Heinrich Missalla

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Heinrich Missalla (born June 26, 1926 in Wanne-Eickel ; † October 3, 2018 ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Life

Heinrich Missalla was shaped as a high school student by the Catholic youth group . In 1943 he became an air force helper in the light flak department 839 in Bochum . In 1944 he was drafted as a soldier in the Wehrmacht , in 1945 he was taken prisoner of war . In the " Barbed Wire Seminar of Chartres " he decided to become a priest . In June 1946 he was released from captivity. From 1947 to 1953 and from 1964 to 1968 he studied philosophy , Catholic theology and pedagogy at theTheological Faculty of Paderborn , at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster and at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich . After his ordination in 1953 in Paderborn , he worked as a pastor in various parishes until 1959 and from 1958 to 1968 as a teacher at a vocational school and head of the state study seminar in Gelsenkirchen . The doctorate to Dr. theol. took place in Münster in 1969 with a dissertation on understanding the world in religious instruction at vocational schools. After a lectureship at the Pedagogical University of Koblenz, he worked from 1971 to 1991 as a professor for Catholic theology at the University of Essen .

In 1996 he married the church historian Magdalene Bußmann , whereupon his church teaching license was withdrawn.

He was particularly interested in the behavior of the Catholic Church during World War I , the 1930s, World War II and the years thereafter.

Heinrich Missalla belonged to the Bensberg circle . Since 1955 he was a member of Pax Christi and later a longstanding member of its presidium and from 1987 to 1996 spiritual advisory board of the movement. He was co-editor of Publik-Forum magazine and co-founder of the Church from Below Initiative .

Fonts (selection)

  • "God with us". The German Catholic War Sermon 1914–1918 . Kösel, Munich 1968 ( digital new edition , 2014).
  • World-related belief . Patmos-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1969.
  • For the people and the fatherland. The "Church War Aid" in World War II . Athenäum-Verlag, Königstein 1978, ISBN 3-7610-8024-7 .
  • How war became the school of God. Hitler's Field Bishop Rarkowski . A necessary reminder . Publik-Forum-Verlagsgesellschaft, Oberursel 1997, ISBN 3-88095-086-5 .
  • For God, leader and fatherland. The involvement of Catholic pastoral care in Hitler's war . Kösel, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-466-36517-1 .
  • “Nothing has to stay as it is.” My Catholic life in the 20th century . Publik-Forum-Verlagsgesellschaft, Oberursel 2009, ISBN 978-3-88095-187-7 (autobiography).
  • Remembering for the sake of the future - How the Catholic bishops supported Hitler's war . Publik-Forum-Verlagsgesellschaft, Oberursel 2015, ISBN 978-3-88095-280-5 .

literature

  • Peter Bürger : Heinrich Missalla. Theological enlightener, researcher of church war assistance and peace worker . In: pax_zeit , year 2016, issue 2, pp. 12-13.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Church from below" - co-founder Heinrich Missalla died , Catholic media center of October 7, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c Peter Bürger: Heinrich Missalla . In: pax_zeit , year 2016, issue 2, pp. 12-13.
  3. ↑ a b Prof. Dr. Heinrich Missalla - Biography in Key Words ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / alt.ikvu.de
  4. ^ Essen reform theologians: Ruhr bishopric threatens to bleed to death . In: WAZ, October 10, 2013, accessed July 15, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Missalla, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Wanne-Eickel
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 2018