Carl Brockhaus

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Carl Brockhaus

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Brockhaus (born April 7, 1822 in Himmelmert near Plettenberg , † May 9, 1899 in Elberfeld ) was a German elementary school teacher and one of the leading figures in the Brethren movement in Germany . Brockhaus also became known beyond their borders for the publication of the Elberfeld Bible .

Life

Brockhaus was the sixth of a total of 14 children of the cloth maker Friedrich Wilhelm Brockhaus (1793–1878) and his wife Catharina Wilhelmina nee. Krufft (1795-1852). From 1843 to 1848 he worked as a teacher in Breckerfeld, where he married Emilie Wilhelmine Löwen (1829-1911), Julius Löwen's youngest sister, on April 19, 1848 . They had 13 children, including Rudolf Brockhaus .

As a young educator, Carl Brockhaus experienced a profound conversion to the Christian faith. She prompted him to begin intensive lecturing and preaching immediately thereafter . He initially joined the Evangelical Brothers' Association , which was active in Elberfeld (not to be confused with the Swiss movement of the same name ) and was appointed full-time "messenger" of this association only a short time later. During this time he also maintained spiritual relationships with Julius Köbner , the co-founder of the German Baptists , and with Hermann Heinrich Grafe , who later became the father of the Free Evangelical Churches .

Due to his increasing sympathy with the teachings of John Nelson Darby , however, differences of opinion arose in the Evangelical Brothers 'Association in 1852, which in December led to Brockhaus' and several other "messengers" (including Carl's brother Wilhelm Brockhaus ) leaving the association. From then on he devoted himself to the establishment and spiritual care of brotherhoods in the spirit of Darby. Between 1854 and 1878 Darby also made eight visits to Germany.

With Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus Carl Brockhaus was distantly related: both were from the Altenaer Pastor Eberhard Brockhaus III. (around 1642–1680) from, Friedrich Arnold in the fourth, Carl in the sixth generation.

Meaning and work

Carl Brockhaus shaped the theology and practice of the Brethren movement by founding a Christian publishing house (today: SCM R. Brockhaus , Witten ), the publication of a Christian monthly magazine (1853 Der Ambassador in der Heimath , from 1854 Ambassador of Salvation in Christ , from 1939 The Message , Discontinued in 2000) and by compiling a hymn book ( Small Collection of Spiritual Songs , 1853ff.). Carl Brockhaus became known beyond the borders of his own denomination through the publication of the Elberfeld Bible .

As a sign of the meaning of Brockhaus, it may also be considered that the Brethren movement was popularly referred to as "the Brockhauser" in some areas of the Bergisch and Oberbergisch regions .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf-Edgar Gerlach: Carl Brockhaus - a life for God and the brothers , R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal / Zurich 1994, p. 30.
  2. ↑ Gerlach, p. 34.
  3. ↑ See the pedigree of Friedrich Arnold and Carl .
personal data
SURNAME Brockhaus, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brockhaus, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German elementary school teacher, person of the Brethren movement
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Himmelmert near Plettenberg
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1899
Place of death Elberfeld