Hans-Georg Fritzsche

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Hans-Georg Fritzsche (born February 1, 1926 - † May 29, 1986 ) was a German theologian and university professor .

Life

Fritzsche studied Protestant theology and philosophy . He received his doctorate in the subjects of systematic theology and philosophy. Since 1956 he was a lecturer and since 1960 professor for systematic theology at the Humboldt University in Berlin . He soon had to leave the Berlin faculty because the SED had appointed his adversary, the left-wing Hanfried Müller , as a lecturer. Fritzsche then taught in Halle (Saale) and Jena , but kept his residence in Kleinmachnow . He came back to East Berlin in 1966. He paid particular attention to the interaction between theology and philosophy, with the consequences for theology and the church that were of particular interest to him.

Fritzsche dealt with questions of theodicy and proofs of God . He taught z. B. “ Complementarity as an epistemological principle in theology”. He presented a draft dogmatics and practical handbooks on theological ethics . His work Leittextte der Bibel (1981), a systematic theology based on biblical texts, was also widely used. Many of his books were published in parallel by the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (GDR) and the Göttingen publishing house Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Fritzsche died shortly after completing his 60th year. The last volume of his dogmatics appeared posthumously. He was buried in field 11 of the Kleinmachnow forest cemetery , a cemetery for celebrities. Fritzsche belonged to the GDR CDU . Fritzsche worked on scientific compilations, such as the Theologische Realenzyklopädie , for example on the article Decalogue IV. Ethical (TRE 8, pp. 418-428).

Employee of the GDR State Security

Since 1956 he was an unofficial employee (IM) of the Stasi. The Ministry for State Security used Fritzsche's reputation as a western-oriented theologian to get information from independent theologian circles, while Fritzsche stated that he used his IM work as a protection for his “bourgeois-western-oriented” theology.

Fonts

  • The structural types of theology. A critical introduction to theology . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1961
  • Christianity and world views . Herbert Reich, Evangelischer Verlag, Hamburg 1962
  • From the master's secret of truth. Festschrift for Heinrich Vogel . Lettner-Verlag, Berlin / Stuttgart 1962
  • Christianity and world views. At the same time an introduction to the church dogmatics of Karl Barth from a mainly apologetic point of view . Hamburg 1962
  • Evangelical ethics - The commandments of God as basic principles of Christian action . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1963
  • Man's perspectives. Natural philosophical aspects of theological anthropology . Herbert Reich, Evangelischer Verlag, Berlin 1969
  • Reviews on Wilhelm Korff: Theologische Ethik. An introduction . Herder, Freiburg i.Br. 1976
  • Main pieces of the Christian faith. Outline of the Christian doctrine . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1979
  • Einar Billing. The idea of ​​the kingdom of God and social life. With an introduction to E. Billing's life and work . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1981
  • Leading texts of the Bible - systematic theology based on biblical texts . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1981
  • Textbook of Dogmatics - Part I: Principles . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1964 (second, expanded edition 1984)
  • Textbook of Dogmatics - Part II: Doctrine of God and Creation . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1967 (second, expanded edition 1984)
  • Textbook of Dogmatics - Part III: Christology . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1975
  • Guilt and Evil: on the theodicy problem . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1987
  • Textbook of dogmatics. Part IV: Ecclesiology - Ethics - Eschatology . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1988

literature

  • Wolf Krötke : "Christian Doctrine of Faith" and "Evangelical Dogmatics". Dealing with the problem of "natural theology in Hans-Georg Fritzsche and Hanfried Müller" . In: ZdZ 34 (1980), pp. 16-30
  • Siegfried Bräuer : "Not an enemy of our republic, but says what he means". The Berlin church historian Walter Elliger (1903–1985) . In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche 102 (2005), pp. 435–471
  • T. Beyrich: The reviewer. Hans-Georg Fritzsche. Theology, truth and legend . In: T. Beyrich (Ed.): Unexpected Theology. Festschrift for Bernd Hildebrandt . LIT, Münster 2005, pp. 41-66

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quatember. Table of contents up to 1983. Archived from the original on September 1, 2002 ; Retrieved December 7, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Kleinmachnow Forest Cemetery. Archived from the original on May 23, 2013 ; Retrieved December 7, 2014 .
  3. ↑ hu-berlin.de ( Memento from May 5, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Fritzsche, Hans-Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1926
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1986