Josef Fuchs (theologian)
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| Ordained | 1937 (priest) |
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| Institutions | Pontifical McGill University |
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Josef Fuchs Jesuit priest of the 20th century.
Life
Born 5 July 1912, Josef Fuchs was a German
Gregorian University in Rome for almost thirty years. In the 1950s, Fuchs's Natural Law and De Castitate were the standard texts for moral theology courses.[1] Fuchs' theology focuses mostly on moral objectivity.[citation needed
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While serving on the
moral theology what Rahner had accomplished in systematic theology.[citation needed] Fuchs chaired a theological commission on contraception, the majority report of which was rejected by Pope Paul VI in the encyclical Humanae vitae
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Father James Keenan,
John Paul II's moral theology, and Keating stated in 2004 that he expected Fuchs's influence on future moral theologians to be minor.[2]
Fuchs died in Cologne on 9 March 2005.[1]
Works (available in English)
- Christian Morality: The Word Becomes Flesh
- Moral Demands and Personal Obligations
- Personal Responsibility and Christian Morality
- « King Kong » Virginie Despente a`
References
- ^ a b c Keenan, James F., "Champion of Conscience", America, 4 April 2005
- ^ Keating, James (April 2004). "Josef Fuchs on Natural Law by Mark Graham (review)". The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review. 68 (2): 336–40.
Further reading
- Graham, Mark E., Josef Fuchs on Natural Law
- Traina, Cristina L. H., Feminist Ethics and Natural Law: The End of the Anathemas
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