Herwig Aldenhoven

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Herwig Aldenhoven (born September 7, 1933 in Vienna ; † October 29, 2002 in Bern ) was an Austrian Old Catholic theologian and professor at the then Christian Catholic theological faculty of the University of Bern .

Life

From 1971 to 2000 he taught systematic theology and liturgical science . Although his published work is not particularly large, his teaching and lecturing activities shaped a whole generation of Christian Catholic theologians and pastors. Through his participation in liturgical commissions, he had a decisive influence on the liturgical renewal in the Christian Catholic Church in Switzerland and in general in the Old Catholic churches of the Union of Utrecht . As a member of the Commission for the Orthodox-Old Catholic Dialogue and as an advisor to the Bishops' Conference on numerous theological issues, his theological thinking shaped Old Catholicism far beyond the Swiss borders.

Theological concerns

As a systematic theologian, Aldenhoven dealt primarily with questions of ecclesiology and the theology of the Trinity, especially the Filioque question. He thought through his theology consistently with recourse to patristicism and received orthodox theology, in particular from authors such as Georg Florovsky , Vladimir Lossky , Paul Evdokimov , Ioannis Karmiris , Nikos Nissiotis and Ioannis Zizioulas from the Greeks and Dumitru Stăniloae from the Romanians .

In liturgical studies, Aldenhoven dealt intensively with the structure of the Eucharistic prayer , on which he obtained his doctorate in 1971 under the title Offering and Epicreading in the Eucharistic Prayer in Bern. The results of this research were incorporated into the liturgical revision of the Christian Catholic Church in Switzerland.

Works

  • [Response to the Second Vatican Council] . In: Una Sancta . tape 21 , 1966, pp. 207-208 .
  • Orthodox and Old Catholic understanding of the church . In: International Church Journal . tape 64 , 4, Beih, 1974, pp. 41-55 .
  • The ecclesiological self-image of the Old Catholic Churches . In: Austrian Archive for Canon Law . tape 31 , no. 4 , 1980, p. 401-430 .
  • The spiritual-theological consequences of the structure of the Eucharist prayer . In: International Church Journal . tape 70 , no. 3 , 1980, p. 212-225 .
  • The Filioque from an old Catholic point of view . In: Center orthodoxe du Patriarcat oecuménique Chambésy-Genève (ed.): La signification et l'actualite du IIe concile oecumeniqué pour le monde chrétien d'aujourd'hui (=  Les études théologiques de Chambésy ). tape 2 . Editions du Center Orthodoxe du Patriarcat Oecuménique, Chambésy 1982, p. 229-308 .
  • The Council of Basel from an Old Catholic perspective . In: Theological Journal . tape 38 , no. 5 , 1982, pp. 359-366 .
  • The distinction between a recognizable-accessible and an unrecognizable-inaccessible side in God and the doctrine of the Trinity: To the discussion of Western theology with the Eastern Church doctrine of the uncreated energies of God . In: International Church Journal . tape 72 , no. 3 , 1982, pp. 214-232 .
  • Unity and diversity of the episcopate and priesthood in the light of a Trinitarian understanding of the church . In: International Church Journal . tape 72 , no. 2 , 1982, p. 145-151 .
  • Invitation to the Eucharist - Eucharist fellowship - church fellowship . In: International Church Journal . tape 77 , no. 4 , 1987, pp. 257 .
  • Character, meaning and aim of the dialogue texts . In: International Church Journal . tape 79 , no. 1 , 1989, pp. 31 .
  • Eduard Herzog (1841-1924) . In: International Church Journal . tape 81 , no. 3 , 1991, pp. 142-148 .
  • Theological seminar to mark the 100th anniversary of the official theological dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Old Catholic Churches - Moscow, July 1996: report . In: International Church Journal . tape 87 , no. 3 , 1997, p. 129-131 .
  • Cooperation between the Old Catholic Churches and the Russian Orthodox Church on the basis of the work of the St. Petersburg and Rotterdam Commission and the further Old Catholic-Orthodox discussions . In: International Church Journal . tape 87 , no. 3 , 1997, p. 132-140 .
  • The Presidency of the Eucharist in the Context of Image Theology: Questions about the ecclesial representation of Christ by the priesthood . In: International Church Journal . tape 88 , no. 2 , 1998, p. 301-311 .
  • Could the Roman document on the exit of the Holy Spirit become an occasion for a general ecumenical clarification ?: The Roman document from an old Catholic perspective . In: Orthodox Forum . tape 13 , no. 1 , 1999, p. 47-55 .
  • Religious renewal in the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland in the 20th century: The revision of the liturgical books . In: Bruno Bürki, Martin Klöckener, Arnaud Join-Lambert (eds.): Liturgy in Motion: Contributions to the Colloquium on Religious Renewal in the Swiss Churches in the 20th Century, March 1-3, 1999 at the University of Friborg / Switzerland = liturgy en mouvement . Univ.-Verl., Freiburg, Switzerland 2000, ISBN 3-7278-1301-6 , pp. 295-309 .
  • Trinitarian analogies and local church ecclesiology . In: International Church Journal . tape 92 , no. 2 , 2002, p. 65-75 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs von Arx: Herwig Aldenhoven in memory. Christian Catholic theology and liturgy. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 2, 2002.
  2. ^ Herwig Aldenhoven: Orthodox and Old Catholic Church Understanding. In: International Church Journal. 64, No. 4, Beih 1974, pp. 41-55.
  3. ↑ Herwig Aldenhoven: Offering and epics reading in the Eucharist prayer. In: International Church Journal. 61, 1971, pp. 79-117 et al. 150-192 and 62, 1972, pp. 29-73.
  4. ↑ Urs von Arx: The Eucharist Prayer in the Christian Catholic Church in Switzerland after the second liturgical reform. In: International Church Journal. 103, 2013, pp. 143-181.
personal data
SURNAME Aldenhoven, Herwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Old Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 2002
Place of death Bern