Ernst Pierre Louis Eugen Breest

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Ernst Pierre Louis Eugen Breest (born May 3, 1843 in Lenzen ; † May 9, 1918 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant clergyman and theologian .

Altar Bible 1908, designed by Ludwig Sütterlin

Life

Ernst Breest was born as the son of the vice-principal Ernst Breest and his wife Charlotte Ossent on May 3, 1843 in Lenzen and trained at the Joachimsthal School in Berlin. Then he moved to the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin to study theology. After he was ordained on June 21, 1868 , he was installed as an auxiliary preacher in Sommerfeld . In 1874 and 1883, he became the chief pastor in Bad Wilsnack . Soon afterwards he was also appointed secretary of the Prussian Main Bible Society. In this function he played a major role in the publication of an altar Bible in 1908. a. 830 pages proofread. At the St. Jacobikirche in Berlin he was installed as a deacon in 1891 and six years later as archdeacon. On April 1, 1918, Breest finally retired and died shortly afterwards, on May 9, at the age of 75 in Berlin.

Works

  • The Reformation in the Mark Brandenburg. Your fight and your victory. Festschrift for the 350th anniversary of the conversion of Joachim II on November 1st, 1539 (Berlin 1889)
  • The Luther Bible revised according to the text approved by the German Evangelical Church Committee. Explanations of the origin and implementation of the linguistic revision of the Luther Bible (Berlin 1913)
  • Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the Prussian Main Bible Society. Written on behalf of the management (Berlin 1914)
  • History of the Buchwald Bible Society in its first century (1815-1915) (Buchwald 1915)
  • Foundation and first decades of the Stettin Bible Society. Festschrift for its 100th anniversary. Printed as a manuscript (Stettin 1916)
  • Sayings and sentences Dr. Martin Luther in honor of the Holy Scriptures. Presented to the Protestant Germans in the jubilee year of the Reformation in 1917 (Berlin 1917)

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SURNAME Breest, Ernst Pierre Louis Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German evangelical clergyman and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Lenzen (Elbe)
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1918
Place of death Berlin