Heinrich Missalla
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In 1996 he married the church historian Magdalene Bußmann , whereupon his church teaching license was withdrawn.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
- Literature by and about Heinrich Missalla in the catalog of the German National Library .
- IKvu: Heinrich Missalla .
- How I lost my trust in our bishops
Individual evidence
- ^ "Church from below" - co-founder Heinrich Missalla died , Catholic media center of October 7, 2018
- ↑ a b c Peter Bürger: Heinrich Missalla . In: pax_zeit , year 2016, issue 2, pp. 12-13.
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Essen reform theologians: Ruhr bishopric threatens to bleed to death . In: WAZ, October 10, 2013, accessed July 15, 2016.
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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 |