Josef Finkenzeller

Josef Finkenzeller (born May 6, 1921 in Zell bei Scheyern ; † June 14, 2018 in Munich ) was a German Roman Catholic priest, theologian ( dogmatist ) and university professor .

Life

After military service and captivity in England and Canada (1941–1946), Josef Finkenzeller passed his Abitur in Freising in 1946. From 1947 to 1951 he studied philosophy and theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Freising and at the LMU Munich . He earned his doctorate at the LMU in Michael Schmaus to Dr. theol. and on 29 June 1953 in Freising by Joseph Wendel for ordained priests . In 1953 he worked as a chaplain in Munich-Neuhausen and as rector of the monastery of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Munich, from 1954 to 1959 as prefect, lecturer and subregens at the seminary in Freising. In 1959, he received his habilitation in dogmatics from the theological faculty of the LMU Munich, where he worked as a private lecturer from 1959 . In the same year he was appointed associate professor and, in 1965, full professor for dogmatics at the Philosophical-Theological University of Freising.

In 1965 he took over the task of the reign of the seminary in Freising, and that of a full councilor in the management of the archbishopric. From 1968 he was in Munich after the seminary was moved to Munich and the Philosophical-Theological University Freising Regens closed. As Regens he was responsible for the establishment of the preparatory college "V3" in Munich by the archdiocese.

From 1970 he taught as a full professor for dogmatics and ecumenical theology (at the newly established chair Dogmatics II in 1968) at the LMU Munich. In 1986 he retired , his successor was Gerhard Ludwig Müller .

Finkenzeller had been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Agilolfia Freising since 1956.

Finkenzeller died on June 14, 2018 in Munich.

Honors

• Papal Honorary Prelate (1966)

Fonts (selection)

Publications in book form

• The doctrine of the sacraments of baptism and penance according to Johannes Baptist Gonet OP (1616 - 1681) (= Munich Theological Studies , Department 2 (Systematic Department) Volume 11). K. Zink, Munich 1956 (University thesis Munich, Theol. Faculty, dissertation of December 12, 1953)
• Revelation and theology according to the teaching of John Duns Scotus . A historical and systematic investigation (= contributions to the history of philosophy and theology of the Middle Ages, Volume 38, Issue 5), Münster 1961, (University thesis Munich, Theological Faculty, habilitation thesis of January 15, 1959)
• together with Gottfried Griesl, Does the Church's practice of confession correspond to Jesus' demand for repentance? A guide . Rex-Verlag, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-7926-0033-1 .
• From the message of Jesus to the Church of Christ. Doubts, questions, problems, answers . Don-Bosco-Verlag, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7698-0218-7 .
• Belief without dogma? Dogma, dogma development and. Church teaching post, Düsseldorf 1972, (= patmos-paper-backs), (= writings of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria), ISBN 3-491-00368-7 .
• Church and Kingdom of God . Kyrios-Verlag, Meitingen 1975.
• The teaching of the sacraments in general . In: Handbuch der Dogmengeschichte , Vol. 4: Sacraments - Eschatology . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Fascicle 1a: From Writing to Scholasticism , 1980, ISBN 3-451-00734-7 .
  • Fascicle 1b: From the Reformation to the Present , 1981, ISBN 3-451-00738-X .
• Basic course on the doctrine of God , Freiburg im Breisgau 1984, ISBN 3-451-20250-6 .
• What happens after death? , Don Bosco Medien GmbH, Munich 1984, ISBN 978-3769802689 .

Articles in collective works

• The number and counting of the sacraments , in: Leo Scheffczyk (Hrsg.), Werner Dettloff (Hrsg.), Richard Heinzmann (Hrsg.), Truth and Annunciation. Michael Schmaus on his 70th birthday, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna 1967, Volume 2, pp. 1005-1020.
• Alois von Schmid (1825-1910) . In: Heinrich Fries (Hrsg.): Catholic Theologians of Germany in the 19th Century , Munich 1975, ISBN 3-466-20175-6 (3 vols., Here especially vol. 3, pp. 125-144).

Lectures

• The Church of Jesus Christ, Understanding and Mission of the Churches Today. Attempts to determine the position ten years after the Second Vatican Council . Catholic Academy, Augsburg 1976.
• The future expectations of the Christian (= series of academy protocols ). Catholic Academy, Augsburg 1979.
• The mystery of redemption in Christ (= Academy publication, number 66). Catholic Academy, Augsburg 1984.

literature

• Art. Finkenzeller, Josef , in: Who is who? The German Who's Who , Volume 42, 2003, p. 350.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180620125317/https://www.kaththeol.uni-muenchen.de/aktuell_fakult/nachrichten/finkenzeller/index.html
2. ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung June 20, 2018