Heinrich Lang (theologian)

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Heinrich Lang, 1826–1876

Heinrich Lang (born November 14, 1826 in Frommern , near Balingen ; † January 13, 1876 in Zurich ) was a leading exponent of theological liberalism as an evangelical reformed pastor and theologian .

Life

Heinrich Lang was born the son of a Wuerttemberg priest. When he was ten years old, he went to the Latin school in Sulz am Neckar and four years later to the Schöntal monastery seminar . From 1844 he studied Protestant theology with Ferdinand Christian Baur in Tübingen , where he completed his theological studies at the Evangelical Monastery in 1848. As a student, Heinrich Lang became a member of the Nordland Association (now the Normannia Association ) in 1844 . As a popular speaker and energetic advocate of the republic, he had to leave the Kingdom of Württemberg and fled to Switzerland. After passing his exams in St. Gallen , he was elected pastor to the pulpit of Gretschins in Wartau on November 26, 1848 . He married Katharina Verena Konstantia Suter in Wildhaus SG on August 3, 1852. The couple had two sons and three daughters.

Pastor Heinrich Lang was known as a reformer and writer far beyond the borders of his homeland. In the spring of 1863 he was appointed pastor to Meilen on Lake Zurich and left the Wartau community on June 1. On March 5, 1871, Pastor Lang was elected to help Heinrich Hirzel at St. Peter (Zurich) , where he gave his inaugural sermon on April 23 and had to give the funeral sermon to his friend and comrade on May 2. He was now Hirzel's successor. As editor of “Zeitstimmen” and later of “Reform, Zeitstimmen aus der Reformierte Schweiz”, he was the real leader in the reform movement; He was supported by the writer and pastor Albert Bitzius (son) , the son of the great storyteller Jeremias Gotthelf . Heinrich Lang died on January 13, 1876 in Zurich.

Works

Wartau-Gretschins: rectory, church and castle ruins, 1758 - 1860
  • Sermons , St. Gallen 1853
  • An attempt at Christian dogmatics - presented to all thinking Christians , Berlin 1858 (2nd edition 1865)
  • A walk through the Christian world , Berlin 1859 (2nd edition 1870)
  • “ Death, where is your sting? “Easter sermon, Winterthur 1860
  • Religious characters , Winterthur 1862 (2nd edition 1872)
  • Hours of Prayer , 2 vols., Winterthur 1862–65
  • Life of the Apostle Paul , 1866
  • Jesus of Nazareth , lecture given in Basel on January 6, 1868, Winterthur 1868
  • Martin Luther, a religious character picture , Berlin 1870
  • On the Significance of Public Accidents , Speech (Pred.), Zurich 1871
  • The life of Jesus and the church of the future , Berlin 1872
  • Is Liberal Protestantism a Religion? Bern 1875
  • Religious speeches given in St. Peter zu Zurich from mid-1871 to mid-1872, Zurich 1873
  • Religious Speeches , Vol. 2, 1872–1874
  • Religion in the Age of Darwin , Berlin 1873, (German Time and Controversy Issues, Volume 2, Issue 31)
  • What do we agree on? Zurich 1879 (Writings of the Swiss Association for Free Christianity, 3)
  • Theodor Parker , Zurich 1879 (Writings of the Swiss Association for Free Christianity, 4)

literature

Web links

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See also


personal data
SURNAME Lang, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German representative of theological liberalism
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Pious
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1876
Place of death Zurich