Hans Heinz (theologian)

Johann "Hans" Heinz (born April 30, 1930 in Vienna ) is a theologian of the Protestant Free Church of the Seventh-day Adventists and author of numerous books. He shaped generations of pastors and theology students and was a speaker at theological and missionary conferences .

Education and activity

Hans Heinz attended the Adventist missionary seminar in Bogenhofen from 1949 and then studied Adventist theology at the Séminaire du Salève ( Collonges , France ) until 1953 , where he was shaped by the theologian Alfred Vaucher (1887-1993). After relevant practical experience as a pastor and evangelist in the Adventist Church in Vienna, he worked as a theological teacher at the Bogenhofen Castle seminary for 21 years from 1957 , including seven years as director of this facility. During this time he also devoted himself to further studies at the universities of Vienna and Salzburg . In 1981 he received his doctorate in Theologiae Doctor (Th.D.) at the American Andrews University ( Michigan ) with a dissertation on the Roman Catholic concept of merit dealing with Luther's doctrine of justification . Contrary to the ecumenical trend, he sees in the doctrine of justification a continuing difference between Luther and contemporary Catholic teaching that separates the churches. Heinz is one of the best-known Luther specialists within the Seventh-day Adventist Church. From 1982 to 1995 he headed the Marienhöhe Theological Seminary at the Marienhöhe School Center , Darmstadt . There he also founded the yearbook Spes Christiana , which is continued today at the Friedensau University of Applied Sciences.

The combination of academic height with faithfulness to the Scriptures and the mediation of a solid Christian-Adventist identity characterized his work. The total circulation of his books reached millions.

His son Daniel is the director of the historical archive of the Seventh-day Adventists at the Friedensau Theological College .

Works

• Between time and eternity , Wegweiser-Verlag, Vienna 1962, 5th edition 1981. (Translations into Serbo-Croatian, Russian and Armenian)
• Dogmatics. Doctrine of the Faith of the Holy Scriptures , Bern 1974, 3rd edition. (Translations into Hungarian and Russian)
• Times, empires and rulers. Biblical prophecy - current , Wegweiser-Verlag, Vienna 1976.
• Justification and Merit: Luther vs. Catholicism , Andrews University Seminary Doctoral Dissertation Series, Vol. VIII, Berrien Springs, MI 1984. ISBN 978-1-62032-435-6 .
• Life from the future. Turn of the times - change of the world , Saatkorn-Verlag, Hamburg 1989. ISBN 3-8150-0667-8 .
• Establish the obedience of faith. A guide for studying Romans , supplement to Spes Christiana, Darmstadt 1992.
• I am your salvation. Collected essays on justification, sanctification and perfection , Adventistica, Volume 8, Peter Lang, Frankfurt / Main 2000. ISBN 3-631-37189-6 .
• Christianity meets Islam: A religious challenge , Advent-Verlag, Zurich 2007.
• Faith, power and hubris. The Catholic Church in History and Prophecy , Basista Media, Mundelsheim 2013. ISBN 9783943475098 .
• Triumph of hope. In search of a fairer world , Wegweiser-Verlag, Vienna 2015. ISBN 9783903002197 .
• Future as redemption - Martin Luther and the end of the world. An Adventist Interpretation , Adventistica, Volume 12, Peter Lang, Frankfurt / Main 2017. ISBN 978-3-631-73476-6 .
• Radical changes: Yesterday - today - tomorrow , Advent-Verlag, Zurich 2017, 14th rev. Edition. ISBN 9783905008258 . (Translated into 20 languages, including French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Swahili)

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Heinz in the catalog of the German National Library