Hermann Cremer

Hermann Cremer

Hermann Cremer (born October 18, 1834 in Unna ( Westphalia ), † October 4, 1903 in Greifswald ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

Cremer studied at the Friedrichs University Halle ( August Tholuck ) and the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen ( Johann Tobias Beck ). In 1859 Cremer worked as a pastor in Ostönnen , in 1870 he went to the University of Greifswald as a professor of systematic theology , where he was rector in 1883/84. Highly divergent statements can be found about character and personality.

Cremer changed from a pietist to a Lutheran biblicist while still a student . His main concern was the creation of the theological dictionary , which he published under the title Biblical-theological dictionary of New Testament grace . Martin Kähler already recognized the systematic behind it.

Cremer was one of the most important theologians. He played a role in the apostolic dispute . Despite the efforts of Friedrich Althoff and Adolf von Harnack, he turned down calls to Leipzig and Berlin . He is considered the most important head of the so-called Greifswald School. The Greifswald school also included Otto Zöckler , Viktor Schultze , Samuel Oettli and initially Adolf Schlatter . Cremer's students included Erich Schaeder and Wilhelm Lütgert and his son Ernst Cremer.

Fonts (selection)

• as editor: Magnus Friedrich Roos : Fundamenta Psychologiæ ex sacra Scriptura Collecta. 1857.
• Biblical-theological dictionary of New Testament grace. Gotha 1866.
• The church wedding: historical, ethical and liturgical. An attempt at orientation . Berlin 1875.
• Word from the cross. A vintage sermon . Gütersloh 1891.
• To the struggle for the Apostolicumhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3DCremerApostolikum%2FCremer%252C%2520Apostolikum~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn0~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D%27%27Zum%20Kampf% 20um% 20the% 20Apostolikum% 27% 27 ~ PUR% 3D . A pamphlet against D. Harnack. Berlin²1893.
• Faith, Scripture, and Sacred History. Three lectures . Gütersloh 1896.
• Prophecy and miracles in the context of salvation history . Gütersloh 1900.
• The essence of Christianity. Lectures in the summer semester of 1901 to students from all faculties at the University of Greifswald . Gutersloh 1901.
• Baptism, rebirth and infant baptism by the power of the Holy Spirit . Gütersloh ² 1901.
• The Christian doctrine of the attributes of God . Giessen / Basel 1983.
• Work and property from a Christian perspective . Edited by Helmut Burkhardt . Giessen / Basel 1984.
• Beyond the grave. About life after death . Giessen / Basel ⁹ 1987.

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Hermann Cremer. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1158-1159.
• Horst Beintker : Cremer, Hermann. In: Theological Real Encyclopedia . 8, pp. 230-236 (1981).
• Ernst Cremer: Hermann Cremer. A picture of life and character , Gütersloh 1912.
• Gregor Heidbrink: Restlessness, unrest, immorality - facets of Hermann Cremer's Greifswald pastorate. In: Irmfried Garbe, Tilman Beyrich, Thomas Willi (eds.): Greifswalder theological profiles. Building blocks for the history of theology at the University of Greifswald. Greifswald Theological Research Vol. XII, Frankfurt / Main a. a. 2006, pp. 185-212.
• Martin Kähler: History of Protestant Dogmatics in the 19th Century. 1962, 290 fu 302-304.
• Wilhelm Koepp : Hermann Cremer as a scientist. Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of the University of Greifswald (1956), pp. 56–60.
• Wilhelm Koepp: The antithetical paradox theology of the late Hermann Cremer. In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche 24 (1957), 291–341.
• Erich Schaeder: memorial speech for Hermann Cremer. 1929.
• Heinz-Horst Schrey :  Cremer, August Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 409 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)
2. ↑ see Koepp in Religion in Past and Present

Web links

• Literature by and about Hermann Cremer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature about Hermann Cremer in the state bibliography MV

predecessor	Office	successor
Jacob Friedrich Behrend	Rector of the University of Greifswald 1883	Wilhelm Schuppe