Günther Storck

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Günther Storck (2 October 1938 – 23 April 1993) was a Catholic priest from Germany who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. He was consecrated – without permission of Pope John Paul II – a bishop on 30 April 1984, in Etiolles, France, by excommunicated bishop Guerard des Lauriers.

Biography

Early life

Storck was born on 2 October 1938 in Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, as the youngest child of the Storck family, who ran a craft business. The father died early, so that the mother not only had to take charge of the family, but also had to run the business.

Academic career

He studied classical philology and German studies at the University of Münster, the Humboldt University of Berlin, and LMU Munich. For his vocation to the priesthood, he returned to Münster, where he started a degree in theology at the seminary Collegium Borromaeum (1962). In the meanwhile he passed his state examination in philology, philosophy and theology. He then moved from Münster to Munich (1967), where he continued his studies at the theological and philosophical faculties of LMU Munich. A few years later, he became Research Associate of Leo Scheffczyk. He then moved to Egg in Switzerland for ordination (21 September 1973). The day after he celebrated his First Mass in Damenstiftskirche St. Anna. He did his doctorate in theology with a tripartite graduate thesis on Johann Gottlieb Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre of 1794/95[1] (first part) and on his Wissenschaftslehre of 1804[2] (second part); its concluding third part concerns the doctrine of the Trinity.

Death and legacy

Storck died of ill health on 23 April 1993 in Munich. On Friday, 30 April 1993, the solemn requiem was held for the deceased in St. Mary's Church, Munich – exactly nine years after his consecration as bishop. On the following Monday, 3 May 1993, the funeral took place at the Munich West Cemetery.

The first review of Storck's thesis appeared 20 years after its publication (see § Secondary literature). Seven additional years later, his teacher in philosophy resumed Storck's application of transcendental philosophy[3] to the Trinity Doctrine, claiming that "the absolute difference between the Godmanhood of Jesus and the pure essence of God should have been worked out": "Godmanhood is not simply the same as the Godhead." Which eventually is confirmed by a revisionist reading of the Islamic view in Quran 5:116–117: "One notices the reference to Matthew 24:36: »Yet no one knows the day or hour when this will be, not the angels in heaven, nor the Son. Only the Father knows.«"[4]

References

  1. 1.The edition (in German) of Fichte's son Immanuel Hermann Fichte at Zeno.org. Archived 2018-08-07 at the Wayback Machine — Medicus, Fritz, ed. (1997). Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre. Als Handschrift für seine Zuhörer (1794) (student's edition; with an introduction, index and bibliography by Wilhelm G. Jacobs). Philosophische Bibliothek Band 246 (in German) (4 ed.). Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7873-1334-1. — Heath, Peter; Lachs, John, eds. (1982). The Science of Knowledge. With the First and Second Introductions (reissued; first published by Meredith Corporation 1970). Texts in German Philosophy. Translated by Heath, Peter; Lachs, John. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-27050-2.
  2. 2.Lauth, Reinhard; Widmann, Joachim; Schneider, Peter, eds. (1986). Die Wissenschaftslehre. Zweiter Vortrag im Jahre 1804 vom 16. April bis 8. Juni (student's edition). Philosophische Bibliothek Band 284 (in German) (2 ed.). Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7873-0677-0. — The Science of Knowing: J.G. Fichte's 1804 Lectures on the Wissenschaftslehre (with an introduction by the translator and a German-English glossary). SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy. Translated by Wright, Walter E. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-7914-6449-6.
  3. 3.Radrizzani, Ives (2017). "Die Originalität von Reinhard Lauths Beitrag zur Erneuerung der Transzendentalphilosophie" [The originality of Reinhard Lauth's contribution to the renewal of transcendental philosophy]. In Ivaldo, Marco; Manz, Hans Georg von; Radrizzani, Ives (eds.). Vergegenwärtigung der Transzendentalphilosophie. Das philosophische Vermächtnis Reinhard Lauths (in German). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. pp. 19–36. ISBN 978-3-8260-6115-8. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  4. 4.Lauth, Reinhard (2003). Abraham und die Kinder seines Bundes mit Gott [Abraham and the children of his Covenant with God] (PDF) (biblical and qur'anic monograph in the tradition of Gabriel Théry, Bruno Bonnet-Eymard and the Saarbrücker Schule, devoted to the "defenders of the Church of the Nativity in spring 2002") (in German). München: Christian Jerrentrup Verlag. p. 458. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-04-06. ISBN 3-935990-14-6 (pbk). ISBN 3-935990-15-4 (hbk). German: "Der absolute Unterschied zwischen der Gottmenschheit Jesu und der reinen Wesenheit Gottes hätte herausgearbeitet werden müssen." "Die Gottmenschheit ist nicht einfachhin gleich der Gottheit." "Man bemerkt die Bezugnahme auf Matth. XXIV, 36: »Jenen Tag und jene Stunde weiß niemand, weder die Engel des Himmels noch der Sohn, sondern allein der Vater.«"