Harding Meyer

Harding Meyer (born January 19, 1928 in Hardingen , Grafschaft Bentheim district ; † December 1, 2018 in Melle ) was an Evangelical Lutheran theologian and one of the leading figures in ecumenical dialogue in the 20th century.

Life

Harding Meyer studied in Bethel, Marburg , Lausanne , Tübingen and Göttingen from 1947 to 1953 and, after the first theological exam, in Tübingen and Paris . After the Second Theological examination, he was in October 1956. ordained . In 1958 he did his doctorate at the University of Hamburg under Helmut Thielicke with a thesis on Blaise Pascal .

After two years as a study inspector at the Predigerseminar Imbshausen , he was appointed professor for systematic theology at the Lutheran theological faculty in São Leopoldo ( Brazil ) in 1958 . In 1967 he moved to the theological department of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Geneva , where he was responsible for interdenominational dialogues. From 1971 until his retirement in 1993 he was professor at the Institute for Ecumenical Research of the LWF in Strasbourg , 1975–1978 and 1981–1988 also its director.

Meyer gave lectures and guest lectures on ecumenical topics in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa. From 1967 to 1993 he was theological adviser to the International Lutheran / Roman Catholic Commission ; He also worked in other ecumenical working groups and institutes. Meyer was co-editor of the first three volumes of the comprehensive ecumenical source work, Documents of Growing Consistency . He received four honorary doctorates , including that of the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Bonn . In 2008 he was awarded the Theological Prize of the Salzburg University Weeks for his complete works.

Meyer married Gisela Fausel († 1990), with whom he had two children, in 1960, and Dagmar zur Nedden in 1996.

Pascal's “Pensées” as a dialogical proclamation . Goettingen 1962
The word of Pius IX: “I am the tradition”. Papal infallibility and apostolic tradition in the debates and decrees of Vatican I . Munich 1965
The Savior is born to you today. The characters of Christmas Eve interpreted with Luther . Goettingen 1966
Lutero e Luteranismo hoje . Rio de Janeiro 1969
Lutheranism and Catholicism in conversation. Results and status of the Catholic / Lutheran dialogues in the USA and at world level . Frankfurt 1973
Justification in ecumenical dialogue. Documents and introduction . Frankfurt 1987
Ecumenical objectives . Goettingen 1996
Reconciled diversity. Essays on ecumenical theology I . Paderborn / Frankfurt 1998
Reconciled diversity. Essays on Ecumenical Theology II. The Catholic / Lutheran Dialogue . Paderborn / Frankfurt 2000
Reconciled diversity. Essays on Ecumenical Theology III . Paderborn / Frankfurt 2009

personal data
SURNAME	Meyer, Harding
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Meyer, Heinz Harding
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and ecumenist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hardingen
DATE OF DEATH	1st December 2018
Place of death	Melle