Lukas Vischer (theologian)

Lukas Vischer (theologian)

Lukas Vischer (23 November 1926, Basel, Switzerland - 11 March 2008, Geneva) was a Swiss Reformed theologian, author, and advocate of ecumenical dialogue among the world's Christian churches.

Vischer studied theology in Basel, Göttingen, and Strasbourg, and spent one semester at Oxford University. He was ordained in 1950, received a doctorate of theology in 1952, and in 1953 he was appointed as Reformed minister in Herblingen, a small Swiss industrial town near Schaffhausen.

Vischer's tenure with the World Council of Churches began in 1961 with his appointment as research secretary on the council's Commission on Faith and Order. From 1962 to 1965 he was a WCC observer at the Second Vatican Council. He was director of the Faith and Order Commission from 1966 to 1979, then director of the Protestant Office for Ecumenicism in Berne. He was moderator of the theological department of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches from 1982 to 1989.

Vischer wrote numerous books, several of which have been published in English. He held a professorship in ecumenical theology at Lausanne and was a member of the European Christian Environmental Network.

He married Barbara Schmidt in 1953, and they had four children.

Books

*"The Common Catechism: A Book of Christian Faith", 1975. ISBN 0816402833
*"Intercession", 1980. ISBN 2825406341
*"Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ: Ecumenical Reflections on the Filioque Controversy", 1981. ISBN 0281038201
*"Christian Worship in Reformed Churches Past and Present", 2003. ISBN 0802805205
*"Commemorating Witnesses and Martyrs of the Past: A Reformed Perspective", 2006. ISBN 2825414824

External links

* [http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/general-secretary/messages-and-letters/23-11-06-lukas-vischer-80th-birthday.html Letter from WCC general secretary] Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, to Prof. Dr Lukas Vischer, on the occasion of his 80th birthday
* [http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1722/outstanding-ecumenist-luk.html Letter from WCC general secretary] Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, to Prof. Dr Lukas Vischer, on the occasion of his death
* [http://album.solnet.ch/users/cgknoch/lukasvischerzumgedenken/ pictures Symposion 80th birthday November 24th 2006, Berne Switzerland]
* [http://warc.jalb.de/warcajsp/side.jsp?news_id=1452&part_id=0&navi=6 Lukas Vischer: a tower of strength and a sharp theological mind]

Persondata
NAME=Vischer, Lukas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Swiss theologian
DATE OF BIRTH=November 23, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH=Basel, Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH=March 11, 2008
PLACE OF DEATH=Geneva, Switzerland


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