Joseph A. Komonchak
Joseph A. Komonchak | |
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| Born | March 13, 1939 |
| Education | Gregorian University Union Theological Seminary |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Catholic University of America |
| Notable work | History of Vatican II The New Dictionary of Theology |
| Theological work | |
| Era | Second Vatican Council |
| Notable ideas | The local church as conceived by Vatican II |
Joseph A. Komonchak (born 1939) is a Catholic priest and theologian, ordained on 18 December 1963 for the Archdiocese of New York.
Biography
Komonchak earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Ordained in 1963, he did parish work along with college and seminary teaching, before joining the faculty at Catholic University of America in 1977; he had among his students Cardinal Tagle of Manila. He was considered by many as the dean of American ecclesiologists.[1][2]
Komonchak is a leading interpreter of the Second Vatican Council, co-editor of the English version of the five-volume history of the Council, and the chief editor of The New Dictionary of Theology. In June 2015 he received from the Catholic Theological Society of America the John Courtney Murray Award, the highest honor it bestows.
He served as a consultant to three committees of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and published more than 150 articles. Komonchak had as a teacher at the Gregorian Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan, whom he credited with the restoral of his faith in the future of Catholic intellectualism.[3][4]
References
- ^ "More about Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak | Department of Theology | Marquette University". www.marquette.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Joseph A. Komonchak receives John Courtney Murray Award". National Catholic Reporter. 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Joseph Komonchak, The Catholic University of America". Retrieved 2017-06-05.
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External links
- Lecture on the Second Vatican Council
- Chat Protocol of the Washington Post: J. A. Komonchak on the election of Pope Benedict XVI.
- At the pope's right hand: book review by JA Komonchak in the New York Times: J. Ratzinger, On the Situation of Faith, A Conversation with Vittorio Messori
- Komonchak's contribution to the theology of the local church.
- A Realist's Church: Essays in Honor of Joseph A.Komonchak
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- 21st-century Roman Catholic theologians
- 20th-century Roman Catholic theologians
- 21st-century Roman Catholic priests
- 20th-century Roman Catholic priests
- Catholic University of America faculty
- American Roman Catholic priests
- 1939 births
- Ecclesiologists
- Living people
- People from Nyack, New York
- Union Theological Seminary (New York City) alumni
- Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
- People of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York