Max Thurian
Max Thurian (16 August 1921 in Geneva, Switzerland – 15 August 1996 in Geneva, Switzerland) was the subprior of the Taizé community, an ecumenical monastic community in France. He was the subprior in Taizé from the time of its inception in the 1940s. During the Second Vatican Council, he was invited by Pope Paul VI to observe the liturgical reform of the Catholic Mass.
Also recorded as Brother Max Thurian
Max Thurian
- Born
- Max Thurian was born on 16 August 1921. · Geneva.
- Died
- Max Thurian died on 15 August 1996. · Geneva.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Occupation
- monk, theologian, writer and priest.
- Languages
- French.
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In 1969 he expressed that he was satisfied with the reforms of the council. On 12 May 1988, Thurian converted to Catholicism and was ordained a priest. On 24 July 1996, he published an article in L'Osservatore Romano in which, while maintaining his complete approval for the liturgical reform, he lamented that in its practical implementation there was a risk that the Mass would lose "its character of mystery".
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Max Thurian appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a theologian and priest (16 August 1921 – 15 August 1996). The birth of Max Thurian is recorded on 16 August 1921, and the death on 15 August 1996 in Geneva.
The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include subprior.
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Place of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Rome.
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1921
Max Thurian was born on 16 August 1921.
1991
Max Thurian (1991) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
1996
Max Thurian died on 15 August 1996.
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- 1.Max Thurian 1920 - 1996. Trouw. 1996-08-17.
- 2.Liturgie eucharistique de Lima. World Council of Churches.
- 3.Histoire de Taizé. Seuil. 2008.
- 4.Le Protestantisme doit-il mourir ?. Seuil. 1988. 2-02-010365-6.
- 5.Bernadette Sauvaget. Taizé et l'œcuménisme - Un héritage riche mais ambigu. web.archive.org. 1er septembre 2005.
- 6.Xavier Ternisien. Frère Roger, le fondateur de Taizé, était converti au catholicisme. Le Monde.fr. 2006-09-05.
- 7.Yves Chiron parle de « conversions des pasteurs Max Thurian et Roger Schutz, les deux fondateurs de la communauté de Taizé ». « Ces conversions se sont accomplies dans une telle discrétion qu’elles ont été connues non au moment où elles se sont produites mais à l’occasion d’autres événements. ». Il se réfère à l'évêque Séguy et écrit : « Ce « passage », cette conversion, se firent en 1972, dans la chapelle de l’évêché d’Autun, diocèse où se trouve Taizé. Il y eut profession de la foi catholique puis communion des mains de Le Bourgeois. », puis ajoute : « Aucun acte écrit ne reste, semble-t-il, de cet événement mais frère Roger a donné le témoignage oral de cette adhésion à la foi catholique au successeur de Le Bourgeois, Séguy. » Cf. .
- 8.Les catholiques revendiquent frère Roger. Le Figaro. 6 septembre 2006. 2023-3-20.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Yves Chiron. Frère Roger, fondateur de Taizé. Perrin. 2008. 978-2-262-02623-3.
- Histoire de Taizé. Seuil. 2008. 978-2-02-095341-2.
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