Heinrich Stirnimann

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Heinrich Stirnimann OP (born June 15, 1920 in Lucerne ; † June 9, 2005 in Ilanz ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman , Dominican and fundamental theologian . He was considered "one of the most important pioneers and architects of ecumenism in Switzerland".

Life

Heinrich Stirnimann, son of a pediatrician, first studied architecture at the ETH Zurich . In 1942 he joined the Congregation of the Dominicans in and completed his novitiate in Chieri near Turin. On November 22, 1943 he made his profession and studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas ("Angelicum") in Rome, where he was ordained a priest on July 20, 1947 . His first Mass he celebrated in the Hofkirche in Lucerne. After further studies in Friborg and Rome , he was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD. He then taught systematic theology at the religious seminary in Tailaght near Dublin .

In 1952, he received a call to the professor for fundamental theology and apologetics at the University of Friborg . From 1968 to 1971 he was rector of the University of Friborg.

In 1982 he was elected prior of the Dominican Convention in Lucerne, from 1988 to 2000 he was spiritual in Ilanz .

Act

Heinrich Stirnimann was also involved in numerous offices in the order, in the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland and its university. Among other things, he was a member of the Provincial Council and from 1978 to 1981 prior of the international religious order of St. Hyacinth.

He was particularly committed to ecumenism in Switzerland. He was an advisor to Bishop François Charrière in the first session of the Second Vatican Council . In 1964 he founded the Institute for Ecumenical Studies at the University of Friborg. From 1966 to 1976, as Catholic co-president, he headed the Discussion Commission (ERGK) founded by the Swiss Bishops' Conference and the Swiss Evangelical Church Federation. Together with Lukas Vischer and Metropolitan Damaskinos , he was a pioneer of the ecumenical movement.

For his commitment to ecumenism he was honored with an honorary doctorate from the Protestant theological faculty of the University of Bern in 1979 .

In 1965 he became an honorary member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Teutonia zu Freiburg im Üechtland in the CV .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Personalities: Otto Karrer, Johannes Feiner, Heinrich Stirnimann ( Memento from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 125 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Stirnimann, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stirnimann, Heinrich OP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Dominican, theologian and ecumenist
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 2005
Place of death Ilanz