Berthold Wulf (July 2, 1926 – June 11, 2012)Berthold Wulf's obituary
was a German priest, poet and philosopher.

Life

Wulf was born in

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

Province of Hanover The Province of Hanover () was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1866 to 1946. During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, alo ...

. He was the third child of Bertha Wulf and Karl Wulf, who was a musician and conductor. He spent his childhood with his elder brother and his twin brother in

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...

near Hanover. When he was 17 he had to join the

German army The German Army (, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German together with the German Navy, ''Marine'' (G ...

. He survived

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

as a common soldier.

Religious work

After the war he became a goldsmith. But he came into contact with

anthroposophy Anthroposophy is a spiritual new religious movementSources for 'new religious movement': which was founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner that postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensibl ...

and so he decided to become a priest of the Christian Community. In 1953 he received ordination to the priesthood in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

. Afterwards he worked as a priest in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

Heidenheim an der Brenz Heidenheim an der Brenz, or just Heidenheim (; Swabian language, Swabian: ''Hoidna'' or ''Hoirna''), is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located near the border with Bavaria, approximately 17 km south of Aalen and 33&n ...

where he also taught the subject 'religion' at the local Rudolf Steiner School (Waldorfschule Heidenheim), and

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

, where he worked until his retirement. In 1954 he married Ingeborg Köhler. He has given more than 8,000 lectures and his complete edition consists of 26 volumes on 17,343 pages. Most of his work is poetry, but he also wrote philosophical books. His topics are

and

christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

Work (selection)

*''Canticum Mundi''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Ewiges Evangelium''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Melissa''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Goethe und Hegel''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Christentum und Sakrament''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Das mythische Jahr''.Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Nur einen Sommer''.Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Divinitas Mundi''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Idee und Liebe''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Gedanke und Gegenwart''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Natur und Geist''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Die Kategorien des Aristoteles''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Im Zeichen des Rosenkreuzes''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Christologie des Bewusstseins''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Das Jahr unseres Herrn''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Es kann geschehen…Bruchstücke einer grossen christlichen Konfession''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Jesus Christus vere homo vere Deus''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Anthropos Sophia''. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich *''Gott und Welt und Mensch''. Okeanos Verlag, ZürichDeutsche National Bibliothek
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References

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