , website accessed on March 5, 2015.
  10. ↑ Homepage
  11. ^ Spicilegium Friburgense , website accessed March 5, 2015.
  12. ↑ Consultors , website of the Pro Oriente Foundation , accessed on March 7, 2015.
  13. ^ Honorary doctorate from the University of Freiburg for Bishop Ivo Fürer ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), website of the Diocese of St. Gallen, accessed on March 7, 2015.
  14. ↑ Honorary doctorates from the Faculty of Theology , website of the University of Freiburg (Friborg), accessed on March 7, 2015.
  15. ↑ KathTalk with Professor Franz Mali , accessed on February 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ ... after the birth of Christ ( memento from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), page on bistum-augsburg.de, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  17. ↑ Pilgrimage. About the rediscovery of slow travel , paulus-akademie.ch, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  18. ↑ Prof. Dr. Franz Mali, Professor of the History of the Old Church in Friborg and Priest , Parish on the Web , page on peoplecheck.de, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  19. ↑ a b Franz Mali: What is the point of suffering? , Page of the Freiburger Nachrichten of April 22, 2014, accessed on March 6, 2015.
  20. ↑ Interview by Monika Schachner with Franz Mali: Suffering is also a sign of great closeness , Kleine Zeitung , Sunday supplement, March 22, 2015, p. 26f.
  21. ↑ Church with * the women - the project , website Kirche-mit , accessed on March 6, 2015.
  22. ^ Church with * the women - pilgrim group , website Kirche-mit , accessed on March 6, 2015.
  23. ↑ On foot to Jerusalem ( memento of February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Zürcher Unterländer online, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  24. ↑ Four on foot to Jerusalem , sonntagsblatt.at, accessed on February 11, 2015.
  25. ↑ From The Jordan Times: Journey of faith brings Swiss pilgrims to Jordan , article on alarabiya.net of December 24, 2011, accessed on February 16, 2015.
  26. ↑ Journey of faith brings Swiss pilgrims to Jordan ( Memento of December 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), article on jordantimes.com of December 22, 2011, accessed on February 16, 2015.
  27. ↑ We take the land route, but it is a walk across the water , website of the Internet editorial office of the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt from July 19, 2011, accessed on March 7, 2015.
  28. ↑ Short film On Foot to Jerusalem (9:49 min.) , Youtube.com, accessed on March 7, 2015.
  29. ↑ On foot to Jerusalem - pilgrims from South Tyrol to Carinthia ( Memento from February 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), lassalle-haus.org., Accessed on February 16, 2015.
  30. ↑ Kilometers according to written information from F. Mali to Dn @ lor_01 dated February 14, 2015: The entire route of the Israel pilgrimage, adjusted to the minimum, was 4,393.30 kilometers, in between the group drove a few kilometers on some sections of the route (a total of around 300 ) By means of transport (ferry, car, bus or taxi): from Istanbul to Mudanya (across the Marmara Sea ) by ferry; in Syria on the motorway ring around Homs (the Syrian secret service did not let you walk here because it was no longer safe); in Syria they drove from Damascus to the other side of the Syrian-Jordanian border on the highway and then on country roads to Irbid . Here parallel side streets, on which it was planned to walk, were already controlled by the rebels and no longer by the Syrian army ; on the Jordanian-Israeli border from the baptismal site of Jesus on the Jordanian side to Jericho , because (almost) everything there is a restricted military area and not passable for pedestrians.
  31. ↑ On foot to Jerusalem , sonntagsblatt.at, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  32. ↑ On foot to Jerusalem , website of the Lassalle-Haus Bad Schönbrunn, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  33. ^ Rutishauser, Christian: Zu Fuss nach Jerusalem , page on www.hanspeter.stalder.ch, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  34. ↑ Swiss people wander through Syria on foot , page on tagesanzeiger.ch, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  35. ↑ KathTalk with Hildegard Aepli and Franz Mali , accessed on February 5, 2015.
  36. ↑ On Foot to Jerusalem , page on bannjongg.com, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  37. ↑ Priest made a pilgrimage of 3,871 kilometers , mein district.at, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  38. ↑ On foot to Jerusalem , kleinezeitung.at, accessed on February 11, 2015.
  39. ↑ Recommendations ( Memento of February 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), zu-fuss-nach-jerusalem.org, accessed on February 11, 2015.
  40. ↑ Four on foot to Jerusalem ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), bistum-speyer.de, accessed on February 11, 2015.
  41. ↑ Four pilgrims - one goal: On foot to Jerusalem , echter-verlag.de, accessed on February 16, 2015.
  42. ↑ Κοντραδικιτουρ - Did all Greeks understand Latin? Flash lights on multilingualism in late antiquity , lecture Franz Mali, November 18, 2010 ( memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Institute for Multilingualism, accessed on February 28, 2015.
  43. ↑ Κοντραδικιτουρ - Did all Greeks understand Latin? Flash lights on multilingualism in late antiquity , Public lecture Franz Mali, November 18, 2010 , Institute of Multilingualisme, accessed on February 28, 2015.
  44. ↑ Bollettino Rinunce e nomine , January 28, 2015 , press.vatican.va, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  45. ↑ Thinking about celibacy , pdf , article in the Salzburger Nachrichten of February 3, 2015, available on the website of the Graz-Seckau diocese, accessed on February 5, 2015.
  46. ↑ Martin Behr: Schnuderl can imagine married priests , website salzburg.com from February 3, 2015, accessed on March 7, 2015.
  47. ↑ Who will succeed Kapellari? When the decision will be made is uncertain. Print edition of the Kleine Zeitung , March 16, 2015, p. 17.
  48. ↑ Franz Mali: The "Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum" and its relationship to the commentaries on St. Matthew by Origen and Hieronymus , website tyroliaverlag.at, accessed on March 8, 2015.
  49. ^ Theresia Hainthaler, Franz Mali, Gregor Emmenegger: Unity and Catholicity of the Church , website tyroliaverlag.at, accessed on March 8, 2015.
  50. ^ Theresia Hainthaler, Franz Mali, Gregor Emmenegger: Holiness and Apostolicity of the Church , Innsbruck, 2010 , website compitum.fr, accessed on March 8, 2015.
  51. ^ A b Theresia Hainthaler, Franz Mali, Gregor Emmenegger: Holiness and Apostolicity of the Church , website tyroliaverlag.at, accessed on March 15, 2015.
  52. ^ A b Theresia Hainthaler, Franz Mali, Gregor Emmenegger, Manté Lenkaityté Ostermann: For us and for our salvation , website tyroliaverlag.at, accessed on March 8, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Mali, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Roman Catholic priest and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberzeiring