Gordon Rupp

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Ernest Gordon Rupp (born January 7, 1910 in London , † December 19, 1986 in Cambridge ) was a British church historian and Methodist clergyman. His specialty was the Reformation . From 1968 to 1977 he was Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastlical History at the University of Cambridge . In 1969 he was President of the Annual Conference of the Methodist Church of Great Britain .

Life

After studying - with a semester abroad in Tübingen - Rupp became a Methodist pastor in Chislehurst . In 1938 he married Marjorie Hibbard. They had a son, Martin.

In 1945 Rupp became known when he defended Martin Luther against the statement, popularized by Peter F. Wiener, of a direct line from Luther to Hitler . In the same year he traveled to Germany with Bishop Bell and attended the Stuttgart declaration of guilt . In 1953 his Luther book The Righteousness of God was published .

Rupp worked from 1947 as a tutor in Richmond and from 1952 as an assistant professor at the Wesley House Methodist seminar in Cambridge . In 1956 he became professor of church history at the University of Manchester . He was a Methodist observer at the Second Vatican Council . In 1967 he returned to Wesley House as principal . In addition, he worked from 1968 until his retirement as a professor of church history at the University of Cambridge . The following year he also served as President of the Methodist Conference .

In 1976 he was instrumental in an attempted reunification with the Anglican Church , which failed due to Anglo-Catholic resistance from the Anglicans.

Memberships and honors

Rupp became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1970 . Various universities, etc. a. those in Manchester, Cambridge, Aberdeen and Paris awarded him honorary doctorates.

Fonts (selection)

  • Martin Luther: Hitler's Cause or Cure? In reply to Peter F. Wiener. Lutterworth Press, London and Redhill 1945, LCCN  46-003123 .
  • Principalities and Powers: Studies in the Christian Conflict in History. Epworth, London 1952.
  • The Righteousness of God: Luther Studies . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1953, LCCN  53-004357 .
  • Patterns of Reformation. Epworth, London 1969.
  • "I seek my brethren": Bishop George Bell and the German churches . Epworth Press, London 1975, ISBN 0-7162-0236-0 .
  • Thomas More. The King's good servant. Collins, New York 1978.
  • Rupert E. Davies, Gordon Rupp (Eds.): A History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain . Epworth Press, London (4 volumes, 1965–1988).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rupert E. Davies: Methodism . 2nd revised edition. Epworth Press, London 1985, ISBN 0-7162-0280-8 , p. 183 .
personal data
SURNAME Rupp, Gordon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rupp, Ernest Gordon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British church historian and Methodist clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1986
Place of death Cambridge