Theofried builder

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Theofried Baumeister OFM (born April 3, 1941 in Recklinghausen ) is a German Catholic church historian . He was Professor of Ancient Church History, Patrology and Christian Archeology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Mainz . Through his research he has made a name for himself in particular in the areas of hagiography and coptology .

Life

Baumeister came in 1960 in the Saxon province of the Franciscan order and studied at the Franciscan High School in Warendorf , later in Münster and Paderborn philosophy and Catholic theology before 1966 priests ordained was. He then received his doctorate with Bernhard Kötting at the University of Münster , where he then worked as a research assistant from 1971. He also held a lectureship at the Franciscan Order College in Münster. He prepared his habilitation from 1973 onwards through a study visit to Rome and Egypt funded by the German Research Foundation . It then took place again in Münster in 1976. His habilitation thesis, a study on the Judeo-Christian roots of the theology of martyrdom, was published in 1980. It had "advanced to a standard work in the history of theology," said Franz Dünzl.

Already in 1976, received master builder the reputation of the ordinary professor of Mainz . He retired on September 30, 2009 at the age of 68 .

Theofried Baumeister is a member of the International Association for Coptic Studies (President 2004–2008), the Society for Nubian Studies , the Association Internationale d'Études Patristiques, the Working Group of Church Historians in the German-speaking Area and the Society for Church History from the Middle Rhine . He is co-editor of the journals Franciscan Research , Roman Quarterly for Christian Classics and Church History, and Science and Wisdom. Franciscan Studies in Theology, Philosophy and History . He was a specialist advisor for hagiography to the Lexicon for Theology and Church .

Publications (selection)

  • Martyr invictus. The martyr as a symbol of redemption in the legend and cult of the early Coptic Church. On the continuity of Egyptian thought, research on folklore 46, Münster 1972 (= dissertation)
  • The beginnings of the theology of martyrdom, Munster contributions to theology 45, Munster 1980. ISBN 3-402-03950-8 (= habilitation thesis)
  • Genesis and development of the early church theology of martyrdom, Traditio Christiana 8, Bern a. a. 1991, ISBN 3-261-04288-5
  • Martyrdom, hagiography and veneration of saints in Christian antiquity, Roman quarterly. Supplementary volume 61, Rome, Freiburg, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-27141-0 (collected small writings, with a list of writings)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Dünzl: Confessors and Martyrs: Heroes of the People - a Problem for the Office? In: Heike Grieser , Andreas Merkt (eds.): Volksglaube im antiken Christianentum (Festschrift for Theofried Baumeister on the occasion of his retirement in September 2009), Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2009, ISBN 978-3-534-20471-7 , p. 504
personal data
SURNAME Master builder, Theofried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious chaplain (Franciscan), theologian and professor of church history
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Recklinghausen