Karl Josef Benz

Karl Josef Benz (born September 2, 1927 in Brühl (Rhineland) ; † April 4, 2016 in Regensburg ; until 1967 also Suitbert Benz OSB ) was a German Roman Catholic church historian and liturgical scholar.

Life

From 1947 to 1948 he studied philosophy , theology and law for three semesters at the University of Bonn . He then entered the Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach and studied philosophy and theology at the religious colleges of Maria Laach and Beuron from 1949 to 1953. After his ordination on August 9, 1953, he continued his studies in the subjects of theology (two semesters 1953-54), history, oriental languages ​​(six semesters) and literature of the Christian Orient at the KU Leuven , where he received his licentiate in oriental languages ​​and Acquired literature. From 1964 to 1967 he served as assistant to Balthasar Fischer at the Liturgical Institute in Trier and in 1965 as a visiting professor at St. John's University in Collegeville . In 1967 he was in Leuven for by doctor of historical sciences doctorate . He then worked from 1967 to 1973 at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Regensburg , initially as an assistant at the Chair for Church History in the Middle Ages and Modern Times. In 1973 he qualified as a professor in the subject of Middle and New Church History and then taught as a private lecturer . In April 1973 the incardination took place as a diocese of Regensburg . In December of the same year he became a university lecturer and until 1974 took over the professorship for Middle and New Church History in Regensburg. From 1978 to 1992 he taught church history in the Middle Ages and modern times as a university professor . From 1990 until 2013 he was director of the Institutum Liturgicum Ratisbonense affiliated to the Episcopal Central Library, succeeding Klaus Gamer . His requiem took place on April 12th in the parish church of Oberisling , where he is buried in the cemetery.

Fonts (selection)

• The Rotulus of Ravenna. Critically examined for its origin and its significance for the history of the liturgy (= publications by the Abt-Herwegen Institute Maria Laach ) (= liturgical scientific sources and research . Volume 45). Aschendorff, Münster 1967, OCLC 851282749 (also dissertation, Löwen 1967).
• Investigations into the political significance of the consecration of the church with the participation of the German rulers in the high Middle Ages. A contribution to the study of the relationship between secular power and ecclesiastical reality under Otto III. and Heinrich II. (= Regensburg historical research . Volume 4). Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-4004-9 (also habilitation thesis, Regensburg 1973).
• as editor: Selected liturgical fragments from the Episcopal Central Library in Regensburg. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Institute for Liturgy Studies in Regensburg (Institutum Liturgicum Ratisbonense) (= Bishop's Central Archive and Bishop's Central Library. Catalogs and publications . Volume 23). Schnell & Steiner Verlag, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7954-1845-8 .

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• Obituary notice
• bibliography
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