Edmund Alexander de Schweinitz
Edmund Alexander de Schweinitz (born March 20, 1825 in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania, † December 18, 1887 ibid) was an American theologian and bishop of the Moravian Brethren .
Life
De Schweinitz studied Protestant theology at Moravian College and the University of Berlin . There he became a member of the Berlin Wingolf . He was ordained in 1850 and has since worked as a pastor in various locations in Pennsylvania, most recently from 1864 to 1880 again in his hometown of Bethlehem. In addition, he was temporarily professor at the theological seminary in Philadelphia and for many years editor of the Moravian, the Church's weekly newspaper, which he founded in 1855. From 1867 to 1885 he was President of the Theological Seminary in Bethlehem. In 1870 he was ordained bishop of the Brethren Church, in 1879 he became President of the General Synod of the worldwide Brethren Church in Herrnhut.
Schweinitz was married twice. Four children came from his marriage to Lydia de Tochirsky († 1866) in 1850, and another from his marriage to Isabel A. Boggs in 1868.
Fonts
- The Moravian Manual (1859)
- The Moravian Episcopate (1865)
- The Life and Times of David Zeisberger (1870)
- Some of the Fathers of the Moravian Church (1881)
- The History of the Church Known as the Unitas Fratrum; or, The Unity of the Brethren, Founded by the Followers of John Hus (1885)
Web links
- Estate directory at Lehigh University with short biography (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Vademecum Wingolfiticum. Wolfrathshausen 1925. p. 78.
- ^ "The History of the Church Known as the Unitas Fratrum, or the Unity of the Brethren: founded by the Followers of John Hus, the Bohemian Reformer and Martyr by Edmund de Schweinitz". The English Historical Review 1 (4). 1886. pp. 793-798
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| SURNAME | De Schweinitz, Edmund Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | von Schweinitz, Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Bishop of the Moravian Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bethlehem , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1887 |
| Place of death | Bethlehem , Pennsylvania |