Freckenhorster district

The Freckenhorster Circle is a Catholic priestly movement and was founded in Freckenhorst in 1969 as a result of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). He advocates the modernization and democratization of the Catholic Church in Germany. It sees itself as a reform group within the church and was initially a circle of only priests, to which lay people have also belonged since the mid-1970s.

history

The circle tried to implement the resolutions of the Second Vatican Council in the Catholic Church in Germany, especially in the dioceses. Decisive were the resolutions of the Joint Synod of the Dioceses in the Federal Republic of Germany (1971–1975). Is criticized u. a. that the resolutions of the Diocesan Forum Münster (1994–1997) had been shelved without consequences.

Positions

Within the church, the Freckenhorster Kreis advocates a fundamental structural change in the Catholic Church to implement the decrees of the Second Vatican Council. Instead of centralism, he calls for a shared responsibility of all the baptized for the church and society. The following areas of work are therefore defined:

to consolidate the ecclesiastical office as a service office
the creation of opportunities for all baptized people to participate in the leadership of the Catholic Church
to develop the community as a place of "believing in one another" and "living together" and as a place of encounter with society and the world
to strengthen ecumenical dialogue on an equal footing and to enter into dialogue with other Christian denominations and with people of other faiths

In October 2017, the Freckenhorster district demands the approval of blessing services for same-sex couples .

Known members

Karl Rahner , Professor of Dogmatics and the History of Dogma in Münster from 1967 to 1971, did not belong to the Freckenhorster Circle, but was close to him and his founding members.

literature

Thomas Großbölting : “How is Christianity possible today?” - Search movements of post-conciliar Catholicism in the mirror of the Freckenhorster circle . Oros, Altenberge 1997. (= Münster theological treatises. 47.) ISBN 978-3-89375-146-4 .

Web links

Official website of the Freckenhorster Kreis with extensive information on its history and activities

Individual evidence

↑ Freckenhorster district. A look back at his work.
↑ Hans Werners: A brief look at the beginning of the Freckenhorster circle .
^ Founding declaration of the Freckenhorster district (1969) .
^ Continuation of the founding declaration (1979) .
^ Opinion on the consequences of capitalist economic activity in the process of globalization (2007) .
↑ The Freckenhorster district. Topics and goals. ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Church + Life: Freckenhorster Circle for the blessing of homosexual couples
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hans Werners: A brief look at the beginning of the Freckenhorster circle . P. 1.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ferdinand Kerstiens: Upheavals - a church history from below. Autobiographical Notes. 2nd, revised edition, Lit, Münster a. Berlin 2013. (= personality in current affairs. 2.) ISBN 978-3-643-12103-5 . P. 117.
↑ Norbert Greinacher: From Reality to Utopia. The way of a theologian. Frankfurt / Main, Lang 2010. (= experience and theology. Writings on practical theology. 37.) ISBN 978-3-631-59573-2 . P. 132.
↑ Hans Werners: A brief look at the beginning of the Freckenhorster circle . P. 1 f.
↑ Ferdinand Kerstiens: Open letter to Walter Cardinal Kasper (2013)
↑ Freckenhorster district. A look back at his work. P. 2.
^ Ferdinand Kerstiens: Upheavals - a church history from below. Autobiographical Notes. 2nd, revised edition, Lit, Münster a. Berlin 2013. (= personality in current affairs. 2.) ISBN 978-3-643-12103-5 . P. 119.

[1] Freckenhorster district. A look back at his work.

[2] Hans Werners: A brief look at the beginning of the Freckenhorster circle .

[3] Founding declaration of the Freckenhorster district (1969) .

[4] Continuation of the founding declaration (1979) .

[5] Opinion on the consequences of capitalist economic activity in the process of globalization (2007) .

[6] The Freckenhorster district. Topics and goals. ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[7] Church + Life: Freckenhorster Circle for the blessing of homosexual couples

[werners1-8] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hans Werners: A brief look at the beginning of the Freckenhorster circle . P. 1.

[kerstiens1-9] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ferdinand Kerstiens: Upheavals - a church history from below. Autobiographical Notes. 2nd, revised edition, Lit, Münster a. Berlin 2013. (= personality in current affairs. 2.) ISBN 978-3-643-12103-5 . P. 117.

[10] Norbert Greinacher: From Reality to Utopia. The way of a theologian. Frankfurt / Main, Lang 2010. (= experience and theology. Writings on practical theology. 37.) ISBN 978-3-631-59573-2 . P. 132.

[werners2-11] Hans Werners: A brief look at the beginning of the Freckenhorster circle . P. 1 f.

[12] Ferdinand Kerstiens: Open letter to Walter Cardinal Kasper (2013)

[13] Freckenhorster district. A look back at his work. P. 2.

[14] Ferdinand Kerstiens: Upheavals - a church history from below. Autobiographical Notes. 2nd, revised edition, Lit, Münster a. Berlin 2013. (= personality in current affairs. 2.) ISBN 978-3-643-12103-5 . P. 119.