August Matthes (theologian)

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Carl Christian August Matthes (born November 9, 1858 in Neu Langsow , Brandenburg ; † February 8, 1945 in Erfurt , Thuringia ) was an Evangelical Lutheran theologian in Brandenburg, Thuringia and Pomerania.

Life

He was the son of pastor August Matthes and Luise Heinze. Matthes attended grammar school in Frankfurt (Oder) and studied Protestant theology in Tübingen , Leipzig , Erlangen and Berlin . During his studies he joined the Berlin and Erlangen Wingolf . In 1882 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. After ordination in 1884, Matthes became a pastor in Warnitz in the Uckermark region . In 1890 he became pastor and senior teacher at the Roßleben monastery school in Thuringia.

In 1895 August Matthes was appointed superintendent and pastor in Kolberg in Pomerania. In 1931 he retired and died in Erfurt in 1945.

Matthes was a denominational Lutheran within the Prussian Union and chairman of the Lutheran Conference for Pomerania .

Publications (selection)

  • Travel pictures from the Orient , Gütersloh 1891.
  • The epistolic lessons after the Eisenach conference was established in sermons , Leipzig 1906.
  • The evangelical lessons after the Eisenach conference was established in sermons , Leipzig 1907.
  • Absolute revelation or development in the history of religion? , Leipzig 1907.
  • 1813–1913 Livingstone , on the 100th birthday of the missionary pioneer on March 19, 1913 , Basel 1913.
  • Chunks from the Sunday table. A vintage sermon on individual verses of the Sundays and feast days of the early church gospels , Leipzig 1914.
  • The dance of death in the Mariendom in Kolberg , Kolberg 1916.
  • Luther's little catechism in its imperishable significance for the Protestant Church , Leipzig 1914.
  • Was Otto von Bamberg "The Pomeranian Apostle"? On the 800th anniversary of his death, June 30, 1139 , Herford undated [1939].
  • Believed and recognized. "I know what I believe in, I know what is solid". Sermons on individual verses of the old Sunday and feast day epistles introduced in the Evangelical Church in Prussia , Leipzig 1939.

literature

  • Maibritt Gustrau: Orientals or Christians ?: Oriental Christianity in travelogues of German theologians . Göttingen 2016. p. 253 , with bibliography
  • Ernst Müller: The Protestant clergy in Pomerania from the Reformation to the present . Volume 2. Administrative region of Köslin . 1912. p. 195.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Kolberger Land" mortuary tablet
personal data
SURNAME Matthes, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matthes, Carl Christian August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH New Langsow , Brandenburg
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1945
Place of death Erfurt , Thuringia