Otto Wermelinger

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Otto Wermelinger (born June 10, 1939 in Willisau ) is a Swiss church historian .

Life

After receiving his doctorate in 1973 as Dr. theol. at the Institut Catholique de Paris he became an adjunct professor in Freiburg im Üechtland in 1976 and a full professor at the University of Freiburg i. Üe. for patristicism, the history of the old church and the history of dogmas. Between 1991 and 1995 he was Vice Rector of the University. Otto Wermelinger retired in January 2009.

His main research interests are Latin patristics and church history. He was editor of the book series Paradosis .

Fonts (selection)

  • Rome and Pelagius. The theological position of the Roman bishops in the Pelagian dispute in the years 411–432 (= Popes and Papacy . Volume 7). Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-7772-7516-6 (also dissertation, Institut Catholique de Paris 1973).
  • as editor with Jean-Daniel Kaestli : Le canon de l'ancien testament. Sa formation et son histoire (= Le monde de la Bible ). Éditions Labor et Fides, Genève 1984, ISBN 2-8309-0008-1 .
  • as editor with Werner Steinmann: Aurelius Augustinus : From the first catechetical lessons (= writings of the church fathers . Volume 7). Kösel, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-466-25037-4 .
  • as editor with Henri-Irénée Marrou : John J. O'Meara : La jeunesse de saint Augustin. Introduction à la lecture des Confessions (= Vestigia. Pensée antique et médiévale . Volume 3). Èd. Univ., Friborg 1988, ISBN 2-8271-0377-X .
  • as editor with Dirk van Damme : Othmar Perler : Sapientia et caritas. Collected essays for his 90th birthday (= Paradosis. Contributions to the history of early Christian literature and theology . Volume 29). Universitätsverlag, Friborg 1990, ISBN 3-7278-0684-2 .
  • as editor with Marie-Anne Vannier and Gregor Wurst : “Anthropos laïkos”. Mélanges Alexandre Faivre à l'occasion de ses 30 ans d'enseignement (= Paradosis. Contributions to the history of early Christian literature and theology . Volume 44). Universitätsverlag, Friborg 2000, ISBN 2-8271-0882-8 .
  • as editor with Johannes van Oort and Gregor Wurst: Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West. Proceeding of the Friborg-Utrecht symposium of the International Association of Manichaean Studies (IAMS) (= Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies . Volume 49). Brill, Leiden 2001, ISBN 90-04-11423-8 .
    • as editor with Johannes Van Oort and Gregor Wurst: Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West. Proceeding of the Friborg-Utrecht symposium of the International Association of Manichaean Studies (IAMS) (= Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies . Volume 49). Brill, Leiden 2012, ISBN 978-90-04-22685-2 .
  • as editor with Pierre-Yves Fux and Jean-Michel Roessli : “Augustinus Afer”. Saint Augustine. Africanité et universalité. Actes du colloque international, Alger-Annaba, 1–7 avril 2001 (= Paradosis. Contributions to the history of early Christian literature and theology . Volume 45). Universitätsverlag, Friborg 2003, ISBN 2-8271-0943-3 .
  • as editor with Philippe Bruggisser , Beat Näf and Jean-Michel Roessli: Mauritius and the Thebaic Legion. Saint Maurice et la légion thébaine. Files of the international colloquium, Freiburg, Saint-Maurice, Martigny, 17. – 20. September 2003. Actes du colloque international Friborg, Saint-Maurice, Martigny, 17–20 September 2003 (= Paradosis. Contributions to the history of early Christian literature and theology . Volume 49). Universitätsverlag, Friborg 2005, ISBN 3-7278-1527-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wermelinger, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss church historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Willisau