Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen

Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen

The Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen (Latin: Studium Theologicum Academicum Brixinense, Italian : Studio Teologico Accademico Bressanone ) is a Roman Catholic university in Bressanone in South Tyrol .

History and meaning

The establishment of the university goes back to a decision of the Council of Trento . On November 19, 1607, the institution was founded as the Brixen seminary. The Philosophical-Theological University of Bressanone is the academic training center of the Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen for priests and deacons, for pastoral assistants, for religious teachers and other pastoral professions. As the oldest scientific institution in South Tyrol, it is still one of the most important academic institutions in the country alongside the Free University of Bolzano , Eurac and Claudiana .

Degree programs and courses

The diploma course in Catholic theology leads in ten semesters to the academic degree of bachelor's degree in papal law and, after enrollment at the University of Innsbruck, to a master's degree in theology of Austrian law.

The study in Catholic Religious Education leads in ten semesters to the academic degree of the bachelor's degree under papal law and after enrollment in Innsbruck to the Bachelor or Master of Arts - specialization in Catholic religious education. The study of religious education is structured according to the specifications of the Bologna Declaration. The curriculum corresponds to the requirements of the Italian Bishops' Conference for the Higher Institutes of Theol. Education (Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose). The teacher training course is carried out in Italian at the Istituto di Scienze Religiose in Bolzano. The course in Catholic Religious Education is also offered as a part-time course.

A four-year bachelor's degree in philosophy is offered in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck .

Following the example of the theological courses , the university also offers the Brixen theological courses , which are aimed at those interested in theology and seekers inside and outside the Catholic Church.

The university also has the interreligious and ecumenical De Pace Fidei Institute for Peace, Justice and the Integrity of Creation (founded in 1994; newly constituted in 2010).

Library

→ Main article : Library of the Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen

Brixner Theological Yearbook

As the successor to Brixen Theological Forum / Forum Teologico Bressanone (= Conference Gazette 1889–2009), the Brixen Theological Yearbook has been published since 2010 on behalf of the professors of the Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen .

Deans

• 1979–1982 Arnold Stiglmair
• 1982–1985 Wilhelm Egger
• 1985–1991 Johannes Messner
• 1991–1995 Karl Golser
• 1995–1997 Florian Pitschl
• 1997-2001 Alois Gurndin
• 2001-2005 Karl Golser
• 2005–2007 Hansjörg Rigger
• 2008–2011 Arnold Stiglmair
• 2011–2015 Paolo Renner
• 2015–2019 Ulrich Fistill
• since 2019 Alexander Notdurfter

Personalities

• Joseph Anton Hofer (1742–1820), theologian, professor of canon law
• Joseph Ambrosius Stapf (1785–1844), theologian, professor of morality and education
• Joseph Vincenz Hofmann (1800–1863), theologian, professor of hermeneutics of the new covenant and the Greek language, later professor of morality and education
• Alois Flir (1805–1859), theologian, writer, politician, professor at the University of Innsbruck
• Simon Aichner (1816–1910), Prince-Bishop of Brixen
• Josef Freinademetz (1852–1908), missionary and saint, studied at the Brixen University of Applied Sciences
• Johannes Messner (1891–1984), theologian, legal scholar, politician, studied theology at the University of Bressanone
• Josef Zotz (1902–1941), priest and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, graduate of the university (1926)
• Franz Reinisch (1903-1942), theologian, the only priest who the oath of allegiance to Hitler refused, and was executed
• Karl Schmidhofer (1915–2007), theologian, canon, cathedral dean, professor at the University of Bressanone
• Joseph Gargitter (1917–1991), professor at the university from 1950 until his appointment as Bishop of Brixen (1952)
• Josef Michaeler (1927–2007), theologian, em. Professor of Canon Law at the University of Bressanone
• Herbert Paulmichl (* 1935), composer and organist, studied theology at the University of Bressanone
• Josef Gelmi (* 1937), theologian, em. Professor of Church History at the Brixen University of Applied Sciences
• Wilhelm Egger (1940–2008), professor of the New Testament at the University of Bressanone until his appointment as Bishop of Bozen-Brixen
• Luis Lintner (1940–2002), missionary to Brazil, murdered on May 16, 2002 in Salvador da Bahia, studied from 1964 to 1966 at the Bressanone University
• Karl Golser (1943–2016), professor and head of the institution until his appointment as Bishop of Bozen-Brixen
• Karl Gruber (* 1943), theologian, art historian, professor of Christian art and monument preservation
• Ivo Muser (* 1962), Regens from 1996 to 2010, Professor of Dogmatics from 2002 to 2012 and Cathedral Dean from 2005 until his appointment as Bishop of Bozen-Brixen
• Michele Tomasi (* 1965), Regens from 2012 to 2016 and lecturer in Christian Social Doctrine from 2000 to his appointment as Bishop of Treviso (2019)
• Jörg Ernesti (* 1966), theologian, professor at the University of Augsburg and lecturer in church history at the University of Bressanone
• Martin M. Lintner (* 1972), theologian, professor for moral theology and spiritual theology at the University of Bressanone
• Christoph J. Amor (* 1979), theologian, professor of dogmatics and director of the theological courses at the Brixen University of Applied Sciences

literature

• Josef Gelmi: "Pietas et scientia". 400 years of the Brixen seminary. 1607-2007. Weger, Brixen 2007, ISBN 978-88-88910-47-5 .
• Karl Gruber: The seminary in Brixen. With Holy Cross Church, library and Phil. Theol. University. Tappeiner, Bozen 1990, ISBN 88-7073-074-4 .

Web links

• Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the seminary according to the diocese of Bozen-Brixen
2. ↑ Bachelor's degree in philosophy at the University of Innsbruck on uibk.ac.at (last accessed on May 31, 2020).
3. ^ Brixner Theological Courses at hochschulebrixen.it (last accessed on June 13, 2020).
4. ^ Institute for Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation: History of the Institute. Archived from the original on March 22, 2008 ; Retrieved March 30, 2011 . 
5. ↑ Brixner Theologisches Jahrbuch on tyroliaverlag.at (last accessed on May 31, 2020).
6. ↑ Notdurfter is the first layperson as dean in the more than 400-year history of the PTH press release of the dioceses of Bozen-Brixen dated June 5, 2019 (last accessed on June 13, 2020).