Richard Gutzwiller

Richard Gutzwiller SJ (born May 26, 1896 in Basel , † May 29, 1958 in Zurich ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic priest and theologian .

Life

Richard Gutzwiller joined the Society of Jesus in 1915. After his ordination in 1926, he worked in Zurich as a student and academic chaplain from 1928. In 1952 he became honorary professor for biblical theological questions in Innsbruck and director of the Apologetic Institute of the Swiss Catholic People's Association .

Richard Gutzwiller was a mentor and pastor of the ultra-conservative Swiss politician James Schwarzenbach , who after a year of teaching at Gutzwiller in on February 10, 1933 Zurich Liebfrauenkirche the Roman Catholic baptism received. Schwarzenbach repeatedly speaks of the Gutzwiller in his diaries from 1933 to 1943.

Politically, Gutzwiller was an advocate of a backward-looking Catholicism. He advocated the corporate state and had sympathy for authoritarian states, notably the Franco dictatorship of Spain.

Publications (selection)

Jesus the Messiah. Christ in the Gospel of Matthew . Einsiedeln 1949, OCLC 456637143 .
Lord of the rulers. Christ in the secret revelation . Einsiedeln 1951, OCLC 803735360 .
Meditations on John . Einsiedeln 1958, OCLC 1132131147 .
The parables of the Lord . Einsiedeln 1961, OCLC 1021074067 .

Web links

Literature by and about Richard Gutzwiller in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature by and about Richard Gutzwiller in the bibliographic database WorldCat

swell

Josef Bruhin: Richard Gutzwiller. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 15, 2014 , accessed February 8, 2020 .

Individual evidence

↑ A baptism certificate is in the collection of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. This is an excerpt from the baptismal register, which was published on 9 . March 1949 was created.
↑ James Schwarzenbach's diaries 1933 to 1943 are in the Archives for Contemporary History at ETH Zurich
↑ Isabel Drews: Swiss awake. Right-wing populist James Schwarzenbach (1967-1978). Studies in contemporary history. Edited by Urs Altermatt. Frauenfeld 2005. S. 40. Ed .: Urs Altermatt. tape 7 . Huber, Frauenfeld 2005, ISBN 978-3-7193-1380-7 , pp. 40 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gutzwiller, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	May 26, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	May 29, 1958
Place of death	Zurich

[1] A baptism certificate is in the collection of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. This is an excerpt from the baptismal register, which was published on 9 . March 1949 was created.

[2] James Schwarzenbach's diaries 1933 to 1943 are in the Archives for Contemporary History at ETH Zurich

[3] Isabel Drews: Swiss awake. Right-wing populist James Schwarzenbach (1967-1978). Studies in contemporary history. Edited by Urs Altermatt. Frauenfeld 2005. S. 40. Ed .: Urs Altermatt. tape 7 . Huber, Frauenfeld 2005, ISBN 978-3-7193-1380-7 , pp. 40 .