Institutum Sapientiæ
| Institutum Sapientiæ | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1983 |
| Sponsorship | Canon Regulars of the Holy Cross |
| place | Anápolis , Goiás , Brazil |
| Rector | P. Michael Silberer ORC (as of July 18, 2017) |
| Professors | 17, including 8 doctors and 7 masters (as of October 30, 2016) |
| Website | www.institutumsapientiae.org |
The Institutum Sapientiæ ( Latin for institution of wisdom ) is a Roman Catholic university in Anápolis , Brazil . It is the only university that is operated by the Order of Canon Regulars of the Holy Cross ( Cross Order for short) within the Angel Work .
activity
The Institutum Sapientiæ offers courses in theology (four years) and philosophy (two years) and has been running the Catholic seminary Regina Angelorum (Queen of Angels) with 16 seminarians since 2008 . Language courses in Latin , Hebrew and Biblical Greek are also offered.
history
The Institutum Sapientiæ was founded on July 4th 1983 in the diocese of Anápolis after an audience granted to the angel work by Pope John Paul II . The first rector was the moral theologian Ingo Dollinger , who was also pastor of Petersdorf - Alsmoos in the diocese of Augsburg . The plan to open a branch of the institute in the Kartause Gaming in Austria on April 1, 1987 , failed due to the resistance of the St. Pölten diocesan bishop Franz Žak .
In May 1988 there was a robbery on the branch in Anápolis, in which the robbers fell into the hands of large amounts of cash and gold as well as a pistol from the adjacent monastery of the Cross . The Engelwerk admitted that the attack had taken place, but stated that the amount of loot stated in a report by journalist Margit Pieber was completely wrong.
From 1983 to 1996, 60 seminarians trained in the institute received their priestly ordinations . On November 12, 1988, the Institutum Sapientiæ was granted university status by a decree of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education . On November 16, 2007, during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. final recognition specifically for the formation of candidates for priesthood .
Well-known professors
Until 2004, Manuel Pestana Filho , Bishop of Anápolis, was a professor at the Institutum Sapientiæ.
Well-known graduates
- Athanasius Schneider , auxiliary bishop in Nur-Sultan (until 2019 Astana)
Press activities
Since 2000, the institute has published the philosophical-theological journal Sapientia Crucis (Wisdom of the Cross) every year.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Personal description on the website of the Diocese of Anápolis, accessed on July 18, 2017
- ↑ Homepage of the official website, accessed October 1, 2012
- ↑ a b Description on the website of the Canon Regulars of the Holy Cross , accessed on September 30, 2012
- ↑ Estudo de Línguas on the website of the Institutum Sapientiæ
- ↑ Heiner Boberski : The angel work. Theory and Practice of Opus Angelorum . Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 1993, p. 97
- ↑ Benoît Duroux: OA Information Letter of August 18, 1997 (engl.)
- ↑ Heiner Boberski : The angel work. Theory and Practice of Opus Angelorum . Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 1993, pp. 231, 248 and 289 f. ISBN 3-7013-0854-3
- ↑ Faleceu o bispo emérito de Anápolis, dom Manoel Pestana Filho ( Memento of 28 November 2012 at the Web archive archive.today ), Archdiocese of Campo Grande (undated)
- ↑ História 2 on the website of the Institutum Sapientiæ
Web links
- Website of the Institutum Sapientiæ (port.)
- Institutum Sapientiae on the website of the angels work (Engl.)
- Institutum Sapientiae on the website of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross (Engl.)
- Institutum Sapientiae on the website of the Anápolis diocese ( memorial of November 27, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (port.) At archive.is