Lothar Hardick

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P. Lothar Hardick

Lothar Hardick OFM (* August 24, 1913 ; † February 20, 1999 ) was a German Franciscan and church historian.

Act

After entering the Saxon Franciscan Province ( Saxonia ), Lothar Hardick received impulses about the history and spirituality of the Franciscan Order from Fr. Autbert Stroick , lecturer for church history at the Philosophical-Theological School of Saxonia in Dorsten, during his theology studies  Beginning to deal. He was a soldier in World War II . In 1946 he began to study church history at the University of Münster and received his doctorate under Georg Schreiber on the subject of the conflict between Cistercians and Cluniacians in the 12th century. In addition to the history of the order, his main focus was on folklore and religious customs.

Together with the Franciscan order historians Sophronius Clasen and Kajetan Eßer ( Cologne Franciscan Province ) and Engelbert Grau ( Bavarian Franciscan Province ) he published the series of Franciscan Sources , the first volume in 1951, Writings of St. Francis of Assisi . Hardick's contribution to this was investigations into the various versions of the rule of the order of the founder Francis of Assisi . The authors saw their research on the beginnings of the order as a contribution to a renewal of the religious life and its spirituality . In 1961, Father Lothar Hardick was appointed by the Minister General of the Franciscan Order to head the historical section of the Order of St. Bonaventure in Quaracchi near Florence. From 1962 to 1967 he was chief editor of the quarterly Franciscan Studies .

Hardick published numerous articles on Franciscan history and spirituality and thus turned to Franciscan sister communities where he was pastorally active. He gave lectures and recollections, which were also made available to nunneries as tape recordings, and participated in congresses and training courses, especially for women religious in leadership roles. His research on the sources of Franciscan spirituality flowed into the statutes and statutes of numerous religious orders when these were revised at the request of the Second Vatican Council (decree on the contemporary renewal of religious life Perfectae caritatis ). From 1972 to 1984 Fr. Lothar Hardick published the magazine Dienender Glaube on behalf of Saxonia , which was aimed at women religious.

For many years he supervised the annual work weeks of the "Franciscan Working Group in Northwest Germany", which arose on his initiative and at which representatives of the Franciscan men's and women's orders met: Lothar Hardick edited the lecture texts for these meetings and often acted as a speaker himself With. The working group merged in 1968 with the “South German Franciscan Working Group” led by Capuchins to form the “Franciscan Working Group” ( FAG ), which is dedicated to reflecting on Franciscan spirituality, researching and communicating it. It has existed since 1982 as the "Inter-Franciscan Working Group - INFAG".

Several of Hardick's publications were devoted to the interpretation of the Franciscan concept of peace. For the 2nd edition of the Lexicon for Theology and Church , he wrote over thirty articles on Franciscan topics and on individual members of the Franciscan orders between 1959 and 1965.

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • Cluny and Citeaux. The critical self-examination of monasticism in the 12th century. Münster 1949 (theological dissertation, typescript)
  • [with Cajetan Eßer OFM]: The writings of St. Francis of Assisi. Introduction, translation, evaluation. Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1951 (Franziskanische Quellenenschriften Vol. 1, further editions, partly with Engelbert Grau OFM, numerous translations).
  • [with Engelbert Grau OFM]: Life and writings of St. Clare . Introduction, translation and comments by Engelbert Grau. Commentary by Lothar Hardick. Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1952 (Franciscan sources vol. 2).
  • On the chronology in the life of St. Clare. In: Franziskanische Studien , 35th year, 1953, pp. 174–210, now also in: Dieter Berg (Ed.): Spiritualität und Geschichte. Werl 1993, pp. 203-223.
  • The Order of St. Klara in Germany. Notes on its history. On the occasion of the seven centenary of the death of St. Clare. In: Vita Seraphica , 34th year, 1953, pp. 49–73, now also in: Dieter Berg (Ed.): Spiritualität und Geschichte. Werl 1993, pp. 185-202.
  • Life and "golden words" of brother Aegidius. (Translation: Paul Alfred Schlueter; introduction and explanations: Lothar Hardick) Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1953 (Franciscan source writings, Vol. 3).
  • "Pecunia et denarii". Investigations into the prohibition of money in the rules of the Friars Minor. In: Franziskanische Studien , 41st year 1959, pp. 268–290.
  • To Germany and England. The chronicles of the Friars Minor Jordan by Giano and Thomas of Eccleston. Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1956 (Ed. And anonymous author of several individual contributions).
  • East Westphalia is part of the Saxon Franciscan Province. In: Westphalian magazine. 110 (1960), pp. 305–328, now also in: Dieter Berg (Ed.): Spiritualität und Geschichte. Werl 1993, pp. 163-181.
  • The exhortations of St. Francis of Assisi. Werl 1981 (Books of Franciscan Spirituality, Vol. 22)
  • Approach and direction of the peace idea with Francis of Assisi. In: Wissenschaft und Weisheit , 45th year, 1982, pp. 26–46, now also in: Dieter Berg (Hrsg.): Spiritualität und Geschichte. Werl 1993, pp. 14-32.
  • How to make peace. St. Francis and the Wolf by Gubbio. In: Dienender Glaube , 59th year, 1983, pp. 286–291, now also in: Dieter Berg (Hrsg.): Spiritualität und Geschichte. Werl 1993, pp. 33-38.
  • “He came to you so that you might come to him.” Sketches on the life and teaching of St. Anthony of Padua . Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1986, ISBN 3-87163-158-2 (Books of Franciscan Spirituality, Vol. 27).
  • Our rule, our life. Commentary on: Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Regulated Third Order of St. Francis . Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1987, ISBN 3-87163-163-9 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Berg (Ed.): Traces of Franciscan History. Chronological outline of the history of the Saxon Franciscan provinces from their beginnings to the present. Werl 1999, p. 633.
  2. ↑ P. Theo Maschke OFM: P. Lothar Hardick on his 80th birthday. In: Dieter Berg (ed.): Spirituality and history. Ceremony for Lothar Hardick OFM on his 80th birthday. Werl 1993, pp. XI-XIII, here p. XII.
  3. ↑ P. Theo Maschke OFM: P. Lothar Hardick on his 80th birthday. In: Dieter Berg (ed.): Spirituality and history. Ceremony for Lothar Hardick OFM on his 80th birthday. Werl 1993, pp. XI-XIII, here p. XII.
  4. ↑ Dieter Berg (Ed.): Traces of Franciscan History. Chronological outline of the history of the Saxon Franciscan provinces from their beginnings to the present. Werl 1999, p. 603.619.
  5. ↑ infag.de
personal data
SURNAME Hardick, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Franciscan and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1913
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1999