Reiner Kaczynski

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Reiner Kaczynski (born May 11, 1939 in Breslau ; † January 15, 2015 in Flintsbach am Inn ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and liturgical scholar .

Life

Reiner Kaczynski studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1958 to 1965 after graduating from the Humanistic Gymnasium in Rosenheim . On October 10, 1964, he was ordained a priest in Rome. After pastoral work as a chaplain in Munich , he completed a further degree in theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and at the German Liturgical Institute (DIL) in Trier , where he was also a research assistant for the courses at the Liturgical Institute from 1968 to 1970 was in Trier. In 1971 he was supported by the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Trier in Balthasar Fischer with the liturgy scientific work The Word of God in the liturgy and daily life of the communities of St. John Chrysostom to Dr. theol. PhD.

He was a consultant for the German-speaking area at the Congregation for Divine Worship (during the tenure of Prefects Antonio Samorè and James Robert Knox and Secretary Annibale Bugnini ) at the Curia in Rome (1971-1976) and a permanent guest of the Liturgy Commission of the German Bishops' Conference as well of the International Working Group of Liturgical Commissions in the German Language Area (IAG) (1971–2001). In 1976 he became a full member of the German Liturgical Institute in Trier.

After a lectureship in liturgical studies at the University of Regensburg and an (incomplete) Habilitation studies at the University of Muenster followed 1,980 reputation as Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) in Munich. At the same time, he was appointed director of the Herzogliches Georgianum seminary in Munich, the second oldest Catholic seminary in the world. In 2004 he retired.

Kaczynski was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Consultor of the Congregation for Divine Worship (since 1989: Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments ) (1984-1994). From 1987 to 2005 he was a member of the Diocesan Commission for Liturgy and Church Music in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising .

Act

With his works Catecheses baptismales (Renewal of the Liturgy) and Sacrosanctum concilium (Second Vatican Council), Kaczynski presented two extensive works that have appeared in several languages. Since the adoption of the liturgy constitution, he has compiled the relevant Roman documents for the public in the three volumes of his Enchiridion documentorum instaurationis liturgicae . With more than 300 publications, he has commented on and scientifically accompanied the efforts for liturgical reform within the Catholic Church.

honors and awards

  • Manifestatio Ecclesiae: Studies on pontifical and episcopal liturgy (Festschrift Reiner Kaczynski on the age of 65 on May 11, 2004, edited by Winfried Haunerland , Otto Mittermeier, Monika Selle et al.)
  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by Federal President Horst Köhler (2007)
  • Academic ceremony in the Ducal Georgianum for the 70th birthday (2009)

Fonts (in selection)

Reiner Kaczynski's bibliography

  • 1963–2003 in: Winfried Haunerland , Otto Mittermeier, Monika Selle, Wolfgang Steck, Manifestatio Ecclesiae. Studies on pontifical and episcopal liturgy. Pustet, Regensburg 2004, ISBN 3-7917-1885-1 , (note 134), pp. 615-634.
  • 2004–2009 in: Winfried Haunerland, liturgical science in research and teaching. On the history of a theological discipline at LMU, in: MThZ , year 61, 2010, pp. 149–176.

Publications in book form

  • The Word of God in the liturgy and everyday life of the communities of Johannes Chrysostom (= Freiburg theological studies, Volume 94) (At the same time: Hochschulschrift Trier, Theol. Fac., Diss.), Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-451- 16782-4 .
  • (Ed.), We come before your face. Sermons for the completion of the Mass , Pustet 1978, ISBN 3-7917-0544-X .
  • together with Schalom Ben-Chorin , Otto Knoch : The prayer among Jews and Christians , Pustet 1982, ISBN 3-7917-0758-2
  • (Translation and introduction), Catecheses baptismales, Greek, German, baptismal catechesis, Johannes Chrysostomus (= Fontes Christiani, Volume 6), Freiburg (Breisgau), Basel, Vienna, Barcelona, ​​Rome, New York 1992
  • (Ed.) Church, art collection and library of the Ducal Georgianum , Schnell and Steiner 1994, ISBN 3-7954-1072-X .
  • Sacrosanctum concilium (commentary), (= Concilium Vaticanum. Herder's Theological Commentary on the Second Vatican Council (Part 2: 1962–1965), Part 2, Volume 2), Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-451-28531- 2 , special edition, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-29965-0 .

Contributions in compilations and articles

  • Critical objections to the liturgical reform, justified or not? Presentation at the liturgical reform forum, wrong path or necessity of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria on October 17, 1976 in Munich , (= writings of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria ), Munich 1976.
  • Peter Stockmeier (Ed.), Conflict in the Church. Is there a threat of a split in the church? (= Writings of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria, Volume 78), Düsseldorf 1977, ISBN 3-491-77573-6 .
  • Attack on the liturgy constitution? Comments on a new translator's instruction , in: Voices of the Time , 219th year, 2001, issue 10, pp. 651–668.

Literature on Reiner Kaczynski

  • Joseph Ratzinger , To the renewal of the liturgy. Answer to Reiner Kaczynski , in: Voices of the time, 219th year, 2001, issue 12, p. 837ff.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Death of a well-known theologian. Professor Reiner Kaczynski has passed away ( Memento from January 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), press release of the Münchner Kirchennachrichten, January 18, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c d biography of Reiner Kaczynski ( memento from January 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , accessed on January 18, 2015
  3. ↑ http://www.liturgie.de/liturgie/index.php?atei=info/aktuelles/aktuell20150117&bereich=info
  4. ↑ Retirement
  5. ↑ † Reiner Kaczynski , German Liturgical Institute Trier, January 18, 2015
  6. ↑ a b Honor for Prof. Dr. Reiner Kaczynski , LMU press release of April 18, 2007, accessed on January 18, 2015
  7. ^ Winfried Haunerland, liturgical science in research and teaching. On the history of a theological discipline at LMU, in: MThZ, year 61, 2010, pp. 149–176.
  8. ↑ The use of the vernacular in the publication of the books of the Roman liturgy. Fifth instruction "for the proper execution of the Constitution of the Second Vatican Council on the Sacred Liturgy" (on Art. 36 of the Constitution) (German version on the Vatican website in excerpt)
personal data
SURNAME Kaczynski, Reiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and liturgical scholar
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 2015
Place of death Flintsbach am Inn