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- Title
Die Vision einer »Kirche für andere« und die Katholische Kirche in der DDR.
- Authors
Fischer, Martin
- Abstract
Heino Falcke's synodal speech of a »Church for Others«did not initially provoke any recognizable reactions in the Catholic Church in the GDR. No processes of reception can be traced at the level of the church leadership. The article deals with the causes of this non-reception and takes a look at a changing eastern policy of the Vatican and the relationships between the two Christian churches. In addition, the article addresses the question of how the Catholic Church dealt with its role in a socialist society in a similar way as Heino Falcke did. Alongside basic church initiatives, this consideration also includes the discussions and resolutions of the Dresden Pastoral Synod. Ultimately, it was only a new generation of bishops in the 1980s who dared to take a new pastoral position that took greater account of the reality of the GDR.
- Subjects
VATICAN City; FALCKE, Heino; CATHOLIC Church; CHRISTIAN leadership; SOCIALIST societies; PROVOCATION (Behavior); COUNCILS &; synods
- Publication
Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte: Internationale Zeitschrift für Theologie und Geschichtswissenschaft, 2022, Vol 35, Issue 1, p132
- ISSN
0932-9951
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13109/kize.2022.35.1.132