Faculty of Catholic Theology, Religion, Society, and World Relations

+++ Cancelled +++ Zeitenwende. Aufgaben und Chancen kirchlicher Strukturreform

Date
6. May 2025, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm
Location
D10 – Teaching building Domstraße, Coelicum (Domstraße 10)
Organizer
Theological Research Centre
Speaker(s)
Professor Paul Michael Zulehner, Vienna
Event type
Lecture
Event Language(s)
German
Audience
Public

+++ Please note that the lecture has been cancelled due to illness. A new date will be announced in good time. +++

 

lecture by Professor Paul Michael Zulehner (Vienna) at the Theological Research Centre of the University of Erfurt

The retired Viennese pastoral theologian Paul M. Zulehner sees the churches at a turning point, which is also the title of his latest book. Reforms are necessary in order to achieve a form of church that is appropriate to the Gospel. What could such structural reforms look like today? According to Zulehner, we need to say goodbye to a comfortable "priestly church" and move towards a "baptismal vocation church". In this church, all baptised persons are equal in dignity and appointment.

Zulehner will present his theses and the surveys behind them at a guest lecture in Erfurt. The topic is "Turning point. Tasks and opportunities for church structural reform". Theological Research Centre at the University of Erfurt invites you to this event.