Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge
Dr. theol. Kohlbrügges grave

Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge (born August 15, 1803 in Amsterdam , † March 5, 1875 in Elberfeld ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian . He was a pastor at the Dutch Reformed Church in Elberfeld .

Live and act

In Amsterdam, Kohlbrügge attended a school for Latin from 1819 to 1821 and later the Athenaeum . He devoted himself to the study of the Heidelberg Catechism , philosophy , theology and the oriental languages . He also worked for his father in a soap factory . In 1825 he finished a theological exam in Utrecht and in 1826 became assistant preacher in the Amsterdam congregation.

In 1833, after the death of his wife, Kohlbrügge traveled to the Rhineland for a cure and preached in Elberfeld. After returning to the Netherlands , he remarried in 1834. From 1856 Kohlbrügge preached in various Dutch churches and in 1864 traveled to Bohemia and Moravia to preach there too. His theology was strongly influenced by Martin Luther , among others . “In a sermon on Romans 7:14, K. pointed out the radical nature of man's sin, especially in his endeavors for sanctification, and emphasized that God makes godless and not saints just.” Kohlbrügge successfully sought the evangelical cathedral preacher -Reformed Halle Cathedral and Castle Church Adolf Johannes Cleophas Zahn that he was the 2nd pastor of the Dutch Reformed (Kohlbrüggeschen) parish in Elberfeld from 1877 to 1880. After the death of Halle theology professor Wichelhaus , Kohlbrügge visited the city on the Saale at the invitation of the cathedral preacher Neuenhaus. On April 25, 1858, the pastor of the Dutch Reformed Elberfeld Free Congregation even gave a sermon in the cathedral church, which "... was an event of great importance for Kohlbrügge, because since 1834 he had not entered a pulpit in the regional church of Prussia" as his later pastor colleague Adolf Zahn noted.

In his sermons during the wars of 1866 and 1870/1871, Kohlbrügge presented Prussia as a protective power against unbelief. For decades, followers of Kohlbrügge's theology occupied the pastor's posts, especially in the Lower County of Bentheim.

Works (selection)

  • Three guest sermons on Romans 7-14. Psalm 65, 5 and Psalm 45, 14-16. Held in 1833. Publishing house of the Dutch Reformed Congregation, Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1936.
  • The seventh chapter of Pauli's letter to the Romans in a detailed description, 1839
  • The word became flesh, reflections on the first chapter of Ev. according to Matth., 1844
  • Why the AT? Instructions for the correct appraisal of the books of Moses and the prophets, T. 1: The OT according to its true meaning appreciated from the writings of the evangelists and others. Apostle, 1846
  • The ten commandments, a fiery law, sermon on Deut 33: 2, 1851
  • The Promised Christ, Seven Sermons, 1853
  • Sermons on the first epistle of the apostle Peter. The fourth chapter. Publishing house of the Dutch Reformed Congregation, Elberfeld 1855.
  • Twenty sermons given in 1846, 1857
  • The only consolation in life and death, six sermons on the first question and answer of the Heidelberg Catechism, 1879
  • The teaching of salvation in questions and answers. Printed as a manuscript for the 100th birthday of the departed man. Elberfeld: Publishing House of the Netherlands. reform. Common in Elberfeld, 1903.
  • Eight sermons on the Gospel of John Ch. 3rd v. 1-21 together with a final sermon on Romans 8th v. 32nd Publishing House of the Dutch Reformed Congregation, Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1936.

Remembrance day

March 5th in the Evangelical Name Calendar .

literature

  • Benjamin G. Locher:  Kohlbrügge, Hermann Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , pp. 423-425 ( digitized version ).
  • Karl Barth : Protestant theology in the 19th century. Their prehistory and their history . Hamburg 1975, pp. 546-554.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Cuno:  Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 432-436.
  • Hermann Klugkist Hesse : Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge . Wuppertal 1935.
  • Karl Koch, Kohlbrüggian in the county of Bentheim. A study on the reformed church history of the Grafschaft Bentheim between 1880 and 1950. At the same time a contribution to the history of the church struggle, in: Emsland / Bentheim. Contributions to the story, Vol. 12, Sögel 1996, pp. 355-432.
  • Walter Kreck: The doctrine of sanctification in Hermann-Friedrich Kohlbrügge . Munich 1936.
  • Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel : Theology and Church with Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge (= contributions to Protestant theology , vol. 25). Kaiser, Munich 1957.
  • Frank Reiniger:  Kohlbrügge, Hermann Friedrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 300-305.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Lectures in memory of Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge 1975 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Wuppertal 1975 (contributions by Benjamin Locher, Klaus Goebel, Manfred Wichelhaus, Heiner Faulenbach, Walter Kreck and Johann Friedrich Gerhard Goeters).

Web links

Commons : Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Reiniger:  KOHLBRÜGGE, Hermann Friedrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 300-305.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  2. ↑ Pastors' book of the Church Province of Saxony. Volume 9. Biograms Tr - Z. Published by the Association for Pastors in the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony in cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Center for Pietism Research at the Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg in conjunction with the Francke Foundations in Halle (Saale) and of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig, 2009, p. 479; ISBN 978-3-374-02141-3 .
  3. ^ Zahn, Adolph: Ein Lebensbild , Stuttgart, 1881, p. 88.
  4. ^ Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge in the ecumenical dictionary of saints
personal data
SURNAME Kohlbrügge, Hermann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1875
Place of death Elberfeld