Christian Rogge

Christian Rogge (baptized name: Christian Johann Friedrich Albrecht) (born April 13, 1864 in Darkehnen , East Prussia ; † August 6, 1912 in Weilburg (Lahn) ) was General Superintendent of the Evangelical Church in the Rhine Province .

Life

Origin and family

Christian Rogge was born as the son of the theologian and homeland historian Adolf Rogge (1827–1886) and his wife Louise Pachnio (daughter of a manorial estate owner and major). He was married to Clara Plantier. The marriage had five children.

Professional background

From 1883, Rogge studied mathematics in Leipzig and joined the Association of German Students . After moving to the Albertus University in Königsberg , he was involved in founding the Association of German Students in 1885. After the death of his father in September 1886, he continued his studies in Berlin, majoring in theology . In the winter semester of 1886/1887 he became chairman of the Association of German Students and campaigned strongly for voluntary nursing during the war. Students who have been declared unfit for service or who have been returned to Replacement Reserve II should do their work. A year later, Rogge became the highest student representative in the Kyffhäuser Association as the suburban chairman . His ideals were "Christianity, Germanness and social reform". At the student union conference in 1888, he submitted an application to erect a memorial stone for the imperial social embassy from 1881. Years later, the application was successful. The memorial stone was inaugurated on the Kyffhäuser in 1895. Rogge gave the consecration speech. He passed the two theological state exams in 1888 and 1890. Before he was ordained on March 28, 1890 , he worked as a garrison assistant preacher in Berlin.

At the beginning of 1891, Rogge became pastor of the 1st Guard Infantry Division and two years later moved to the 15th Infantry Division in Cologne with the same function . Before that, he had been elected to the Action Committee of the Evangelical Social Congress . During his time as a naval pastor in the naval station of the Baltic Sea in Kiel from 1895 onwards, he had several opportunities to preach to Kaiser Wilhelm II . In 1897 he refused an appointment as court preacher in Berlin , as did later one as general superintendent in Posen. In 1901 he was promoted to naval pastor in Kiel. From 1906 to 1911 he was court and palace preacher in Stettin and a member of the Stettin consistory .

On June 6, 1911, Christian was appointed the successor to General Superintendent Valentin Umbeck , who had died on February 4, 1911 , and was solemnly introduced into his office on July 12 by Ernst Dryander . His term of office was short-lived and was not least shaped by the events in connection with the impeachment of the theologian Carl Jatho . Rogge campaigned for the unity of the Rhenish Church. At the Lower Rhine Pastoral Conference on April 11, 1912, he set clear guidelines “for the unification of scientific and theological work with a positive faith in the heart”. The promotion of the work of the Inner Mission and the organization of Protestant religious instruction at higher education institutions were his concerns.

Rogge died during a business trip and was buried in Koblenz on August 10, 1912, with the funeral service taking place in the Christ Church . His successor in office was Karl Klingemann .

Others

Rogge worked on the New Christoterpe yearbook between 1901 and 1903 . In 1909 he founded the short-lived Evangelische Rundschau for Pomerania together with Rudolf Harney . He was close to the court preacher Adolf Stoecker , but never put himself at the service of his political movement.

Honors

In 1903 the theological faculty of Kiel University appointed him Lic. Theol. hc

Fonts

• Together with Johannes Quandt, Heinrich Frhr. v. Zedlitz (Hrsg.): Paperback for the members of the Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. 1st and 2nd edition Berlin 1888, 1892.
• The social significance of military pastoral care. Lecture. Dresden 1892.
• Thomas Carlyle . A commemorative sheet for the hundredth anniversary of his birthday. Goettingen 1895.
• Earthly possessions in the New Testament. His judgment and esteem by Christ and the apostles. Goettingen 1897.
• Take and read! Biblical forays and character pictures. Stuttgart 1899.
• Moses and Christ. Sermons. Stuttgart 1900.
• German marines at the siege of the embassies in Beijing in the summer of 1900. Berlin 1902.
• Brave men and happy givers. Two consecration speeches. Kiel / Leipzig 1902.
• Outlook and tasks. Reflections on the situation of Christianity in the present spiritual crisis. Stuttgart 1903.
• We hope you sermons and sketches. Kiel / Leipzig 1905.
• Religious characters from the 19th century. Stuttgart 1908.
• Art, artist, Christianity. Hamburg 1910.
• Closer my god to you. Berlin 1911.
• Pen drawings for the Sermon on the Mount. Berlin 1911.
• Luther and the churches of his time. Leipzig 1912.

Web links

• Marc Zirlewagen : Christian Rogge. In: Internet portal Rheinische Geschichte, accessed on March 10, 2019