Ulrich Wickert (theologian)

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Ulrich Wickert (born February 4, 1927 in Berlin ; † January 7, 2009 in Stahnsdorf ) was a German Protestant church historian.

Life

The son of the ancient historian Lothar Wickert and brother of the librarian Konrad Wickert studied violin at the State University of Music in Frankfurt am Main , classical philology at the University of Frankfurt am Main and theology at the University of Tübingen . He received his doctorate as Dr. theol. and taught from 1957 at the University of Tübingen, from 1964 as a lecturer, from 1967 as a full professor . Here he was involved in the founding of the Albrecht Bengel House with his colleagues Otto Michel and Peter Beyerhaus . From 1973 he was professor for church history at the church college in West Berlin . From 1978 to 1980 he was rector of the university. From 1993 he taught at the Humboldt University in Berlin .

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Ulrich Wickert died in Stahnsdorf in 2009 at the age of 81. His grave is in the Evangelical Cemetery Nikolassee in Berlin. Wickert's relationship with his Catholic colleague from Tübingen, Joseph Ratzinger [Pope Benedict XVI.]: Wickert, Ulrich, life out of love. Therese of Lisieux. Collected Essays, 1997, Vallendar-Schoenstatt. P. 4: His Eminence Professor Dr. Dedicated to Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger in gratitude and admiration for the 70 year old. - P. 12f [Preface, conclusion]: I am heartily grateful that your Eminence, Professor Dr. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, gave me permission to dedicate these experiments to him on the occasion of his 70th birthday on April 16, 1997. As a professor at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen in the 1960s, I was fortunate to see Joseph Ratzinger as an open-minded, profound colleague who pays understanding to other denominations. The common resistance against the enemies of the Christian faith in the student revolt of that time brought us closer together. In the decades that have passed since then, whenever I thought of the Catholic Church with love, Joseph Ratzinger's image has always come before my eyes. That I am dedicating to His Eminence not a work from my narrower patristic subject area, but this Theresiana, is at the same time a commitment to my own, although still "evangelical" roots in Catholicism. Because it was not by chance that I came across St. Theresa of the Child Jesus and the Most Holy Face. When I found myself in a hopeless situation for a while during my years in Tübingen, Therese's writings gave me wonderful help. It happened with what I later put on the formula: Therese makes [13] people small, and she brings them home. As a Protestant Christian, I was able to have this healing experience. This is why my hope for unity among Christians in love and truth was revived: And that also resonates when I combine this publication with both grateful and heartfelt congratulations and blessings for his Eminence. Berlin, June 11, 1997, the anniversary of Therese's self-sacrifice to the merciful love Ulrich Wickert

Fonts (selection)

  • Studies on the Pauline commentaries by Theodor of Mopsuestia. As a contribution to the understanding of Antiochene theology (= supplements to the journal for the New Testament science. Volume 27). Töpelmann, Berlin 1962, OCLC 978145106 (also dissertation, Tübingen 1957).
  • Sacramentum unitatis. A contribution to understanding the church in Cyprian (= supplements to the journal for the New Testament science. Volume 41). De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1971, ISBN 3-11-002424-1 (also habilitation thesis, Tübingen 1964).
  • An evangelical theologian writes about Mary . More-Verlag, Berlin 1979, ISBN 3-87554-186-3 .
  • Unity in diversity. The recapitulation of church history in the Mysterium Marianum (= Eichstätter university speeches. Volume 67). Saur, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-597-30067-7 .
  • Marian perspective. Christian being-in-the-world from a European perspective . Patris-Verlag, Vallendar-Schoenstatt 1991, ISBN 3-87620-153-5 .
  • Life out of love. Therese of Lisieux. Collected essays . Patris-Verlag, Vallendar-Schoenstatt 1997, ISBN 3-87620-206-X .
  • Ignite the whole of the world for God. With Therese von Lisieux on the way to unity . Patris-Verlag, Vallendar-Schoenstatt 2000, ISBN 3-87620-221-3 .
  • The threefold motherhood of Mary . Patris-Verlag, Vallendar-Schoenstatt 2007, ISBN 978-3-87620-302-7 .
  • Brighter than the sun. A station path. Autobiographical Notes . Patris-Verlag, Vallendar-Schoenstatt 2009, ISBN 978-3-87620-337-9 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 629.
personal data
SURNAME Wickert, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant church historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2009
Place of death Stahnsdorf