Walter Brandmüller
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Previous post(s) | President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences (1998-2009) Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania (2010) |
Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Motto | Ignem in Terram ("(To cast) fire upon the Earth") |
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His Eminence | |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Walter Brandmüller (born 5 January 1929) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2010. He was president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences from 1998 to 2009.
Early life
Brandmüller was born in 1929 in
Priest and academic
On 26 July 1953, he was
A specialist in the history of the councils, he is founder and editor of the journal Annuarium conciliorum historiae (Paderborn, 1969); and of the series "Konziliengeschichte" (1979), which has published 37 volumes so far. He also published the "Handbook of Bavarian Church History" (St. Ottilie, 1991–1999, 3 vols. in 4). From 1981 to 1998, he was a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. He was appointed
Cardinal
On 20 November 2010
In September 2016, Brandmüller, along with Cardinals
In May 2017, Caffarra, Brandmüller, Burke and Meisner sent a private letter dated 25 April and hand-delivered to the Pope on 6 May asking for an audience, having received no response to the dubia they had earlier sent him in September 2016. Having received no response, they made their letter public in June 2017.[7] Two cardinals later died that year: Meisner on 5 July;[8] and Caffara on 6 September.[9]
In February 2019, Brandmüller and Burke penned an open letter addressed to Pope Francis calling for an end of "the plague of the homosexual agenda", which they blamed for the sexual abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church. They claimed the agenda was spread by "organized networks" protected by a "conspiracy of silence".[10] After ten years at the rank of cardinal deacon, he exercised his option to assume the rank of cardinal priest, which Pope Francis confirmed on 3 May 2021.[11]
In August 2023, Brandmüller, along with Cardinals Burke, Íñiguez, Sarah, and Zen, submitted another list of five dubia to Pope Francis related to the upcoming Synod on Synodality. The dubia questioned the necessity of the upcoming synod, asked whether the blessing of same-sex unions was theologically admissible, and questioned the Pope's claim that "forgiveness is a human right".[12]
Select published works
- Das Konzil von Konstanz 1414–1418. 2 vol. Schöningh, Paderborn:
- Band 1: Bis zur Abreise ISBN 3-506-74698-7.
- Band 2: Bis zum Konzilsende, 1998, ISBN 3-506-74691-X.
- Band 1: Bis zur Abreise
- Das ISBN 3-506-74675-8.
- Briefe um das ISBN 3-506-71359-0.
- "Unity and Indissolubility of Marriage: From the Middle Ages to the ISBN 978-3-451-31245-8.[13]
- "Renuntiatio Papae - einige historisch-kanonistische Überlegungen", in: Johannes Grohe, Gregor Wurst, Zvjezdan Strika, Hermann Fischer (eds.), Begegnung der Kirche in Ost und West im Spiegel der synodalen Strukturen. Historisch-theologische Beiträge (= Festschrift Petar Vrankić zum 70. Geburtstag), EOS Verlag Erzabtei St. Ottilien, Sankt Ottilien 2017, ISBN 978-3-8306-7869-4, pp. 65–80.
References
- ^ "Letter from Rome | Commonweal Magazine". www.commonwealmagazine.org.
- ^ m.augsburger-allgemeine.de m.augsburger-allgemeine.de
- ^ "Der deutsche Kardinal Walter Brandmüller wird 85 | DOMRADIO.DE". www.domradio.de. 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali" [Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals]. The Holy See (in Italian). Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Code of Canon Law - Can. 351 §1". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Four Cardinals Formally Ask Pope for Clarity on 'Amoris Laetitia'". National Catholic Register. 14 November 2016.
- ^ a b Edward Pentin (19 June 2017). "Dubia Cardinals Seek Papal Audience". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Joachim Meisner, retired Cologne archbishop, dies at 83". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Cardinal Caffarra, one of the 'dubia' cardinals, has died aged 79". Catholic Herald. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Catholic cardinals urge end of 'homosexual agenda'". BBC News. 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico per il Voto su alcune Cause di Canonizzazione, 03.05.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Cardinals Send 'Dubia' to Pope Francis Ahead of Synod on Synodality". NCR. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ [Robert Dodaro, Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church, Ignatius Press, San Franzisco 2015, contents and esitorpal online available]
External links
- "Brandmüller Card. Walter". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.