German+Protestant
101Franck, Sebastian — ▪ German theologian born c. 1499, Donauwörth, Bavaria [Germany] died c. 1542, Basel, Switzerland German Protestant (Protestant Heritage) Reformer and theologian who converted from Roman Catholicism to Lutheranism but departed from Martin… …
102Gerhard, Johann — ▪ German theologian born October 17, 1582, Quedlinburg, Halberstadt [Germany] died August 17, 1637, Jena, Saxony [Germany] leading German Protestant (Protestant Heritage) theologian, biblical scholar, renowned polemicist, author of the… …
103Herrmann, Wilhelm — ▪ German theologian in full Johann Wilhelm Herrmann born December 6, 1846, Melkow, near Magdeburg, Prussia [now in Germany] died January 3, 1922, Marburg, Germany liberal German Protestant (Protestant Heritage) theologian who taught that… …
104Bultmann, Rudolf — ▪ German theologian Introduction born Aug. 20, 1884, Wiefelstede, Ger. died July 30, 1976, Marburg, W.Ger. leading 20th century New Testament scholar known for his program to “demythologize” the New Testament; i.e., to interpret, according… …
105Hamann, Johann Georg — ▪ German philosopher born Aug. 27, 1730, Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia] died June 21, 1788, Münster, Westphalia [Germany] German Protestant thinker, fideist, and friend of the philosopher Immanuel Kant (Kant, Immanuel). His… …
106Strauss, David Friedrich — ▪ German philosopher born Jan. 27, 1808, Ludwigsburg, Württemberg [Germany] died Feb. 8, 1874, Ludwigsburg controversial German Protestant philosopher, theologian, and biographer whose use of dialectical philosophy, emphasizing social… …
107Brenz, Johannes — ▪ German clergyman born June 24, 1499, Weil, Württemberg [Germany] died September 11, 1570, Stuttgart German Protestant Reformer, principal leader of the Reformation in Württemberg. He studied at Heidelberg and was ordained a priest… …
108Herzog, Johann Jakob — ▪ German theologian born Aug. 12, 1805, Basel, Switz. died Sept. 30, 1882, Erlangen, Ger. German Protestant theologian, professor of church history (University of Halle, 1847–54) and New Testament exegesis (University of Erlangen, 1854–77) …
109Lipsius, Richard Adelbert — ▪ German theologian born Feb. 14, 1830, Gera, Prussia died Aug. 19, 1892, Jena, Ger. German Protestant theologian who clarified the origin and authorship of early Christian literature, particularly the apocryphal acts of various apostles in …
110SPENER, PHILIP JACOB — German Protestant theologian, founder of the PIETISTS (q.v.), born in Alsace, studied in Strasburg; in 1670 held a series of meetings which he called Collegia Pietatis, whence the name of his sect; established himself in Dresden and in Berlin …
