Joachim Piegsa

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Joachim Piegsa MSF (born September 30, 1930 in Vosswalde , Upper Silesia ; † February 20, 2015 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) was a German religious priest and moral theologian .

Life

Joachim Piegsa joined the Order of Missionaries of the Holy Family and was ordained a priest in 1955 . From 1956 to 1959 he studied moral theology at the Catholic University of Lublin . In 1962 he was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD ; then he headed the seminary of his order in Bablin .

In 1968 he went to Mainz, where he completed his habilitation in moral theology at the Johannes Gutenberg University . In 1977 he received the call to the Chair of Moral Theology at the University of Augsburg . In 1998 he retired , but continued to work at the university and also taught at the Gustav Siewerth Academy in Weilheim-Bierbronnen .

Together with Hermann Lais, he was a member of the Theological Commission, which was initiated as part of the episcopal inquiry process for the beatification of Johann Evangelist Wagner .

Fonts (selection)

  • Man - the moral living being . EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 1996/98 (3 vol.).
  1. Fundamental questions of moral theology . 1996, ISBN 3-88096-141-7 .
  2. Religious basis of morality, belief, hope . 1997, ISBN 3-88096-278-2 .
  3. Truth and fidelity . 1998, ISBN 3-88096-455-6 .
  • Handbook of the history of dogma. The sacrament of marriage . Herder, Freiburg / B. 2000, ISBN 3-451-00740-1 (together with Michael Schmaus , Alois Grillmeier and Leo Scheffczyk ).
  • Marriage as a sacrament, family as a “domestic church”. The Christian understanding of marriage and family in the challenges of our time . EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 2001, ISBN 3-8306-7066-4 (together with Josef Georg Ziegler and Clemens Breuer).

literature

  • Hubert Dobiosch (ed.): Nature and grace. The Christocentric-pneumatic basic form of the Christian doctrine of morality. Festschrift for Joachim Piegsa on the occasion of his 60th birthday presented by his friends (Moraltheological Studies / Systematic Department, Vol. 16). EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 1990, ISBN 3-88096-466-1 .
  • Clemens Breuer (Ed.): Ethics of Virtues. Basic human attitudes as an indispensable part of moral action. Festschrift for Joachim Piegsa on his 70th birthday (moral theological studies / systematic department, vol. 26), EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 2000, ISBN 3-83067-046-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Clemens Breuer : Piegsa, Joachim. Kulturportal West-Ost, accessed on May 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Piegsa, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piegsa, Joachim MSF
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious, theologian and moral theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Vosswalde , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 2015
Place of death Ludwigshafen am Rhein