Werner Jacobs (theologian)

Werner Jacobs (born April 17, 1913 in Kassel ; † November 7, 2007 in Fulda ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian . From 1966 to 1976 he was rector of the Philosophical-Theological University of Fulda, today's Theological Faculty of Fulda .

Life

Jacobs studied theology and philosophy at the seminary in Fulda, at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg - among others with Martin Heidegger - and at the University of Jena . On December 21, 1938, he was ordained a priest in the cathedral of St. Salvator and St. Bonifatius in Fulda by Bishop Johann Baptist Dietz . He initially worked as a chaplain in Jena , and from 1941 in Mittelkalbach and Neuhof . In 1944 he became pastor in Sömmerda in Thuringia . In 1950 he was at the University of Jena with the work "The foundation of the logic system by Martin Honecker " to Dr. phil. PhD . He then became Subregens at the Fulda seminary . In 1952 he was appointed to the Dompräbdaten.

Since the early 1950s, Jacobs had a teaching position for ethics , pastoral theology and homiletics held at the Fulda University. In 1957 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the philosophical-theological university Fulda appointed . From 1966 to 1976 he was the rector of the university and, together with Bishop Adolf Bolte, played a key role in its development as an independent “Persona moralis in ecclesia”. Jacobs was the initiator of the contact suidum, which is still successfully carried out today, at the theological faculty. In 1981 he retired .

In 1966 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. appointed papal chaplain " Monsignore ". 1979 Pope named him John Paul II. To the Pontifical honor prelates .

Web links

• Werner Jacobs biography