Ernst Bizer

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Ernst Bizer (also: Ernestus Bizer, born April 29, 1904 in Tailfingen , † February 1, 1975 in Remscheid ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Ernst Bizer came from a middle-class background and first attended the elementary school in Tailfingen, then the secondary school in Ebingen . He passed his Abitur in Reutlingen because this was not possible in Ebingen at the time. In 1923 he began to study theology in Tübingen , where he took the exam in 1930.

Then Bizer was city vicar in Göppingen and catechist in Heilbronn . From 1934 to 1948 he was the second parish priest in Tailfingen. He was hostile to National Socialism . As early as 1932 he was noticed in Göppingen through critical remarks. He was drafted into the Wehrmacht, took part in the Second World War and was taken prisoner.

He had already dealt with the confessional writings of the Reformation in his Tailfinger time from 1934 . The University of Bonn awarded him a doctorate and appointed him to the chair there for Protestant Church History. Since 1948 he was there university professor and full professor for church history, as successor to Wilhelm Goeters . His works and studies, e.g. B. about Martin Luther and his theological views raised a lot of dust. He was of the opinion that Luther only developed his theological views after the theses were posted . Bizers student Oswald Bayer developed this thesis in his work Promissio. History of the Reformation turn in Luther's theology , which today is considered a milestone in Luther research of the 20th century across all positions. According to this, Luther represented a monastic theology of humility up to the early summer of 1518 and only then, documented for the first time in the series of theses “Pro veritate inquirenda et timoratis conscientiis consolandis”, based on the understanding of the gospel as a promissio (“promise”), found a purely Reformation expression of his theology.

Works

  • Heinrich Heppe , reformed dogmatics . 1935, 2nd edition 1958 (also in English)
  • Studies on the History of the Last Supper Controversy in the 16th Century, 1940, 2nd edition 1964
  • Confessio Virtembergica . The Württemberg Confession of 1551 . 1952
  • Sermons of Johannes Brenz . 1955
  • Fides ex auditu, an investigation into Martin Luther's discovery of God's righteousness . 1958, 3rd edition 1966
  • Early Orthodoxy and Rationalism . 1963
  • Reformation history: Germany 1530–1555 . (Cambridge modern history)
    • In German: The Church in Her History , 3
  • Paul Schempp : God's word on the coffin. 25 eulogies (1951); 1960 new ed. by Ernst Bizer and supplemented by 5 eulogies from 1939 to 1947
  • A fight for the church. The "Schempp case" is told according to the files. 1965
  • Theology of Promise. Studies on the theology of the young Melanchthon 1519–1524 . 1964
  • On the history of the Evangelical Theological Faculty from 1919 to 1945 . In: 150 Years of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn 1818–1968. Bonn scholars. Contributions to the history of science. Bouvier Röhrscheid, Bonn 1968, chap. Evangelical theology. Pp. 237-275
  • Church history in Germany, 1: From the beginnings to the eve of the Reformation . Ullstein 1970

swell

  • Zollern-Alb-Kurier , August 22, 1998
  • Hermann Bizer, in: Tailfinger Heimatbuch . Tailfingen 1953. Unv. New edition 1987

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oswald Bayer: “That is certainly true!” The strength and profile of the Reformation faith. (PDF) In: Lecture 2007. Retrieved on March 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bizer, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bizer, Ernestus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Tailfingen
DATE OF DEATH 1st February 1975
Place of death Remscheid