Georges Cottier

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Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier OP (born April 25, 1922 in Carouge , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland ; †  March 31, 2016 in Vatican City ) was a Swiss religious , theologian and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church . He belonged to the Dominican order and was a "theologian of the papal house" for many years.

Life

Georges Cottier studied literature from 1944 at the University of Geneva . In 1945 he entered the Dominican order , studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Freiburg im Üechtland and at the Angelicum in Rome, and received the sacrament of ordination in 1951 . He received his doctorate with a dissertation on the atheism of the young Marx and his Hegelian roots. He was professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Geneva and Professor of Systematic Philosophy at the University of Friborg . At the Angelicum he later became dean of the Faculty of Canon Law. He was visiting professor at the University of Montreal , the Institut Catholique de Paris , the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and the University of Padua .

He was theological expert at the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). He then worked as an advisor to the then secretariat for non-believers, headed by Franz Cardinal König , at conferences all over the world. He later headed the Center dominicain in Geneva . In 1986 Pope John Paul II brought him to the International Theological Commission , which was part of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ; from 1989 to 2003 he was its general secretary. In 1990 he led the fasting retreat for the Pope and the Curia . Cottier was editor of Nova et Vetera magazine and headed the Vatican Organizing Committee for the Holy Year 2000 .

From 1990 to 2003 Cottier also took on the role of theologian of the papal household . In this function he checked papal sermons and documents for their exact correspondence with Catholic teaching. After his age-related resignation, the London-born Dominican father Wojciech Giertych, who was born in Poland, was received by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed new papal house theologian . Georges Cottier was one of Pope John Paul II's closest theological collaborators. He wrote numerous sermons, addresses and other texts for him.

For his many services to the Catholic Faith, Pope John Paul II accepted him on October 21, 2003 as a cardinal deacon with the titled deaconry Santi Domenico e Sisto in the college of cardinals . Cottier was over 80 years old and therefore had no right to vote in the next conclave; such a cardinal elevation is considered a personal distinction by the Pope. Shortly before the elevation to the cardinal status , Cottier had been appointed titular archbishop of Tullia and had received episcopal ordination on October 20, 2003 by the Archbishop of Vienna Christoph Cardinal Schönborn OP .

In the consistory of June 12, 2014, Pope Francis raised him from the status of cardinal deacon to the status of cardinal priest .

Memberships

Fonts

  • with Jacques Loew: Dynamisme de la foi et incroyance, Volume 1 , Les Éditions du Cerf 1963
  • Église et pauvreté , Les Éditions du Cerf, 1965
  • Chrétiens et marxistes: dialogue with Roger Garaudy , Mame 1967
  • with Henry Cavanna, Christian Duquoc OP: La foi aujourd'hui , Armand Colin 1967
  • with Claude Wiéner, Gustave Thibon: Existe una doctrina cristiana sobre la violencia? , Centro de Informacion y Documentacion para América Latina 1968
  • L 'Athéisme du jeune Marx: ses origines hégéliennes , Vrin Paris 1969 (2nd edition)
  • Horizons de l'athéisme , Les Éditions du Cerf, 1969
  • Régulation des naissances et développement démographique: Perspectives philosophiques et théologiques , Desclée De Brouwer 1969
  • Norbert A. Luyten (Ed.), Georges Cottier et al. (Authors): Crisis in today's thinking? , K. Alber 1972, ISBN 3495472541
  • The "case" Pfürtner  : a clarification , University Press Freiburg (Switzerland), 1975
  • Ambiguedades de la praxis: del marxismo al fascismo , CEDIAL 1977
  • Maritain e Marx: la critica del marxismo in Maritain , Massimo Milan 1979, together with Vittorio Possenti
  • with Jean-Gabriel Favre: Les Aspirations spirituelles diffuses des jeunes , Secrétariat de l'AMPS, Institut international d'études sociales, 1980
  • Questions de la modernité , FAC 1985
  • Histoire et connaissance de Dieu , In: Volume 79 by Studia Friburgensia. Nouvelle série , Editions universitaires 1993, ISBN 2827106248
  • Mémoire et repentance: pourquoi l'Eglise demande pardon , Parole et silence 1998
  • Défis éthiques , Editions Saint-Augustin 1996
  • Le vie della ragione: temi di epistemologia teologica e filosofica , Edizioni San Paolo 2002
  • Le désir de Dieu: sur les traces de saint Thomas , Parole et silence 2002
  • with Jean-Michel Coulet, Kate Marcelin-Rice: An Invitation to Faith: An A to Z Primer on the Thought of Pope Benedict XVI , Ignatius Press, 2007
  • Vous serez comme des dieux , Parole et silence 2009
  • Humaine raison: contributions à une éthique du savoir , Lethielleux 2011
  • with Christoph Schönborn , Jean-Miguel Garrigues : Verità e misericordia , Àncora Editrice 2015
  • with Jean Stern: Jean-Paul II et le mystère d'Israël , Parole et silence 2015
  • La mémoire des sources: pour une philosophie de la religion , Les Éditions du Cerf 2015

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Cardinal Georges Cottier has died. Vatican Radio , April 1, 2016, archived from the original on April 1, 2016 ; Retrieved April 1, 2016 .
  2. ^ Former papal house theologian was 93 years old. Domradio, April 2, 2016, accessed April 2, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Cardenal Georges Marie Martin Cottier, OP ( Memento from April 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ^ Vatican: Cardinal Georges Marie Cottier has died. kath.net, April 2, 2016, accessed April 2, 2016 .
  5. ^ Consistory: Internal Cardinal Promotions. Vatican Radio, June 12, 2014, accessed June 12, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Cottier, Georges
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cottier, Georges Marie Martin; Cottier OP, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss religious, theologian and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Carouge , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 2016
Place of death Vatican city