Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger
Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger (born March 21, 1832 in Strasbourg , † January 7, 1899 in Versailles ) was a French theologian .
Life
His parents were the cutler Friedrich Daniel Lichtenberger and Louise Emilie Burckhardt. The ancestors of the family came from Saxony . In 1858 he married Fanny Koenig with whom he had a son and two daughters. His brothers were the architect Paul-Emile (1840–77) and the Germanist Charles-Ernest Lichtenberger . His nephews, both sons of Paul-Emiles, were the well-known author and sociologist André Lichtenberger and the Germanist Henri Lichtenberger . After the Germans moved into Alsace , the families went to France together.
Services
Lichtenberger studied theology in Strasbourg with stays in Germany and Paris. He graduated in 1854 and was ordained in October 1856 . From 1858 he was a religion teacher at the Protestant grammar school and second preacher at Temple Neuf (Strasbourg) . In 1860 he received his doctorate and four years later he was appointed professor of theology at the University of Strasbourg . In 1872 he left the faculty with two colleagues and went to France.
In Paris he found a new place of work at two churches. He also founded a theological college in 1873. In 1877 Lichtenberger was commissioned to set up a faculty for Protestant theology at the Paris Sorbonne . He was dean there for 17 years . His 13-volume encyclopedia of religious studies was also created. In 1895 he had to give up all offices for health reasons. A year later he received the highest doctoral degree from the University of Glasgow . In France he was awarded the Legion of Honor Cross.
Fonts
His publications include:
- La théologie de Lessing . 1854.
- De Apostolorum Præceptis Redemptoriam Christi Mortem Spectantibus . 1857.
- Étude sur le principe du protestantisme . 1857,
- Sermons . Paris-Strasbourg, 1867.
- Des éléments constitutifs de la science dogmatique . 1869.
- Le protestantisme et la guerre de 1870 . Revue chretienne, July 5, 1871.
- Nos devoirs envers la France . Strasbourg, 1871.
- La rancon de l'Alsace . Paris, 1872.
- L'Alsace pendant et apres la guerre . Paris, 1873.
- Histoire des idées religieuses en Allemagne depuis le milieu du XVIIIème siècle . 1873-87.
- La Faculte de theologie de Strasbourg . Paris, 1875.
- Encyclopedie des Sciences religieuses . Vol. I-XIII., Paris, 1882.
literature
- Rudolf H. Böttcher: The theologian Frederic Auguste Lichtenberger . In: Lichtenberger family book . Unpublished manuscript.
- Rudolf H. Böttcher: The Saxon cousins (with family tree). In: Lichtenberger family book . Unpublished manuscript.
- Marie Joseph Bopp: The Protestant clergy and theologians in Alsace and Lorraine from the Reformation to the present . Volume 1, 1959, No. 3167.
Web links
- Literature by and about Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lichtenberger, Frédéric Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1899 |
| Place of death | Versailles |