Suzanne de Dietrich
Suzanne de Dietrich (born 29 January 1891 in Niederbronn- les- Bains, † January 24, 1981 in Strasbourg ) was a Protestant theologian of Alsatian origin, was active in the ecumenical movement.
Life
Suzanne de Dietrich came on 29 January 1891, the daughter of industrialist Charles de Dietrich and his wife, Anne van Turcke Niederbronn -les- Bains to the world. She was born with a disability that made it hard to walk. Her mother died in 1900 and six years later her father. Suzanne de Dietrich was taught by a French teacher and attended 1907-1909 high school in Lausanne.
After graduating Suzanne de Dietrich studied engineering in Lausanne and made 1913 Graduated engineer. During her studies, she was active in the Association chrétienne d' étudiants (ACE ) and encouraged the reading of the Bible, by introducing common Bible studies. In February 1914 she took part in the Congress of the French Federation of ACE, its general secretary Charles Grauss was.
In 1916 she was also an active member of the led by Charles Grauss movement " Volontaires du Christ ", which included mainly students of theology. From 1914 to 1935 Suzanne de Dietrich took over in Geneva, the Office of the Secretary in the Fédération Universelle des Associations d' Chrétiennes Étudiants ( FUACE ), the General Confederation of Associations of Christian students. In 1929, she was appointed Vice-President of FUACE. At the same time she discovered the work of Karl Barth, which was known in France by the priest Pierre Maury and the magazine Foi et Vie.
In September 1939, Suzanne de Dietrich helped along with Madeleine Barot build the Cimade (Comité inter - Movements auprès of évacués ). The first task of Cimade was to assist the people displaced by the entry of German troops from Alsace -Lorraine people materially and spiritually.
On 16 and 17 September 1941, she was present at the Willem Adolf Visser 't Hooft and Madeleine Barot convened meeting in Pomeyrol in which the Theses de Pomeyrol were erected, which formed a spiritual guide to the Nazi racial ideology. The theses of Pomeyrol were based on the Barmen Declaration. During the war, Suzanne de Dietrich also wrote her book Le dessein de Dieu (What God plans for us ), which was published in 1945 and translated into 13 languages.
After the war, she worked primarily in the Ecumenical Movement. She participated in the creation of the Ecumenical Institute Bossey near Geneva. She worked there until 1954. Subsequently, she moved to Paris and was on the board of Cimade since 1958. At the same time, she continued her Bible studies and made several lecture tours in Europe and North America.
In 1979 she moved into the Deaconess House in Strasbourg, where she lived until her death on 24 January 1981.
Works
- C'était l' heure de l' offrande: Notes en marge de l' Évangile Éditions du Semeur, 1935.
- Le Dessein de Dieu: Itinéraire biblique, Delachaux & Niestlé, Paris, 1948 Dernière réédition. Éditions du Cerf, 1992.
- Les Lettres Johanniques, Labor et Fides, 1964.
- Le renouveau biblique, here et aujourd'hui. Tome 1: Qu'est- ce que la Bible; ? Tome 2: Comment lire la Bible, Collection Foi Vivante, Delachaux & Niestlé, 1969.
Bibliography
- Hans- Rudi Weber: Suzanne de Dietrich 1891-1981, la passion de vivre. Éditions Olivétan, 1995.