Friedrich Wulf

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Friedrich Wulf (born June 18, 1908 ; † May 2, 1990 ) was a German Catholic priest, Jesuit (since 1927), spiritual writer, retreat leader, council theologian ( Vatican II , 1962-65) and member of the Würzburg Synod (1972-75 ).

He is one of the founders of modern Christian spirituality , especially the theology of religious life and the lay apostolate, in German-speaking countries.

From 1947 to 1979 Wulf was editor-in-chief of the magazine Geist und Leben (GuL), formerly "Zeitschrift für Aszese und Mystik" (ZAM). Wulf's theological-anthropological conception of contemporary spirituality is influenced by August Brunner SJ, Erich Przywara SJ and Karl Rahner SJ. Pointing the way is his commentary on "Perfectae Caritatis", the Council decree "On the contemporary renewal of religious life" (1966). Wulf's spiritual approach was continued by Josef Sudbrack SJ, especially in the dialogue with Eastern meditation methods and humanistic psychology. He had a friendship that lasted over twenty years with the nun Corona Bamberg .

literature

  • Corona Bamberg , who was Friedrich Wulf. A portrait, in: Geist und Leben 63 (1990), 243-256
  • Ludwig Bertsch / u. a. (Ed.): Joint synod of the dioceses in the Federal Republic of Germany: official complete edition, 2 volumes. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 1976–1977
  • Andreas Schönfeld, Integrative Spirituality. For the 80th year of "Geist und Leben", in: Geist und Leben 80 (2007), 1–8
  • Ludger A. Schulte, departure from the middle. On the renewal of the theology of Christian spirituality in the 20th century - in the mirror of the work of Friedrich Wulf SJ (1908–1990). Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1998, ISBN 3-429-01987-7
  • Ludger Schulte, Art. Wulf, Friedrich, in: W. Kasper (Hrsg.), Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, 3rd edition, Vol. 10. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 2001, 1308
  • Friedrich Wulf, Spiritual Life in Today's World. History and Practice of Christian Piety. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 1960 [378 pages]
  • Friedrich Wulf, meet God in the world. Experiences of faith. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1988 [202 pages]
  • Contemporary renewal of religious life. Documents of the Second Vatican Council. Introductions and explanations by Friedrich Wulf SJ. Special print. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 1968, from: J. Höfer / K. Rahner (Ed.), Lexicon for Theology and Church, 2nd ed., Erg.-Bde. I-III: The Second Vatican Council. Freiburg 1966–68; here vol. I u. II
  • Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. Fifth and Sixth Chapters. Comment. In: Josef Höfer , Karl Rahner (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 2nd Edition. tape 12 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1967, Sp. (Pages) 284-313 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Corona Bamberg: What else I wanted to say - life review of a Benedictine woman. (PDF; 0.4 MB) In: OrdensNachrichten, Issue 5. 2011, pp. 59–68 , accessed on November 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Wulf, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious chaplain (Jesuit), writer and council theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1908
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1990