Hermann Späth (pastor)

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Carl Hermann Späth (born September 24, 1824 in Nürtingen , † November 17, 1894 in Breslau ) was a German Protestant pastor and author of Protestant liberalism .

Life

Späth studied Protestant theology in Tübingen from 1844 to 1849 . In 1856 he passed the exam in Stuttgart and after 1860 took up his first pastor's position in Gründelhardt .

Contrary to the wishes of the Upper Church Council of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg , at the suggestion of free-spirited circles, the city church council and the Oldenburg city council, Späth was allowed to vote for the pastorate at the Lambertikirche in Oldenburg and decided the election in 1869.

Späth was close to free-thinking associations such as the German Protestant Association and was therefore in constant conflict with the faithful circles of the royal seat of Oldenburg. In 1870 he wrote a petition for the city council of Churches, which attacked the previous undemocratic church constitution and called for direct elections to the regional synod, extension of parish suffrage for communities and a guarantee of freedom of belief and teaching. In 1872 he founded the liberal Evangelical Preachers ' Association in order to "balance Christianity with the overall development of culture in the struggle against the forces pushing backwards".

In 1877 he was finally elected pastor primarius at St. Elisabeth in Breslau and as the local church inspector there. Here Späth played a decisive role in the reshuffle of the city's Protestant church constitution, the replacement of the city's patronage and founded the Association of Protestant Parishes as the body responsible for church self-government.

Fonts

  • World and god. Basics of a worldview that processes the laws of the new time. Berlin 1867.
  • The confessional. Berlin 1870.
  • Protestant building blocks. Life and work of Heinrich Krause. Berlin 1873.
  • Seeds of truth. An exposition of the basic truths of Christianity in thirty-two sermons. Oldenburg 1875.
  • Luther and his works. Oldenburg 1876.
  • The three basic ideas of a healthy worldview. Oldenburg 1877.
  • Theism and pantheism. Oldenburg 1878.
  • Be faithful. A word on the path of life for the newly confirmed. Oldenburg 1875.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to other sources also in 1826, for example in DNB 117486116 .
personal data
SURNAME Late, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Späth, Carl Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Nürtingen
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1894
Place of death Wroclaw