Olav Valen-Sendstad

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Olav Valen-Sendstad
Born(1904-06-30)30 June 1904
Died5 May 1963(1963-05-05) (aged 58)
EducationFree Faculty of Theology
Occupation(s)Theologian, philosopher, priest
Theological work
Main interestsLutheran orthodoxy

Olav Valen-Sendstad (30 June 1904 – 5 May 1963) was a Norwegian theologian, priest, and philosopher.

Biography

Valen-Sendstad was born in

cand. theol. degree from the Free Faculty of Theology in 1928. From 1931 to 1941 he was the vicar of Jelsa, and from 1941 to 1955 resident chaplain of St. Johannes Church in Stavanger. I 1948 he received his doctorate; his thesis was Reality and understanding of reality, and from 1948 to 1949 he substituted for professor Arne Næss in teaching philosophy at the University of Oslo. From 1958 on he taught at Fjellhaug School [no], part of the Norwegian Lutheran Mission. Valen-Sendstad died in Oslo in 1963.[1]

Theologically, Valen-Sendstad championed

Catholicism. He described himself as a "theological and ecclesiastical enfant terrible".[2] He strongly opposed the repeal of the Jesuit clause and published Åpent brev til Norges storting 1954 : vil stortinget gi jesuitt-fascismen sin moralske anerkjennelse? ('Open letter to the 1954 Norwegian Parliament: will the parliament give Jesuit fascism its moral endorsement?')[3]

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References

  1. ^ Skottene, Ragnar (2023-01-27), "Olav Valen-Sendstad", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian), archived from the original on 2023-03-07, retrieved 2023-03-07
  2. from the original on 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  3. ^ Åpent brev til Norges storting 1954 : vil stortinget gi jesuitt-fascismen sin moralske anerkjennelse?. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2014-03-22.