Urs von Arx

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Urs Werner von Arx (born February 7, 1943 ) is a Swiss Christian Catholic theologian .

Life

After studying at the Christian Catholic theological faculty of the University of Bern , von Arx was pastor of the Christian Catholic parish in the Wegenstetter Valley ( Wegenstetten , Hellikon , Zuzgen ) from 1971 to 1986 . He received his doctorate with a thesis on the Old Testament twelve symbolism, but in 1986 he took over a chair in the New Testament, succeeding Kurt Stalder . At the same time he taught homiletics and from 1994 also the history of Old Catholicism .

From his retirement in summer 2008 to August 31, 2009, von Arx was acting director of the Department of Christian Catholic Theology at the University of Bern. Since September 1st, his chair - now with a focus on the history of Old Catholicism and general church history - has been occupied by Angela Berlis .

Urs von Arx is married and has two grown sons.

Scientific activities

Based on his work as a professor for the New Testament, but also with church inquiries, von Arx dealt with the topic of ecclesiology in the New Testament and early Christianity. In addition, due to the internal church discussion on the ordination of women , there was the question of the role of women in the church according to New Testament and early Christian witnesses.

However, the focus of Urs von Arx's research is the history of Old Catholicism, namely the early days of the Christian Catholic Church in Switzerland, as well as the ecumenical relations of the Old Catholic churches. He is the main editor of the International Church Journal (IKZ) and head of the Christian Catholic Central Library and the "Documentation Center for Old Catholic Literature and Publications" of the International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference. He is one of the founding members of the International Working Group on Old Catholicism Research.

Works

  • Urs von Arx (ed.): Koinonia based on the old church. German complete edition of the common texts of the Orthodox-Old Catholic Dialogue 1975-1987 with French and English translation . Supplement to the "International Church Journal" Vol. 79 Issue 4, 1989
  • Urs von Arx / Anastasios Kallis (ed.): Image of Christ and gender. "Common reflections" and presentations by the Orthodox Old Catholic Consultation on the position of women in the Church and on the ordination of women as an ecumenical problem . IKZ 88/1998 issue 2, Bern 1998
  • Reflections on the performance of the Eucharist prayer . In: Angela Berlis / Matthias Ring (eds.), Anchor in Heaven. Conjectures about Church in the Future. FS Bishop Joachim Vobbe, Alt-Katholischer Bistumsverlag, Bonn 2007, 82–95
  • Urs von Arx u. a. (Ed.): Towards Further Convergence: Anglican and Old Catholic Ecclesiologies. The Papers of the Anglican - Old Catholic Theologians' Conference, Leeds, August 29 - September 2, 2005 . Supplement to IKZ 96 (2006)
  • What is the Church doing Catholic? Perspectives of a Christian Catholic answer . In: Wolfgang W. Müller (ed.), Catholicity - An Ecumenical Chance (Writings Ökumenisches Institut Luzern 4), Zurich (TVZ) 2006, 147–186

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personal data
SURNAME Arx, Urs von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arx, Urs Werner von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss university professor and old Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1943