Johannes Gründel

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Johannes Gründel (born May 13, 1929 in Ullersdorf , Glatz district , Lower Silesia Province ; † March 16, 2015 in Freising ) was a German Catholic theologian, priest and university professor. He was a bearer of the Bavarian Order of Merit and lived in Freising- Hohenbachern .

biography

Johannes Gründel spent his childhood in Ullersdorf an der Biele in the former county of Glatz , where his parents ran the Gründel farm, which had previously been a free judge's estate . Johannes Gründel attended grammar school in the district town of Glatz until the end of the war in 1945 . After the expulsion in 1946, the family came to North Rhine-Westphalia.

After high school he studied at the Catholic Philosophy and Theology College in Koenigstein im Taunus and was 1952 in Limburg for ordained priests . Further stations were

He carried out other teaching activities in Regensburg , Linz and Jerusalem . He worked in various medical-ethical working groups and ethics commissions and published numerous articles on current topics of theological ethics.

Gründel enjoyed an international reputation due to his scientific work, but also became known because he was one of the first in Germany to support AIDS patients; Among other things, he appeared in TV spots. As a professor, he always promoted the work of female theologians in the field of Catholic theology. His personal commitment led him to work for human rights , for example in Latin America. Gründel has also given guest lectures outside Germany at several colleges and universities abroad.

Gründel was a member of the KDSt.V. Agilolfia Freising and the KDSt.V Vandalia Prague zu Munich in the CV , the K.St.V. Isaria Freising in the KV and the KMF in the Bund New Germany . For many years he worked as a pastor in the parish of St. Ulrich in Hohenbachern-Freising.

His students included u. a. Mark Achilles, Elisabeth Bleske, Constanze Giese , Hans-Günter Gruber , Georgine Lerch, Alfons Hämmerl, Reinhard Haubenthaler, Benedikta Hintersberger , Elke Hümmeler, Leo Zirker and the Athens professor Nikolitsa Georgopoulou.

Awards

  • In 1998 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.
  • On June 9, 2006, he received an honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the Kapodistrias University in Athens for his academic achievement in establishing the Orthodox theology department at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He is the first Catholic, non-Orthodox theologian to receive an honorary doctorate from an Orthodox theological faculty.
  • For his life's work, Gründel received the Bavarian Order of Merit on July 9, 2009.
  • In 2012, Lord Mayor Dieter Thalhammer awarded him the Medal of Honor of the City of Freising for his services to the city of Freising and his voluntary work.

Works (selection)

Gründel's interest was in fundamental questions of ethics and moral theology (Why should I do something? When are norms valid?), But also current questions of the present, in particular medical ethics , the problem of suicide or environmental ethics . He is regarded as one of the most prominent representatives of a Christian ethics of responsibility .

  • The doctrine of the circumstances of human action in the Middle Ages. 1963
  • Ethics without norms? On the instructions of the gospel. 1970
  • Changeable and unchangeable in moral theology . 1971
  • Changing norms. 1980
  • The earth - entrusted to our care. 1984
  • Health and illness as gifts and tasks. 1984
  • Guilt and reconciliation. 1985
  • Courage to be convinced: our democracy needs moral courage, 1988
  • Living out of Christian responsibility. A basic course in morality. 3 volumes. 1991-1992

Autobiography

Festschrift

Quote

"The Middle Ages knew its own virtue : the Epikie , that attitude that is willing to take the property requirement sake against a still existing, but pointless become law to act to meet in this way the will of God in truth. - Such maturity must be and remain the goal of education . It means education for responsibility , it also includes freedom in attachment. Particularly in a society in which people are exposed to questionable manipulations in a multilayered manner and are to be made compliant to the needs of an industrial society , this education to come of age is necessary. "

- Gründel, Norms im Wandel, p. 17

“The state is not the best that has the most laws; The best government is not the one that brings in the most bills, but the one that awakens the greatest possible degree of personal responsibility and protects the freedom for such personal responsibility. "

- Gründel, Norms im Wandel, p. 27

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mourning for Professor Johannes Gründel
  2. ^ Medal of Honor of the City of Freising
personal data
SURNAME Gründel, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and priest
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Ullersdorf , District of Glatz , Province of Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2015
Place of death Freising