Helmut Riedlinger

Helmut Riedlinger (born February 17, 1923 in Bohlingen am Bodensee, † May 14, 2007 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German Catholic theologian and dogmatist .

Life

Riedlinger studied Catholic theology at the University of Freiburg and received his doctorate in 1956 under Friedrich Stegmüller with the dissertation The Immaculateness of the Church in the Latin Commentaries on Song of Songs of the Middle Ages on Dr. theol. In 1951 he was ordained a priest in Rome . In 1963 he received his habilitation in Freiburg . From 1964 until his retirement in 1988 he was professor of dogmatics at the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg.

For ten years he was a member of the priestly council of the Archdiocese of Freiburg as a representative of the theological faculty . From 1981 to 1988 he was a non-resident cathedral chapter member of the Freiburg Metropolitan Chapter , to whose honorary canon he was appointed in 1988. As early as 1979 Pope named him John Paul II. The papal honor prelates .

Scientific focus

As director of the Raimundus Lullus Institute in Freiburg, he played a key role in the publication of the Latin work Ramon Llull , a medieval theologian and mystic. His second specialty was the dialogue between theology and natural science , on which he, inspired by the thinking of Teilhard de Chardin , was active in interdisciplinary courses with natural scientists from Freiburg, including within the framework of the AGEMUS working group .

literature

• Rainer Isak:  Riedlinger, Helmut. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Helmut Riedlinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Riedlinger's vita and publications on the Freiburg University Library website