Josef Pfammatter
Josef Pfammatter (born October 25, 1926 in Sarnen ; † November 22, 2007 in Stans ) was a Roman Catholic theologian .
Life
Josef Pfammatter grew up in Sarnen in the canton of Obwalden . He completed his high school at the Sarnen College in 1946 with the Matura . He studied theology at the St. Luzi Seminary, today's Chur Theological University . In 1950 he received in Chur , the ordination . He initially worked as a pastor in Zurich. At the same time, he studied the New Testament from 1953 onwards at the theological faculty of the University of Zurich , which had a rather reformed orientation , from 1955 on at the Pontificio Istituto Biblico , the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, and at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem . At the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome he was born in 1960 with the work «The Church as a Building. An exegetical-theological study on the ecclesiology of the Pauline letters »to the Dr. theol. PhD .
In 1959 he became a professor of liturgy at the seminary of St. Luzi appointed , with change as professor of New Testament exegesis , he was also chancellor of the Priest seminar. By founding the Theological College Chur in 1968, he was founding rector (1968-1970) from 1968 to 1980 he was also rain of Priest Seminary. In 1994 he retired .
Act
Pfammatter was one of the exegetes who, after the Second Vatican Council, worked on the standard translation of the Holy Scriptures on behalf of the German-speaking bishops . He was the initiator and co-editor of the Theological Reports , which have been published from 1972 until today , of which 34 volumes were published by 2012. He also became known for his commentary on Paul's letter to the Ephesians .
Together with Alojzij Šuštar, he was particularly involved in pastoral training and church adult education.
From 1972 to 1975 he was a member of the Presidium of Synod 72 , from 1977 to 1990 he was president of the diocesan priest council and from 1994 to 2001 he was an advisor to the diocesan constitution of the Graubünden Catholics .
literature
- Daniel Pacho, The Meeting of Faith and Freedom. A modern search for traces (Fulda Studies, Vol. 15). Freiburg i. Br. 2012. pp. 17-32.
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Pfammatter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Josef Pfammatter passed away , Episcopal Chancellery of the Diocese of Chur, November 24, 2007
- Catholic International Press Agency: “Tireless Commitment for the Renewal of the Church” (PDF file; 102 kB), November 23, 2007
swell
- ↑ Ephrem Omlin: The clergy Obwalden from the 13th century to the present. Sarnen 1984. p. 447
- ^ Prof. Josef Pfammatter has died , communication from the Chur Theological University of December 18, 2007
- ^ Theological reports , information page of the Theological University Chur, accessed on October 24, 2012
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SURNAME | Pfammatter, Josef |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian, exegete |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarnen , Switzerland |
DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 2007 |
Place of death | Stans , Switzerland |