Hans Philipp Meyer

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Hans Philipp Meyer (* 1919 ; † November 28, 1995 ) was an Evangelical Lutheran theologian and spiritual vice-president of the Hanover regional church office in Hanover .

Life

After studying Protestant theology and ordination, Meyer was assistant chaplain in Celle-Blumlage , pastor in Kirchboitzen , superintendent in Dorum , rector of the pastoral college in Loccum and from 1965 to 1969 regional superintendent of the Hildesheim district of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Hanover . On April 1, 1969, he was appointed spiritual vice-president in the regional church office. Meyer was particularly committed to theological education and decisively shaped the constitution of the regional church.

Beyond the regional church, he worked as a member of the general synod and the church leadership of the VELKD as well as a member of the church conference of the Evangelical Church in Germany . Meyer was honorary canon of the Loccum monastery . The Theological Faculty of the University of Hamburg awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1979 .

Fonts

  • The visitation as supervision with the word and means of law . In: Zeitschrift für Evangelisches Kirchenrecht 18 (1973), pp. 164–177
  • Agenda item: politics . LVH, Hannover 1978, ISBN 3-87502-041-3
  • Faith, Confession and Canon Law 1530-1980 . Hanover 1980
  • Church leadership according to the Lutheran understanding: for the interpretation of Confessio Augustana Art. 28 . In: Zeitschrift für Evangelisches Kirchenrecht 25 (1980), pp. 115–135
  • What does "leadership" mean in the Church? Preaching Authority Authority Considerations . LVH, Hannover 1981, ISBN 3-87502-244-0
  • Sermon and political responsibility according to the Theological Declaration of the Barmen Confessing Synod in 1934: with the text of the Barmen Theological Declaration and with a series of theses by the VELKD for understanding it . LVH, Hannover 1984, ISBN 3-87502-247-5

literature

  • Horst Exner : Insights: Festival of the Evangelical University of Applied Sciences Hannover for D. Hans Philipp Meyer , Ev. Hanover University of Applied Sciences 1984
  • Gerhard Besier , Eduard Lohse (ed.): Faith - Confession - Canon Law: Festschrift for Vice President i. R., D. theol. Hans Philipp Meyer , LVH, Hannover 1989, ISBN 3-7859-0588-2
  • Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of November 30, 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Anselm Steiger: 500 years of theology in Hamburg: Hamburg as a center of Christian theology and culture between tradition and future, page 489 , Berlin: de Gruyter, 2005 ISBN 978-3-11-018529-4
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Hans Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1919
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1995