Lothar Ullrich

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Lothar Ullrich (born March 31, 1932 in Berlin-Karlshorst ; † April 16, 2013 in Erfurt ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman, dogmatist and fundamental theologian.

Life

In 1951 Ullrich passed the Abitur at the Franz-Mehring-Schule in Berlin-Lichtenberg and studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Fulda, Erfurt and Neuzelle from 1951 to 1956. On June 19, 1956, he was ordained a priest in Berlin-Reinickendorf by Auxiliary Bishop Tkotsch . Kaplan years followed in Prenzlau / Uckermark . In 1958 Ullrich became a scientific assistant at the chair for dogmatics of the philosophy-theological studies in Erfurt. From 1962 he was subregens and lecturer at the Archbishop's seminary in Huysburg b. Halberstadt and from September 1965 rain of the seminary in Erfurt .

Lothar Ullrich was always concerned about ecumenism . In 1966 he founded the Ecumenical-Theological Working Group in the GDR together with Wolfgang Trilling and the Protestant theologian Ulrich Kühn and was later a member of the all-German Jaeger-Stählin Circle .

In 1967 he was chosen for its thesis entitled issues of doctrine of creation by Jakob of Metz OP A comparative study of Sentences comments from the Dominican school in 1300 at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz for Dr. theol. PhD.

After teaching assignments in Erfurt, he became a lecturer in 1970 and full professor for dogmatics in 1974 at the Philosophical-Theological Study in Erfurt. Here he was rector in 1976/77, 1983/84 and 1988/89 . The Johann Adam Möhler Institute in Paderborn appointed him to the Scientific Advisory Board in 1981. As a consultant he worked at the ecumenical assembly in the GDR . He was co-editor of the journals Catholica and Ökumenische Rundschau .

The Academy for Catholic Theology in Warsaw (now Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University Warsaw ) awarded him in 1989 “in recognition of his services to theological science, ecumenism, the training of priests in the GDR and the cooperation of theologians from both German states and Poland “The honorary doctorate . From 1992 to 1996 Lothar Ullrich was a specialist advisor to the German Research Foundation . In 1997 he was honored with a festschrift on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

Ullrich retired on September 1, 2000 and taught from 2001 to 2004 as an associate professor for dogmatics and fundamental theology at the Theological Faculty of the Silesian University in Katowice .

Fonts (selection)

  • Questions of the doctrine of creation according to Jakob von Metz OP A comparative study of sentence commentaries from the Dominican school around 1300 (= Erfurt Theological Studies, 20). St. Benno, Leipzig 1966.
  • (as ed.) Collected essays on the theology of the presbyterate (= Pastoral-Katechetic Booklets, Book 44). St. Benno, Leipzig 1971.
    • (therein :) Fifteen theses on the self-understanding of the presbytery today . Pp. 13-58.
  • Diaspora church yesterday and tomorrow. Attempt to illuminate theological meaning of the church in the minority . In: Wilhelm Ernst , Konrad Feiereis (ed.): Unity in diversity. Ceremony for Hugo Aufderbeck (= Erfurt Theological Studies, 32). St. Benno, Leipzig 1974, pp. 221-241.
  • (as ed.) The office of the deacon (= Pastoral-Katechetic Booklet, booklet 56). St. Benno, Leipzig 1977.
  • Ecumenism in the area of ​​the local church. In: Wilhelm Ernst, Konrad Feiereis, F. Hoffmann (ed.): Service of mediation. FS for the 25th anniversary of the Phil.-Theol. Studied at the Erfurt seminary (= Erfurt Theological Studies, 37). St. Benno, Leipzig 1977, pp. 553-597.
  • Jesus Christ - interpretation of God and model of human existence. Problems and theses of Christology in Catholic dogmatics . In: Hubert Kirchner (Ed.): The question of Jesus Christ in an ecumenical context . Berlin 1980, pp. 28-60.
  • (as ed. with H. Rupprecht) Unio Apostolica. Help in the ministry and life of the presbytery . Berlin / Erfurt 1983 (mach.).
  • Diaspora and ecumenism from a dogmatic (systematic) point of view . In: Catholica 38 (1984), pp. 31-65.
  • Assurance of salvation. A basic theme of Lutheran theology from a Catholic perspective . In: Theologisches Jahrbuch 1985, pp. 381-401.
  • (as ed.) Church in a non-Christian world. Four lectures from the Erfurt Theological Week 1984 (= Erfurt Theologische Schriften 15). St. Benno, Leipzig 1986.
  • The ecclesiological provocation of ecumenical renewal . In: Ökumenische Rundschau 36 (1987), pp. 157-183.
  • (as ed. with Theodor Schneider ) Providence and Action of God (= Erfurt Theological Writings 16). St. Benno, Leipzig 1988; (also as Quaestiones Disputatae 115 ). Herder, Freiburg Br. 1988.
  • (Ed. with Ulrich Kühn) The doctrinal condemnations of the 16th century in ecumenical discussion. Joint statement and contributions to a study by the Ecumenical Working Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians in the Federal Republic of Germany . Leipzig 1992.
    • (therein :) For justification. Hermeneutic preliminary questions and four problem areas , pp. 75–91; To the Eucharist / Last Supper. The Threefold Doctrine of Common Faith in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Lord's Supper , pp. 92–96.
  • “Persevering in proclaiming the Gospel to all Europeans”. Europe and the Churches - from a Catholic perspective . In: Una Sancta 47 (1992), pp. 291-305.
  • Genesis and focus of the Catholic-Lutheran dialogue document “Church and Justification” . In: Catholica 50 (1996), pp. 1-22.
  • Practice and principles of an ecumenical hermeneutics. Shown in the “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification” . In: Bertram Stubenrauch (Ed.): Giving the origin a future. Knowledge of faith in ecumenical responsibility (FS for Wolfgang Beinert) . Freiburg 1998, pp. 185-224.
  • The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. Significance and reception from a Catholic perspective . In: Una Sancta 53 (1998), pp. 353-368.
  • Differentiated consensus and complementarity. Possible ways to unity in diversity . In: Harald Wagner (Ed.): Unity - but how? On the sustainability of the ecumenical formula of the “differentiated consensus” (= Quaestiones Disputatae 184). Herder, Freiburg 2000.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.tdh-online.de/archiv_1996_bis_2007/artikel/3745.php
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Beinert , Konrad Feiereis , Hermann-Josef Röhrig (ed.): On the way to one faith. Festschrift for Lothar Ullrich on his 65th birthday (= Erfurt Theological Studies, 74). St. Benno, Leipzig 1997.

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personal data
SURNAME Ullrich, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic clergyman, dogmatist and fundamental theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Karlshorst
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 2013
Place of death Erfurt