Oskar Farner

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Oskar Farner (born September 22, 1884 in Unterstammheim , † July 16, 1958 in Zurich ) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman and Zwingli researcher .

Life

Oskar Farner was the son of Alfred Farner († 1908), pastor of the Reformed Church in Unterstammheim .

He matriculated to study theology at the University of Basel with lectures by Paul Wernle , which he continued at the University of Marburg , the University of Berlin and the University of Zurich .

In 1908 he became pastor in Zollikon and was then from 1937 to 1950 as pastor at the Grossmünster in Zurich; During this time he drafted a Christmas letter to the Jews of Switzerland in 1942 , in which he pointed out that Adolf Hitler was initially targeting the Jews and then all of Christianity . This letter was signed by 37 personalities, including Karl Barth , Emil Brunner and Eberhard Vischer , and is probably the first document in the history of Christianity in which Christians confessed to Judaism.

From 1932 he was on the church council and from 1947 to 1955 president of the church council as well as editor-in-chief of the church messenger for the canton of Zurich .

As early as 1951, he called the leading men of the German- Swiss Evangelical Reformed regional churches together to make contact with the leadership of the German Evangelical Church Congress , so that in the following year over 3000 Swiss people took part in the Stuttgart Church Congress.

Oskar Farner was married to Mary Wieser (1891–1963) since 1916.

Scientific work

In 1930 he became, with his habilitation thesis Die Kirchenpatrozinien des Kanton Graubünden on its importance for research into the oldest missionary history in Switzerland , private lecturer for church history at the theological faculty of the University of Zurich; from 1938 to 1954 he was adjunct professor . For the most part, he dealt with Huldrych Zwingli and wrote various translations, commentaries and interpretations on this, as well as devoting himself to the Zurich Reformation . Among other things, he published articles in the Zwingliana magazine .

honors and awards

Memberships

  • Oskar Farner was on the board of the Zwingliverein.

Fonts (selection)

  • Zwingli's significance for the present . Zurich: Beer & Cie, 1919.
  • Zwingli's domestic life . Zurich Buchdr. Report house 1919.
  • The church patronage of the canton of Graubünden on their importance for research into the oldest mission history in Switzerland . Munich: E. Reinhardt, 1925.
  • The Zwingli picture of Luther . Tuebingen Mohr 1931.
  • The chronicle of Huldrych Zwingli's death . Zurich: Report house printing house, 1931.
  • Leonhard von Muralt ; Oskar Farner: Of divine and human justice; socio-political writings for the present . Zurich, Leipzig & Stuttgart Rascher 1934.
  • Oskar Farner; Fritz Deringer: The first century of the secondary school in Stammheim, 1837–1937 . Andelfingen: Buchdr. W. Hepting, 1937.
  • Lavater's youth . Zurich: Zwingli-Verlag, 1939.
  • Emil Brunner ; Oskar Farner: Zurich Church Law and Christian Church: Report of the theological sub-commission on the relations between church and state . Zurich: Schulth, 1939.
  • Country! Country! Words from Johann Caspar Lavater . Zurich: Zwingli-Verlag, 1941.
  • Oskar Farner; Hans Hoffmann; Otto Münch ; Ernst Winizki: The big turning point in Zurich: Otto Münch's Zwingli door at the Großmünster . Zurich: Zwingli-Verlag 1941.
  • Carl Ludwig ; Oskar Farner: The order of the day: What do our people expect from their church? Zollikon-Zurich: Evangel. Verlag AG, 1942.
  • The subordinate and his wife: four pictures from the Reformation time traced back to old reports . Zurich Zwingli-Verl. 1943.
  • God is master: Zwingli words for our time . Zurich: Zwingli-Verlag, 1944.
  • Karl Barth; Oskar Farner; Paul Vogt : The Protestant Church in Germany after the collapse of the Third Reich . Zollikon-Zurich: Evangelischer Verlag AG, 1945.
  • Martin Luther: a word of memory . Zollikon-Zurich: Evangelischer Verlag, 1946.
  • The reformer Huldrych Zwingli; his life and work . Zurich, Zwingli-Verlag 1949.
  • The Carter of God A Zwingli play in 5 pictures . Zurich Zwingli-Verlag 1949.
  • Leo Judah ; Oskar Farner: Catechisms . Zurich: M. Niehans, 1955.
  • From Zwingli's sermons on Isaiah and Jeremiah. Unknown postscripts, selected and edited by Oskar Farner . Zurich: Verlagberichthaus, 1957.
  • Postscripts unknown from Zwingli's sermons on Matthew, Mark and John . Zurich Publishing House 1957.
  • Huldrych Zwingli . Zurich 1943–1960. 4 volumes.
  • Reformation renewal of the Church and the people in Zurich and the Confederation 1525–1531 . Zurich 1960.
  • Markers for reflection on the ministry of the Church . Zurich; Stuttgart: Zwingli-Verlag, 1962.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Beintker, Christian Link, Michael Trowitzsch: Karl Barth in European contemporary events (1935–1950): Resistance - Probation - Orientation: Contributions to the International Symposium from May 1st to 4th, 2008 in the Johannes a Lasco Library Emden . Theological Publishing House Zurich, 2010, ISBN 978-3-290-17531-3 , p. 204 ( google.de [accessed December 2, 2019]).
  2. ^ Frank Jehle: Emil Brunner: Theologe in the 20th century . Theological Publishing House Zurich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-290-17392-0 , pp. 397 ( google.de [accessed on December 2, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Hope for our future: German-Swiss Protestant Kirchentag Basel. In: Journal for Swiss Institutions No. 34 v. 1963. Retrieved December 2, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Zwingliana 10/2 (1954). Retrieved December 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Farner, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farner, Oscar; Farner-Wieser, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant clergyman and Zwingli researcher
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Unterstammheim
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1958
Place of death Zurich