August Hahn (theologian)
August Hahn (born March 27, 1792 in Osterhausen , Amt Sittichenbach ; † May 13, 1863 in Breslau ) was a German university professor for Protestant theology .
Life
As the son of a village school teacher, Hahn attended high school in Eisleben . From 1810 to 1813 he studied theology at the University of Leipzig . After various positions as private tutor , he was accepted into the Protestant seminary in Wittenberg in 1817 . Under Karl Ludwig Nitzsch , he developed his dogmatic point of view there.
In 1819 he went to the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg as an associate professor for theology . The following year he moved to the Albertus University in Königsberg in the same position . In 1820 he became pastor at the Old Town Church and superintendent . After becoming a professor in 1821 , he resigned his ministry in 1822 and excelled with theological writings.
In 1826 he followed the call of the University of Leipzig . He caused a general sensation with his so-called "cock crow" that the theological rationalists should leave the Evangelical Church.
In 1832 he moved to Breslau as full professor and consistorial advisor. There he wanted to re-establish Lutheran Orthodoxy , which was connected with the publication of a hymn book . In 1839/40 he was rector of the university. In 1844 he was appointed senior consistorial councilor and general superintendent for the old Prussian church province of Silesia. In this capacity he reintroduced the ordination obligation to the Augsburg confession in 1845 . With Johann Christian Friedrich Steudel and August Tholuck , Hahn founded the Litterarian Gazette for Christian Theology and Science in general (LACTW) at the end of 1829 , which first appeared on January 1, 1830.
Works
- Marcion ’s Gospel in its original form , 1823
- Syrian Chrestomathy , 1824
- De rationalismi, qui dicitur, vera indole et qua cum naturalismo contineatur ratione , Leipzig 1827
- Open declaration to the Protestant Church initially in Saxony and Prussia , 1826
- On the Situation of Christianity in Our Time , 1832
- Evangelical Churches and House Hymns , 1857
- Bardesanes gnosticus, Syrorum primus hymnologus , 1819
- De Gnosi Marcionis , 1820, 1821
- Antitheses Marcionis , 1823
- De canone Marconis , 1824, 1826
- Textbook of the Christian Faith , 1828, 1857–1859 2 parts
- editor
- Hebrew text of the Old Testament . Leipzig 1831
- Library of Symbols and Rules of Faith of the Apostolic Catholic Church . Leipzig 1842; 2nd edition 1877
Individual evidence
literature
- Adolf Schimmelpfennig : Hahn, Dr. August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 356-358.
- Erich Beyreuther : Hahn, August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 502 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : HAHN, August. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 462-463.
- Otto Dibelius : The royal seminary at Wittenberg 1817-1917 . Runge, Berlin 1917
Web links
- Literature by and about August Hahn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Overview of the courses of August Hahn (theologian) at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1826 to summer semester 1833)
- August Hahn (theologian) in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Ribbeck |
General Superintendent of the Church Province of Silesia 1844–1863 |
David Erdmann |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hahn, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osterhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1863 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |