Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach

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Dr. AG Rudelbach , painting by Christian Albrecht Jensen (1858)
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Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach (born September 29, 1792 in Copenhagen ; † March 3, 1862 in Slagelse ) was a German-Danish Lutheran theologian . He is considered an important figure in the formation of Neo-Lutheranism in the 19th century.

Life

Rudelbach grew up in Copenhagen as the son of a craftsman who immigrated from Saxony , visited the metropolitan cities and studied classical languages ​​and Protestant theology at the University of Copenhagen . In 1822 he received his doctorate. phil. The dissertation on principles of ethics still shows influences from Friedrich Schleiermacher . In 1823 he traveled through Germany, France and Switzerland . After his return he came under the influence of Nikolai Grundtvig . Together they published the Theologisk Maanedskrift in 1825-28 in order to scientifically combat neology and rationalism in all directions and significant phenomena. For the renewal of Lutheranism in the Danish Church , Rudelbach also published a Danish translation of the Augsburg Confession and the Apology . Through his lectures at the university, he also had an impact on the young Hans Lassen Martensen .

Since 1827 an active employee at the Evangelical Church newspaper published by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg , Hengstenberg recommended him in 1829 as Superintendent and Consistorial Councilor to Glauchau in the Schönburg Recess Lords belonging to Saxony . At his inaugural sermon in Dresden, Rudelbach provoked with the accusation that the rationalistic Saxony was a land of the living dead. In the 16 years of his effectiveness in Glauchau, Rudelbach did a lot to anchor the revival movement in the regional church of Saxony and then, in a flowing transition, the new confessionalism. The "Muldenthal Pastoral Conference " founded in 1831 served this purpose in particular, which became the nucleus of the General Evangelical-Lutheran Conference (1868), from which the Lutheran World Federation developed in 1947 . His most important work Reformation, Lutherthum und Union (1839) was devoted to the rejection of the Old Prussian Union . From 1840 Rudelbach and Ferdinand Guericke published the magazine for the entire Lutheran theology and church , to which he contributed many articles and reviews until his death. In 1841 the University of Erlangen honored Rudelbach with an honorary theological doctorate.

In protest against the abolition of the Apostolicum demanded by the consistory (cf. his Ueber the meaning of the apostolic symbolum , Leipzig 1844) at the confirmation and against the support of the German Catholics , Rudelbach resigned his office in 1845 and returned to Copenhagen, where he lectured again held. However, there was an open break with Grundtvig, who had since developed in a more liberal direction. In numerous writings he now opposed Grundtvig's church reform program. The theological faculty under the leadership of Henrik Nicolai Clausen , whom Rudelbach had attacked in a pamphlet in 1828, prevented a permanent position desired by King Christian VIII . In 1848 Rudelbach became pastor in Slagelse . When he cited Søren Kierkegaard in his book on civil marriage ( Om det borgerlige Ægteskab , 1851) , the latter reacted by rejecting any political interest.

Fonts (selection)

  • De ethices principiis hucusque vulgo traditis (Diss. 1822)
  • De Symbolis ac typis Scripturæ Sacræ dissertatio inauguralis (1824)
  • The Augsburg Confession 1530: historical representation from and based on the sources (1830) ( digitized version )
  • The essence of rationalism and its relationship to the Christian church and the Christian state (1830) ( digitized version (PDF))
  • Struggle with the World and Peace in Christ: A Collection of Christian Sermons and Homilies (1830) ( digitized )
  • Hieronymus Savonarola and His Time (1835) ( digitized version )
  • Reformation, Lutheranism and Union (1839)
  • The basic values ​​of Catholic church doctrine and peace practice: pamphlet against KH Sack in Bonn and FC Baur in Tübingen (1840)
  • Historical-critical introduction to the Augsburg Confession: together with a renewed investigation of the binding nature of symbols and the obligation to use them (1841)
  • Official report on the reintroduction of the catechism exams in the Kingdom of Saxony (1841)
  • On the meaning of the apostolic symbol and its relation to the confirmation (1844)
  • Theological report on the question of the relationship of the Baptists to the church and the state and the freedom of religion to be granted to them: at the same time a contribution to church history (1846)
  • Christelig biography (1846–48; German: Christian biography: life descriptions of the witnesses of the Christian church as printed pieces for the history of the same , 1849–50).
  • Den evangeliske Kirkeforfatnings Oprindelse og Princip, dens udartning og dens mulige Gjenreisning fornemmelig i Danmark (1849)
  • The Sacrament Words, or the essential parts of baptism and the Lord's Supper: presented historically and critically: together with two theological reports on the Saxon church agendas of 1812, and on the pericope system (1851)
  • The Schleswig-Holstein matter, discussed in a popular, historical-political, constitutional and ecclesiastical way: together with an apology for the teaching and practice of the Evangelical Lutheran Church with regard to obedience to the authorities, the oath and intercession for the secular princes (1851)
  • Om det borgerlige ægteskab (1851)
  • Om sognebaandet og om ordinationens væsen (1852)
  • Kirkepostille over evangelierne (1853)
  • Om begrebet folkekirke. En historisk-kirkelig betænkning, betræffende den danske, evangelisk-lutherske Kirkes Fremdtidige Stilling og Forhold til Staten (1854)
  • Kirkefrihedens elementer i den danske statskirkelige ordning og lovgivning siden 1537 (1854)
  • Om psalm literature and psalm arch sagas (1856)

literature

  • Carl Richard Kaiser: Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach, a witness of the Lutheran Church in the 19th century , Leipzig 1892.
  • Ms. Nielsen: Rudelbach, Andreas Gottlob . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 14 : Resen – Saxtrup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1900, p. 408-413 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  • Carl Richard Kaiser: Correspondence with D. Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach, because. Sup. And Konsistorialrat zu Glauchau i. Sat 1829-1846. A contribution to the history of faith renewal 100 years ago . In: Contributions to the Saxon Church History 29 (1916), pp. 85–212 and 30 (1917), pp. 70–203
  • Bjørn Kornerup: AG Rudelbach and Christian VIII . In: Kirkehistoriske Samlinger, series 6, vol. 6, 1948-50, pp. 459-479
  • Wolfdietrich von Kloeden :  Rudelbach, Andreas Gottlob. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 919-923.
  • Søren Jensen: Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach: Kierkegaard's Idea of ​​an "Orthodox" Theologian . In: Jon Stewart (Ed.): Kierkegaard and his Danish Contemporaries… Tome II: Theology . Ashgate, Aldershot 2009, ISBN 978-0-7546-6873-2 , pp. 303-333

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Den Rette uforandrede Augsburgske Troesbekjendelse, med sammes, af Ph. Melanchthon forfattede, Apologie, paa Dansk oversatte, med en historisk indledning og oplysende anmoerkninger til de vanskeligste steder
  2. ↑ Digital copies in DigiZeitschriften
  3. ↑ Saul iblandt Propheterne: Et Stridsskrift imod Professor HN Clausen
  4. ↑ Kierkegaard: On the occasion of a statement concerning me, Dr. Rudelbachs , GW 32, pp. 45-53
personal data
SURNAME Rudelbach, Andreas Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1862
Place of death Slagelse