Lars Müller-Marienburg

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Lars Müller-Marienburg

Lars Müller-Marienburg (* 1977 in Ansbach ) is a  German - Austrian  Evangelical Lutheran  clergyman and superintendent of the Diocese of Lower Austria .

Life

Lars Müller-Marienburg's family comes from the Transylvanian town of Marienburg near Kronstadt . In the 1950s, Müller-Marienburg's grandfather had the "place name attached to Müller as a family history memory in the course of a name change". He grew up as the son of a primary school teacher and a doctor with three siblings.

At 18 he went to Canada to attend a spiritual school for a year . Müller-Marienburg studied Jus , later he took the study of Protestant Theology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich on. From 2007 he completed his vicariate in Linz- Inner City and in  Pöttelsdorf ( Burgenland ). In 2010 he became pastor of the Protestant parish Innsbruck - Church of the Resurrection . In this function he gave a sermon in 2011 in Innsbruck Cathedral on the occasion of the week of prayer for Christian unity.

In June 2016, Müller-Marienburg was elected in the fifth round of elections as the successor to Paul Weiland, who died in 2015, as Superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of Lower Austria with 47 of the total of 70 delegate votes. On October 15, 2016, the inauguration took place in the Church of the Resurrection in Wiener Neustadt in the presence of Governor Erwin Pröll and Helmut Krätzl , the auxiliary bishop emeritus of the ( Roman Catholic ) Archdiocese of Vienna . The Evangelical Superintendentur AB Niederösterreich is responsible for around 40,000 Evangelical believers in 28 parishes in Lower Austria . For this office, Müller-Marienburg had to resign his German citizenship and become an Austrian. He is a member of the  “ Youth and Worship Service” committee of the Liturgical Conference of the EKD .

Müller-Marienburg is the first superintendent of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria who has openly acknowledged his homosexuality .

Positions

Ecumenism

In January 2017, Müller-Marienburg encouraged the ecumenical movement to focus on what unites rather than dividing differences . The different denominations should treat each other with respect, since ecumenism means sharing the joy of the other churches in the faith, even if one cannot perhaps fully understand it. According to Müller-Marienburg, there are three points to consider: First, all churches deserve respect because everyone is serious about their faith. Churches have only been mindful of each other since the last century, but even now there is still potential for language hurt. Second, the church should protect itself from self-righteousness. Churches would think they had a glorious history and correct teaching. Therefore, they should ask others for their opinion. And thirdly, the churches should also indulge one another in joy.

Elsewhere, Müller-Marienburg urged not simply to make theological compromises, but he would like to make his contribution to peaceful coexistence.

Publications

  • Believing in the resurrection - is that possible? In: Tiroler Tageszeitung from April 9, 2011, p. 41.
  • Seeing with the eyes of hope , in: Tiroler Tageszeitung, April 23, 2011, p. 41.
  • Superintendent - not a title, but a reputation. Sermon on the occasion of the inauguration as superintendent of the Diocese of Lower Austria in Wiener Neustadt on October 15, 2016 , in: Amt und Gemeinde 66 (2016), pp. 254-256, ISSN 1680-4015.
  • Freya Martin: "Offering an option with God". Interview , in: schaufenster / kultur.region, February 2017, pp. 36–38.
  • Michael Link: "No guilty conscience to be a man". Interview . In: ypsilon. Magazine for Men, May 2017, pp. 8–9.

See also

Web links

Commons : Lars Müller-Marienburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Transylvania is important to me”: Lars Müller-Marienburg, Superintendent in Lower Austria - Siebenbürgische Zeitung. Retrieved January 11, 2018 .
  2. ^ Müller-Marienburgs way to the superintendent - Radio Niederösterreich. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Superintendent: "Live with God at all times" - noe.ORF.at. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
  4. ^ Official Journal for the Evangelical Church in Austria, year 2007. (No longer available online.) August 31, 2007, archived from the original on March 28, 2016 ; accessed on January 12, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.okr-evang.at
  5. ↑ magazine. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 11, 2018 ; accessed on January 11, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sichtbar-evangelisch.at
  6. ^ Pastor Mag. Lars Müller-Marienburg (ev.-Lutheran AB): Sermon for the week of prayer for Christian unity. Retrieved January 11, 2018 .
  7. ^ First openly gay regional bishop in Austria | GGG.at. Retrieved January 12, 2018 (German).
  8. ^ Evangelical superintendent of Lower Austria Müller-Marienburg introduced into his office | Methodist Church in Austria. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Evang. Church: First homosexual superintendent - religion.ORF.at . In: religion.ORF.at . October 10, 2016 ( orf.at [accessed January 12, 2018]).
  10. ^ The members of the Liturgical Conference - www.liturgische-konferenz.de. Retrieved January 13, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Evang. Church: First homosexual superintendent. In: religion.orf.at. October 10, 2016, accessed January 11, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Ecumenism means sharing the joy of others in faith | Communication Department. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Superintendent: "Live with God at all times" - noe.ORF.at. Retrieved January 13, 2018 .
  14. ↑ World Council of Churches in Austria. Retrieved January 13, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Freya Martin: "Offering an option with God". Interview. In: shop window / Culture.Region. February 2017, pp. 36–38 , accessed on January 13, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Michael Link: "No guilty conscience to be a man". Interview. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Müller-Marienburg, Lars
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Ansbach