Otto Hermann Pesch
Otto Hermann Pesch (born October 8, 1931 in Cologne ; † September 8, 2014 ) was a Roman Catholic theologian and university professor .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1952, Otto Hermann Pesch studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the then Philosophical-Theological University of the Dominicans in Walberberg and at the University of Munich . In 1958 he was ordained a priest. In 1965 he became a lecturer in Walberberg. He did his doctorate at the University of Munich under Heinrich Fries on the subject of theology of justification under Martin Luther and Thomas von Aquin: attempting a systematic-theological dialogue . In 1972 he left the Dominican Order and married. From 1975 to 1998 he was a Roman Catholic theologian and held a professorship for systematic theology at the Protestant theological faculty of the University of Hamburg. Pesch was particularly committed to ecumenism and urged progress in this area. He was a corresponding member of the Ecumenical Working Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians and one of the few Catholic Luther researchers today.
His main research interests were Luther and other Reformation theologians on the one hand, and medieval theology on the other, for example Thomas Aquinas . In 2008 he reached a certain public with his proposal to completely “rehabilitate” the father of the Evangelical Church , Martin Luther, from a Catholic perspective on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation year (2017) .
The Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Jena awarded Pesch an honorary doctorate for his achievements in Luther research in 2008 .
Works
- Accountability for Faith , Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1970
- Speaking Faith , Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1970
- To be free by grace. Theological Anthropology , Freiburg im Breisgau 1983
- Theology of justification in Martin Luther and Thomas von Aquin: attempt at a systematic-theological dialogue , Ostfildern 1985, ISBN 3-7867-1161-5
- Christian life practice - today and here , Würzburg 1994, ISBN 3-429-01631-2
- Thomas Aquinas. Limits and greatness of medieval theology. An introduction , Ostfildern 1995, ISBN 3-7867-1371-5
- The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). Prehistory, course, results, post-history , Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7867-8393-4
- Introduction to Luther , Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-7867-2525-X
- Why do you have such big ears? Little Red Riding Hood - "theologically" made heard (= TOPOS-plus pocket books, vol. 555), Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-7867-8555-4
- Catholic dogmatics from ecumenical experience , Vol. I: The history of people with God , Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 3-7867-2627-2 ; Vol. II: The story of God with people , 2009, ISBN 3-7867-2638-8
- Grace and justification on the eve of the Reformation and with Luther. Pp. 1–15, unpublished text, www.uni-heidelberg.de, accessed February 6, 2018 [1]
- Article Faith in the 2nd edition of the LThK
Web links
- Obituary from the Department of Protestant Theology at the University of Hamburg
- Literature by and about Otto Hermann Pesch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Otto Hermann Pesch in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary by Joachim Frank in Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger of September 11, 2014, p. 23.
- ↑ See e.g. BA Otto: Fear of being ripped off. Ecumenism: Catholic theologian Otto Hermann Pesch complains of tiredness and exhaustion. In: Ruhrwort, May 22, 1999.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pesch, Otto Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 2014 |