Albrecht Peters

Albrecht Peters (born March 31, 1924 in Hamburg , † October 26, 1987 in Heidelberg ) was a German Lutheran theologian and university professor.

Life

Peters studied German, philosophy and theology in Freiburg im Breisgau , Hamburg and Heidelberg from 1944 . From 1952 to 1956 he worked as a vicar and pastor in Hamburg, a. a. in the independent confessional church of St. Anschar in Hamburg , and from 1956 worked as an assistant and lecturer at the University of Heidelberg. He received his doctorate in 1957 and completed his habilitation in 1959. From 1965 to 1987 he was Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Heidelberg .

His research focus was the theology of Martin Luther . He was strongly committed to the Michael Brotherhood .

Awards

• 1996: Hermann Sasse Prize (posthumous)

Publications

• Commentary on Luther's Catechisms . Five volumes, ed. v. Gottfried Seebass . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 1990–1994
• Accountability of faith. Essays , ed. v. Reinhard Slenczka & Rudolf Keller. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 1984
• Justification (Handbook of Systematic Theology 12). Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn, 1984; 2nd edition 1990
• Law and Gospel (Handbook of Systematic Theology 2). Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn 1981; 2nd edition 1994
• (with Otto Hermann Pesch :) Introduction to the doctrine of grace and justification . Darmstadt: Scientific Book Society 1981; 3rd edition 1994
• The human being (manual of systematic theology 8). Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn 1979; 2nd edition 1994
• The question of God. Berlin, Hamburg: Lutherisches Verlagshaus 1967
• (Ed. With Edmund Schlink :) On the building up of the body of Christ  : Festgabe for Peter Brunner for his 65th birthday on April 25, 1965 . Kassel: Stauda 1965
• Faith and work. Luther's doctrine of justification in the light of Holy Scripture . Berlin: Lutherisches Verl.-Haus, 1962 (also as habilitation thesis: Faith and Works in Court: A Study on the Biblical Roots of Luther's Doctrine of Justification , Heidelberg 1959)
• Real presence. Luther's testimony of Christ's presence in the Lord's Supper . Berlin: Lutherisches Verl.-Haus 1960, 2nd edition 1966 (also as a dissertation, Heidelberg 1957)

literature

• Michael Trowitzsch : Law, Gospel and Justification with Albrecht Peters . In: Theologische Rundschau 56, 1991, pp. 185–191
• Rudolf Keller:  PETERS, Albrecht. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 262-266.
• Seebass, Gottfried:  Peters, Albrecht. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 242 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Marita Koerrenz: Peters, Albrecht . In: Religion in Past and Present , 4th Edition, Vol. 6, 2003, Col. 1152