August Wilhelm Dieckhoff

August Wilhelm Dieckhoff

August Wilhelm Dieckhoff (born February 5, 1823 in Göttingen , † September 12, 1894 in Rostock ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

Dieckhoff qualified as professor in Göttingen in 1850. In 1854 he became professor of theology for systematic and historical theology there. In 1860 he became a full professor for historical theology in Rostock, and in 1883 a member of the consistory .

Dieckhoff's research area was the history of the Reformation and its prehistory. He was strongly criticized by Orthodox Lutheran believers, but especially by North American Lutherans, because he questioned the doctrine of verbal inspiration . With Theodor Kliefoth he published the "Theologische Zeitschrift" in Schwerin from 1860 to 1864 .

Selection of works

• The Protestant doctrine of the Lord's Supper in the Age of Reformation (Göttingen 1854, vol. 1)
• Luther's Doctrine of Church Authority (Berlin 1865)
• Scripture and tradition. Refutation of the Roman doctrine of the infallible teaching post (Rostock 1870)
• Church marriage, its history in connection with the development of marriage law (Rostock 1878)
• The indulgence dispute presented in the history of dogma (Gotha 1885)

literature

• Wilh. Walther .:  Dieckhoff, August Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 672-677.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  DIECKHOFF, August Wilhelm. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1284-1285.
• K. Schmidt:  Dieckhoff, August Wilhelm . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 4, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1898, pp. 641-644.

Web links

• Literature by and about August Wilhelm Dieckhoff in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on August Wilhelm Dieckhoff in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium