Friedrich Spitta

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Friedrich Spitta

Friedrich Spitta (born January 11, 1852 in Wittingen , Kingdom of Hanover , † June 7, 1924 in Göttingen ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

The son of Philipp Spitta and brother of Philipp Spitta (musicologist) was ordained pastor in 1879 , took over a pastor's position in Oberkassel two years later and became a private lecturer at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1887 he followed the call of the Kaiser-Wilhelm University of Strasbourg to the Chair for New Testament and Practical Theology . In 1901/02 he was its rector . In 1918 he switched to the chair for practical theology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen .

Spitta wrote scientific papers on a variety of topics in theology, for example in the areas of practical theology, the New Testament, liturgical science and hymnology .

With his Strasbourg colleague Julius Smend from the Thomaskirche (Strasbourg) , he founded the Monthly for Divine Service and Church Art (MGkK) in 1896 , which became the most important organ of the later so-called Older Liturgical Movement .

His best-known hymn of his own is the Lord's Supper hymn In peace yours, oh Lord my after Johannes Anglicus , which can be found in the Evangelical Hymnal (EG) No. 222 and in Praise of God No. 216. Also on the ground floor are his song Come here, the king's contingent and his Zwingli- Nachdichtung Herr, now stop the car yourself . In 1894, Friedrich Spitta created the text basis for the Christmas oratorio The Birth of Christ by the composer Heinrich von Herzogenberg .

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  1. Rector's speech (HKM)