Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag is a German

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publishing house founded in

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, see of the

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. Mainz was famous for its culture of Catholic publishing houses, where the catholic intelligence was able to publish their intellectual property.

History

Origin of name

The Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag is named after the painter and graphic artist

Matthias Grünewald Matthias Grünewald ( – 31 August 1528) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century. His first name is also given ...

, who is regarded as an important German representative of the

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History of the publishing house

The publishing house was founded in 1918 in the environment of the so-called Bible Movement and the Liturgical Movement in

. A main crystallization point was the Catholic theologian

Romano Guardini Romano Guardini (17 February 1885 – 1 October 1968) was a German Catholic priest, author, and academic. He was one of the most important figures in Catholic intellectual life in the 20th century. Life and work Guardini was born in Verona, I ...

. Among others the series ''Classics of Catholic Theology'' and the

Bible translation The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. all of the Bible has been translated into 724 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,617 languages, and ...

of Paul Riessler and Rupert Storr ''(Mainz Bible)'' appeared. In 1944 the Reichsschrifttumskammer (RSK) announced the closure of the publishing house. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

the publishing house and its archives were completely destroyed. After the war the work was continued. In 1978 the publishing house, which had been a

Kommanditgesellschaft A (abbreviated "KG", ; from + ) is the German name for a limited partnership business entity and is used in German, Belgian, Dutch, Austrian, and some other European legal systems. In Japan, it is called a '' gōshi gaisha''. Its name derive ...

since 1938, was transformed into a GmbH. After Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag was transferred to Schwabenverlag AG on 1 January 2006, the company was suspended in 2006 and in liquidation. The successor company was ''MGV GmbH'', which was deleted from the commercial register on 20 November 2009.Handelsregister des AG Mainz, HRB 1654 (MGV GmbH) Today ''Matthias Grünewald Verlag'' is a company of the Patmos publishing group in Schwabenverlag AG in Ostfildern (HRB 210919).

Publishing program

The logo of the publishing house shows the hand of John the Baptist at the Isenheim Altar. The publishing programme with more than 900 titles essentially comprises the areas of Christian theology (also

pastoral theology Pastoral theology is the branch of practical theology concerned with the application of the study of religion in the context of regular church ministry. This approach to theology seeks to give practical expression to theology. Normally viewed as a ...

), spirituality, self help in life,

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

and

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

. In addition, singing books ''(Gotteslob editions),'' magazines and brochures (pastoral.de)'' are published. Among the main authors are

Anselm Grün Anselm Grün (in English also: Anselm Gruen), OSB (born 14 January 1945 in , Germany) is a German Benedictine monk. He is in charge of Münsterschwarzach Abbey's financial matters, as its ''cellarer''. He has written around 300 books focused on ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino (born 8 June 1928) is a Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest, regarded as one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology. He currently holds the John Cardinal O'Hara Professo ...

, Wilhelm Hoffsümmer,

Walter Kasper Walter Kasper (born 5 March 1933) is a German Catholic cardinal and theologian. He is President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, having served as its president from 2001 to 2010. Early life Born in Heidenheim ...

, Pinchas Lapide, Wunibald Müller, Otto Hermann Pesch and

Josef Pieper Josef Pieper (; 4 May 1904 – 6 November 1997) was a German Catholic philosopher and an important figure in the resurgence of interest in the thought of Thomas Aquinas in early-to-mid 20th-century philosophy. Among his most notable works are ''Th ...

Bibliography

*Jakob Laubach: ''Zur Geschichte des Matthias-Grünewald-Verlags.'' – In: Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz: ''75 Jahre Grünewald-Bücher.'' Mainz, 1993, . – p. 5–28

References

External links

Official webpage
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