Thomas Gerhard Ring

Thomas Gerhard Ring (born  July 7, 1936 in Budakeszi ; † July 27, 2009 ) was a German theologian with a focus on Augustine research.

Live and act

After the Danube Swabians were driven out , he first came to Herbolzheim and from 1951 attended the grammar school in Münnerstadt, which was run by the Augustinian order . He entered the order and in 1957 took the simple and three years later the solemn religious vows . He studied theology at the Würzburg University . He was ordained a priest in 1963 , having been ordained a deacon the previous year . In 1972 he received his doctorate with " Summa cum laude" . Then he headed the seminary of the Augustinians in Würzburg. Later he devoted himself again to research on Augustine and he was released from the order.

Works (selection)

• Auctoritas at Tertullian, Cyprian and Ambrosius , Augustinus-Verlag, 1975, ISBN 978-3-429-04066-6
• Augustine, the teacher of grace series
  • Vol. 1: Writings against the Pelagians., The interpretation of some questions from the letter to the Romans, Augustinus-Verlag, 1989, ISBN 978-3-429-04112-0
  • Vol. 2: Writings against the Pelagians., The interpretation of the letter to the Galatians, Augustinus-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 978-3-429-04142-7
  • Vol. 3: Writings against the Pelagians., To Simplicianus two books on various questions, Augustinus-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 978-3-429-04121-2
• The "unforgivable" sin against the Holy Spirit in Mt 12: 31f according to the interpretation of St. Augustinus , Augustinus-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 978-3-429-04153-3

Honors

• Festschrift for P. Dr. Thomas Gerhard Ring OSA, 2006

Web links

• Cornelius Petrus Mayer : IN MEMORIAM THOMAS GERHARD RING OSA , Augustiniana, Vol. 59, No. 3/4 (2009), pp. 187–189 IN MEMORIAM THOMAS GERHARD RING OSA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Speech for the presentation of the Festschrift for Fr. Dr. Thomas Gerhard Ring OSA augustinus.de