Otto Semmelroth
Otto Semmelroth SJ (born December 1, 1912 in Bitburg , † September 24, 1979 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German theologian.
Life
He entered the Low German Jesuit Province in 's-Heerenberg in 1932 . After being ordained a priest in Valkenburg aan de Geul in 1939 , he took his last religious vows in Büren in 1949 . He studied philosophy and theology in Valkenburg and Bonn , where he in 1947 with a thesis on the theology of Pseudo-Dionysius doctorate was. He then taught in Valkenburg, before moving to the PTH Sankt Georgen as professor of dogmatic theology in 1950 ( rector 1972–1978).
Since 1962 present in Rome as a private advisor to Hermann Volks , he became the official peritus from the second period of the Second Vatican Council in 1963 . In 1953 he coined the term “Church as the Primordial Sacrament”, which not only “distributes” sacraments but is “itself a sacrament, an effective sign of God's grace”. The idea and the terminology flowed into the church constitution Lumen Gentium of the council, which was passed on November 21, 1964 .
Otto Semmelroth is buried in the Südfriedhof (Frankfurt am Main) .
Fonts (selection)
- The radiating and uplifting light. The theology of the Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita in a systematic presentation . OCLC 720550217 (also dissertation, Bonn 1947).
- The Church as the Primordial Sacrament. Knecht Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1953.
- Mary or Christ? Christ as the goal of the veneration of Mary. Meditations. Frankfurt am Main 1954, OCLC 721374007 .
- with Linus Hofmann: The layman in the church. His mission - his rights. Trier 1955, OCLC 174847258 .
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God and man in encounter. A look through the Catholic doctrine. Frankfurt am Main 1956, OCLC 13916390 .
- God and man in encounter. A look through the Catholic doctrine. 2nd edition, Frankfurt am Main 1958, OCLC 264801064 .
- De ontmoeting van God en mens. Antwerp 1958, OCLC 901348682 .
- Dios y el hombre al encuentro. Perspectiva de los dogmas católicos. Madrid 1959, OCLC 865245015 .
- Incontro personale con Dio. Le grandi verità della fede come incontro con Dio. Alba 1959, OCLC 72361611 .
- Rencontre de Dieu. Théologie pour laïcs. Tours 1963, OCLC 460356342 .
literature
- Jude Chikodi Ike: The church as locus of man's encounter with God. A study of the theology of Otto Semmelroth and its implication for the Church in Africa , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-61709-0 (also dissertation, PTH Sankt Georgen 1996).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegfried Wiedenhofer : Ecclesiology. In: Theodor Schneider (Ed.): Handbuch der Dogmatik. Volume 2, 4th edition. Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-491-69024-0 , pp. 47–154, here p. 210.
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SURNAME | Semmelroth, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and Jesuit |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bitburg |
DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1979 |
Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |