Gerhard Lohfink

Gerhard Lohfink (born August 29, 1934 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German Roman Catholic priest and theologian. Until 1986 he was Professor of the New Testament at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . Lohfink works as a theologian in the Catholic Integrated Congregation (KIG). He is the younger brother of the Old Testament writer Norbert Lohfink .

Life

Lohfink passed the Abitur in 1954 at Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium . He initially studied German and Latin studies for two semesters at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . From the summer semester of 1955 he studied philosophy and theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen ; In 1957 he passed the final exam in philosophy. In 1957/1958 he studied theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He passed the final theological exam in 1960 at St. Georgen University, and in the same year Bishop Wilhelm Kempf ordained him as a priest. From 1961 to 1963 he wasChaplain in the parish of St. Ursula in Oberursel .

At the suggestion of Professors Heinrich Schlier and Heinrich Bacht , Bishop Kempf granted him permission to do a doctorate in theology on the condition that he would initially help out as a school priest in Frankfurt for another year. From April 22, 1963 to March 31, 1964, Lohfink was a school priest at the Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main. In 1964 he continued his theology studies at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . In addition to his academic work, he gave lectures, especially in Catholic adult education and in training for priests. 1971 Lohfink was in Würzburg with the dissertation Die Himmelfahrt Jesu. PhD studies on the Ascension and Exaltation texts with Lukas . With the work The Gathering of Israel. In 1973 he qualified as a professor for a study on Lukan ecclesiology .

In 1973 Lohfink was appointed Scientific Councilor and Professor for the New Testament subject in the Catholic Theology Department of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. In 1976 he was appointed full professor for the New Testament in the Catholic Theology department at the University of Tübingen. In 1979/80, as vice dean of the theological faculty, he was involved in the ecclesiastical dispute over Hans Küng , whom he had previously supported , and in the end he spoke out in public (e.g. in the FAZ ) for his exclusion from the faculty. In 1987 he left university at his own request in order to live and work in the Catholic Integrated Congregation . His main research interests are ecclesiology and eschatology. At the same time he continues his lecturing activities. His books have been translated into many languages.

Since 2008 Lohfink has been working at the “Chair for the Theology of the People of God” at the Pontifical Lateran University , as well as in the postgraduate distance learning that the chair offers as a two-year course in German and English.

Fonts (selection)

• The Ascension of Jesus - Invention or Experience? Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-460-10181-4 .
• The gathering of Israel. An investigation into the Lukan ecclesiology. Kösel, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-466-25339-X .
• How did Jesus want church? Church in Contrast , Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-460-30034-7
• God's deeds go further: theology of history as the basic practice of New Testament churches. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1984, ISBN 3-451-20343-X .
• The Bible: God's word in human word. Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-460-10015-X .
• Who is the Sermon on the Mount for? to the credibility of the Christian. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, ISBN 3-451-08777-4 .
• Does God Need the Church? - on the theology of God's people. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, ISBN 3-451-26544-3
• The Lord's Prayer redesigned. Urfeld, Bad Tölz 2007, ISBN 978-3-932857-32-4 .
• with Ludwig Weimer : Maria - not without Israel. A new take on the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2008; 2nd edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-34139-7 .
• What are the arguments for the new atheism? A critical discussion. Urfeld, Bad Tölz 2008, ISBN 978-3-932857-33-1 .
• The last day of Jesus. What really happened in the Passion. Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2009, 5th edition 2018, ISBN 978-3-460-33179-2 .
• Prayer gives home. Theology and Practice of Christian Prayer. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2010, 5th edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-451-33052-0 .
• Jesus of Nazareth. What he wanted who he was. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2011, 7th edition 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-34095-6 .
• Against the belittling of Jesus. Talk about Jesus and the Church. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2013 e-book - 4th edition 2014, ISBN 978-3-451-34561-6 .
• The new atheism. A critical discussion. Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-460-30031-6 .
• On earth - where else? Unadjusted about God and the world. Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-460-30033-0 .
• In the struggle for reason. Talk about Israel, the Church and the European Enlightenment. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2016, ISBN 978-3-451-31239-7 .
• In the end, nothing? About resurrection and eternal life. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2017, 5th edition 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-31104-8 .
• The Christian faith explained in 50 letters , Verlag Herder, Freiburg i. Br., 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-34795-5 .
• The Secret of the Galilean - A Night Conversation about Jesus of Nazareth , Verlag Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2019, ISBN 978-3-451-38270-3 .
• The forty parables of Jesus , Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2020, ISBN 978-3-451-38670-1

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Lohfink in the catalog of the German National Library
• Catholic Integrated Congregation
• Chair of the Theology of God's People

Single receipts

1. ↑ Hans Küng: Controversial Truth. Memories , Munich 2009, pp. 640f
2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Gerhard Lohfink: Did the first Christians understand Jesus? " Bruderhof, November 21, 2015, accessed on September 15, 2016 .