Oscar Cullmann

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Oscar Cullmann (born February 25, 1902 in Strasbourg , † January 16, 1999 in Chamonix ) was a Protestant theologian and exegete .

Live and act

Oscar Cullmann studied classical philology and Protestant theology at the University of Strasbourg , where he later also taught. From 1938 to 1972 he taught ancient church history and the New Testament at the University of Basel , of which he was also rector from 1968 to 1972. From 1948 he held additional professorships in Paris at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes, at the Faculté des Lettres of the Sorbonne and at the Faculté libre de Théologie Protestante in Paris. In 1972 he retired, which was followed by a research stay at the Ecumenical Institute in Tantur near Jerusalem. In 1979 he was accepted as a commandeur in the French Legion of Honor .

Cullmann's specialty was New Testament exegesis , the early Church, and salvation . He was particularly committed in the sense of ecumenism by emphasizing the fundamental similarities of the Christian churches and at the end of the 1950s he launched the idea of ​​an ecumenical collection. As a Lutheran, he could also teach about Catholic theology without having to hide his denominational origins. He was received by three Popes ( Pius XII , John XXIII and Paul VI ) at a time when interdenominational dialogue was not yet sufficiently advanced for official contacts to be common at the highest level . To Pope Paul VI. Cullmann also maintained a personal friendship. On the basis of these contacts, Karl Barth once said : «On Mr. Cullmann's tombstone there will be written“ Friends of three Popes ””.

Cullmann was active in the World Council of Churches and took part as an observer at the Second Vatican Council at the personal invitation of the Papal Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity and its President Augustin Cardinal Bea .

His students include Rudolf Bohren , Lukas Vischer , Felix Christ and Antonio Ambrosianio .

Fonts

  • Christ's rule and Church in the New Testament , 1941
  • Les Premières Confessions de foi Chrétiennes , 1943
  • Early Christianity and Divine Service , 1944
  • Christ and Time: The Early Christian Concept of Time and History , 1946
  • Christmas in the old church , 1947
  • The New Testament doctrine of baptism. Adult and Child Baptism , 1948
  • Peter. Disciples - Apostles - Martyrs: The Historical and Theological Problem of Peter , 1952
  • La Tradition: Problème exégétique, historique et théologique , 1953
  • The State in the New Testament , 1956
  • Dieu et César: Le procès de Jésus, Saint Paul et l'Autorité, l'Apocalypse et l'Etat totalitaire , 1956
  • The Christology of the New Testament , 1957
  • Catholics and Protestants: A Proposal for Realizing Christian Solidarity , 1958
  • Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Dead? , 1962.
  • Salvation as history: Existence in salvation history in the New Testament , 1965
  • Lectures and essays 1925–1962 , edited by Karlfried Froehlich. JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1966, ISBN 978-3-16-103201-1
  • Le Nouveau Testament , 1966
  • Jesus and the Revolutionaries of His Time: Worship, Society, Politics , 1970
  • The Johannine Circle: Its place in late Judaism, in the discipleship of Jesus and in early Christianity. On the origin of the Gospel of John , 1975
  • Unity through diversity. Foundation and contribution to the discussion about the possibilities of their realization , 1986
  • The prayer in the New Testament: At the same time an attempt at an answer to today's questions to be given from the New Testament , 1994

literature

  • Karlfried Froehlich (ed.): Testimonia Oecumenica. In honor of Oscar Cullmann octogenarii die XXV februarii AD MCMLXXXII , Refo Druck Hans Vogler, Tübingen 1982
  • Stephan Leimgruber / Max Schoch (eds.): Against God forgetting. Swiss theologians in the 19th and 20th centuries , Herder, Freiburg 1990, ISBN 3-451-21986-7
  • Klaus-Gunther Wesseling :  Oscar Cullmann. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 294-330.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive  on 2007-06-29)
  • Cilliers Breytenbach / Rudolf Hoppe (eds.): New Testament Science after 1945. Main representative of German-language exegesis in the presentation of its students , Neukirchener, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7887-2274-6
  • Daniel Suter: Scholars' bequests from 550 years. Accompanying publication to the exhibition “Collect, sift, make visible. Scholars' bequests from 550 years ” , University Library Basel, Basel 2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Felix Christ: Oscar Cullmann (* 1902), pioneer of the modern ecumenical encounter . In: Stephan Leimgruber, Max Schoch (Hrsg.): Gegen die Gottvergessenheit, Swiss theologians in the 19th and 20th centuries , Herder, Freiburg 1990, ISBN 3-451-21986-7 , p. 539
  2. ^ Karlfried Froehlich: Oscar Cullmann (1902-1999). In: Cilliers Breytenbach, Rudolf Hoppe (ed.): New Testament Science after 1945, main representative of German-language exegesis in the presentation of its students. , Neukirchener, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7887-2274-6 , pp. 168-176
personal data
SURNAME Cullmann, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1999
Place of death Chamonix