Theodor Filthaut

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Theodor Filthaut (born October 27, 1907 in Duisburg , † October 31, 1967 in Essen ) was professor of pastoral theology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.

Life

Theodor Filthaut was born on October 27, 1907 in Duisburg, the second child of a family of booksellers. After attending grammar school in Oberhausen, where he passed his matriculation examination in 1927, he first studied German and English at the University of Innsbruck until he studied Catholic theology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and at the Westphalian Wilhelms from 1929 to 1934 -University in Münster.

After Filthaut was ordained a priest in Münster in 1934 by the bishop and later Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen , he was initially a pastor in various parishes in the Münsterland until 1937. Since 1937 he worked as an assistant and lecturer at the "Religionshochschule" in Elkeringhausen near Winterberg, a forerunner of the later teacher training colleges.

With the thesis "The controversy over the mysteries teaching, represented by its current state" Filthaut in 1947 Theological Catholic in the faculty of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Dr. theol. PhD. Subsequently, he was initially a lecturer for religious studies and religious education at the "special course for the training of teachers for the elementary school" in Wadersloh and then administrator of the "department for church teacher training in the diocese of Münster". In 1956 he qualified as a professor at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen with a thesis on "The Kingdom of God in Catechetical Instruction. A Historical and Systematic Investigation" and received the license to teach pastoral theology.

From 1957 to 1967 Theodor Filthaut taught as a full professor for pastoral theology and liturgy in the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. On October 27, 1967, on his 60th birthday, in a small ceremony, he was able to receive the commemorative publication "Die Neue Gemeinde", which was dedicated to him by his students, colleagues and friends, before he suddenly died four days later.

Life's work

Filthaut was a scholar of international importance. His research and teaching were characterized by unconditional objectivity and great openness to questions and problems in the Church of the present. He was co-editor and editor of " Diakonia. International Journal for the Practice of the Church ".

As a full professor of pastoral theology and liturgy, Filthaut gave, both verbally and in writing, various pastoral theological suggestions for the renewal of church pastoral care. For him there was pastoral care that was appropriate to the nature and the time, on the one hand for the school in a comprehensive education based on faith and on the other hand for the community in the Easter proclamation of the faith combined with a liturgical renewal.

These two subject areas formed the main focus of his teaching and research. Both his own publications in books and magazine articles as well as the dissertation topics of his doctoral students and the topics of the post-doctoral candidates focused on teaching and proclaiming the faith. His students included Adolf Exeler , Wolfgang Offele, Gerhard Bellinger , Gerhard Mücher and Franz Kamphaus , all of whom have become professors at a university. In addition, Exeler became his successor in Münster and Kamphaus Bishop of Limburg.

Fonts

  • The controversy over the doctrine of the mysteries . Warendorf 1947 (French 1954; Spanish 1963)
  • Church art of the present . Recklinghausen 1954 (English 1956)
  • Holy meal . Prayers. Recklinghausen 1955
  • The kingdom of God in catechetical instruction . (= Studies on theology of Pastoral Care, Vol. XII). Freiburg i. Br. 1958 (Italian. 1963)
  • Annunciation and Faith . Festival ceremony for Franz X. Arnold. Freiburg i. Br. 1958
  • Basic questions of liturgical formation . Düsseldorf 1960 (Spanish 1964, ²1965; English 1965; Italian 1966)
  • Israel in Christian instruction . Munich 1963 (English 1965)
  • The kingdom of God and the teaching of the faith . Freiburg i. Br. 1964 (span. 1967)
  • Sign of the resurrection . Mainz 1965, Leipzig 1967
  • Church building and liturgical reform . Mainz 1965
  • Political Education from Faith . Mainz 1965 (Spanish 1968)
  • Repentance and renewal . Church after the council. Mainz 1966
  • Faith and School . Basic thoughts on the school dispute. Mainz 1967
  • Aspects of the religious instruction of tomorrow (= current writings on religious education, vol. 15). Freiburg i. Br. Posthumously 1968 (ital. 1969)

Furthermore: Filthaut has written a large number of articles in scientific compilations such as commemorative publications and handbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries as well as a whole series of articles in scientific journals, whose topics deal with questions of pastoral care, such as preaching and instruction, liturgy and ecumenism.

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SURNAME Filthaut, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic pastoral theology and liturgical scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1967
Place of death eat