Manfred Weitlauff

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Manfred Weitlauff (born July 31, 1936 in Augsburg ) is a German Catholic theologian . From 1980 to 2001 he was Professor of Church History at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and since 1981 in the same capacity at the Lucerne Theological Faculty .

Life

Manfred Weitlauff attended the Realgymnasium in Augsburg , where he passed his Abitur in 1957 . In the same year he began studying philosophy and theology at Munich University. After completing his studies, he was ordained a priest in July 1963 (diocese, Augsburg) and worked as a chaplain in Dillingen an der Donau and Weilheim in Upper Bavaria . In the autumn of 1965, Weitlauff began to study for a doctorate at the University of Munich and at the same time supervised the Entraching parish near Finning , an office that he held until 1981. As early as May 1967 he became a research assistant at the Chair for Bavarian Church History and in 1972 at the Chair for Church History of the Middle Ages and Modern Times at the University of Munich.

At the beginning of February 1970 he received his doctorate as Dr. theol. with the dissertation Cardinal Johann Theodor von Bayern (1703–1763), Prince-Bishop of Regensburg, Freising and Liège. A bishop's life in the shadow of the Bavarian imperial church policy. It was published in the same year as part of the series Contributions to the History of the Diocese of Regensburg . In February 1977 he qualified as a professor for church history with the habilitation thesis Die Reichskirchenpolitik des Haus Bayern under Elector Max Emanuel (1679–1726). From Max Emanuel's inauguration to the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession (1679−1701).

1977 university lecturer, in September 1980 professor for church history (C2) at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität München (at the same time with teaching assignments at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken), eight months later he accepted the call as full professor for church history at the theological faculty in Lucerne , but also held regular lectures at the theological faculty of the University of Basel . Since September 1986 Weitlauff has been a full professor of Bavarian church history at the University of Munich, succeeding Benno Hubensteiner . In April 1993 he was appointed full professor to the chair for church history of the Middle Ages and modern times at Munich University. His predecessor was Georg Schwaiger , for whom he published a festschrift for his 65th birthday in 1990 . In 1995 (until 1997) he was elected Dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty in Munich and was also a member of the University's Senate from 1998 to 2000 . He has been retired since October 2001 . His students include:

  • Franz Xaver Bischof, Munich
  • Markus Ries, Lucerne
  • Klaus Unterburger, Regensburg
  • Josef Chi-Hon Hwang, Suwon Catholic University, South Korea
  • Wolfgang Lehner, Munich

Weitlauff was (from 1980 to 2017) co-editor of the Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte (and at times its editor-in-chief), the Munich Church History Studies and the History Department of Munich Theological Studies. As an author, he writes for the Historical Lexicon of Bavaria , the Neue Deutsche Biographie and the Theologische Realenzyklopädie , the Lexicon for Theology and Church , Religion in Past and Present and as a reviewer for the Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte, the Rottenburger Jahrbuch für Kirchengeschichte, the Munich Theological Journal, etc. He has been a full member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1991 , of the Philosophical-Historical Class of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 2000, of the Swabian Research Foundation since 2003 and extraordinary member of the Historical Section of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy since 2004 .

From 1989 to 2008 Weitlauff was first chairman of the Joseph Bernhart Society and editor of numerous works by Joseph Bernhart . On December 6, 2003 he was elected as the successor to Eugen Kleindienst as first chairman of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese and held the honorary office until December 3, 2011. His successor was his pupil diocese historian, Cathedral Chapter Thomas Groll.

Honors

For his services, Manfred Weitlauff was appointed papal honorary prelate in June 2001 . In July 2009 he received the Bavarian Order of Merit .

Publications (selection)

author

  • Cardinal Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703–1763). Prince-Bishop of Regensburg, Freising and Liège. ( Dissertation ) Association for the history of the Regensburg diocese, Regensburg 1970.
  • The imperial church policy of the House of Bavaria under Elector Max Emanuel (1679-1726). From Max Emanuel's assumption of power to the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession. ( Habilitation thesis ) EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien 1985, ISBN 978-3-88096-124-1 .
  • Joseph Cardinal Wendel 1901–1952 ... Life and work of a bishop of the era of Pius XII. Contributions to old Bavarian church history, Munich 2001.
  • The Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Munich and its fate in the Third Reich. Contributions to old Bavarian church history, Munich 2005.
  • Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg (1774–1860), Cathedral Capitular of Constance and Augsburg, Vicar General of the Diocese of Constance. Church reformer and church politician 44th yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese I, Augsburg 2010.
  • The fall of the Augsburg diocesan priest and Munich theology professor Joseph Schnitzer (1859–1939). 44th yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese II, Augsburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89870-699-5 .
  • The First Vatican Council (1869/70) became their fate. The Munich church historian Ignaz von Döllinger (1799–1890) and his English pupil John Lord Acton (1834–1902). A contribution to the 150-year “anniversary” of this council (Treatises of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, New Series 144 / I-II). Volume I: Presentation. 494 pages; Volume II: Appendix “Historical review of the development and gradual implementation of the Pope's judicial and magisterial prerogatives - an attempt” and nine supplements to the presentation in Volume I. 359 pages. Munich 2018 [19]. ISBN 978-3-7696-0132-9 (2 volumes).

editor

  • Papacy and Church Reform. Historical posts. with Karl Hausberger , Festschrift for Georg Schwaiger on his 65th birthday, EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien 1990, ISBN 978-3-88096-481-5 .
  • Bishop Ulrich von Augsburg 890−973. His time, his life, his worship. Festschrift on the occasion of the thousandth anniversary of his canonization in 993, Konrad, Weißenhorn 1993, ISBN 978-3-87437-321-0 .
  • Joseph Bernhart, Memoirs 1881–1930 I-II, Konrad, Weißenhorn 1992, ISBN 3-87437-320-7 / 325-8
  • Joseph Bernhart, Sense of History. With lectures and essays on the topic from the years 1918–1961 , Konrad, Weißenhorn 1994. ISBN 3-87437-359-2 .
  • Joseph Bernhart (1881–1969). Two speeches on knowledge, education and academia. Interpretations of life, work and effect. With Abraham Peter Kustermann, Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 978-3-926297-57-0
  • Joseph Bernhart, Diaries and Notes 1935–1947 , Konrad, Weißenhorn 1997, ISBN 3-87437-393-2 .
  • Joseph Bernhart, The Philosophical Mysticism of the Middle Ages from its Ancient Origins to the Renaissance. With writings and articles on the subject from the years 1912–1969 , Konrad, Weißenhorn 2000, ISBN 3-87437-445-9 .
  • Frauenchiemsee Abbey 782–2003. History, art, economy and culture of an old Bavarian Benedictine abbey , with Walter Brugger, Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2003. ISBN 3-87437-460-2 .
  • Joseph Bernhart , Bonifatius 672 / 75–754. Apostle of the Germans , Konrad, Weißenhorn 2004, ISBN 3-87437-477-7 .
  • Holy Afra. An early Christian martyr in history, art and cult. With Melanie Thierbach, Fink, Lindenberg 2004, ISBN 978-3-89870-186-0 .
  • Joseph Bernhart, Interpretations of Time. Writings, articles and previously unpublished lectures on problems in politics and culture from the years 1918–1962 . With an appendix: Lorenz Wachinger, Between Church and Culture. The theologian and writer Joseph Bernhart (1881–1969), with Thomas Groll, Konrad, Weißenhorn 2007. ISBN 978-3-87437-525-2
  • The diocese of Augsburg in the 19th and early 20th centuries. From secularization (1802/03) to the Bavarian Concordat (1924/25). Yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese, Augsburg 2008.
  • Benedictine Abbey of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg (1012–2012). History, art, economy and culture of a former imperial abbey. Festschrift for the millennium I – II, Augsburg 2011. ISBN 978-3-89870-743-5 .

literature

  • Franz Xaver Bischof , Markus Ries (ed.): Church between departure and refusal. Selected contributions to the history of church and theology in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Ceremony for Manfred Weitlauff on his 65th birthday, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 2001, ISBN 978-3-17-016967-8 .
  • Franz Xaver Bischof (Ed.): Truthfulness and Skepticism. Academic celebration for the 75th birthday of Prof. Dr. Manfred Weitlauff on October 28, 2011. Garnies, Haar / Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-926163-79-0 .
  • Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon , Volume 33, De Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-030462-6 , pp. 276-277.

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personal data
SURNAME Weitlauff, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg