Hermann Strasosky

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Hermann Theodor Strasosky (born July 11, 1866 in Brake , † April 8, 1950 in Ahrensburg ) was a German theologian .

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Hermann Strasosky was the son of a customs officer. He attended the Johanneum School of Academics , which he left with the Abitur. He then studied Protestant theology and philosophy at universities in Greifswald , Berlin and Jena . He passed the candidate exam in Hamburg in 1889 . From 1890 on, Strasosky taught religion at a school for senior daughters in Hamburg-Barmbek. After graduating as Dr. phil. in the same year in Jena (due to a dissertation on Jakob Friedrich Fries ) he became the third pastor in St. Pauli-Süd in 1891. In 1907 he received a pastor's position at the Gnadenkirche in St. Pauli-Nord. From 1902 to 1904 Strasosky represented the right-wing parliamentary group in the Hamburg parliament. In this position as a member of parliament in 1903 he demanded that the Museum of Ethnology be rebuilt.

Strasosky, who was considered a liberal theologian, was drawn into a controversy as early as 1893/94 when he gave a lecture on religious education. In the article Zur Volkskirche , which appeared in the Hamburgischer Correspondenten on July 13, 1919 , Strasosky wrote that the church was mainly criticized because of the weak liberalism in the religious community. He also found the second article of the Apostles' Creed questionable. In the services he held in 1920, he did not allow the Our Father to be prayed. Strasosky found the Apostles' Creed dispensable, which found both supporters and opponents within the community. In 1921, at the instigation of Strasosky's colleague, the later Regional Bishop Franz Tügel , the church council decided to apply for Strasosky's retirement. This took place after a change in the law in 1923 against his will and did not correspond to the wishes of the majority of the community. The arguments about Strasosky took place in the context of fundamental discussions about liberal and orthodox theology, the ecclesiastical orientation and the conceptions of scriptures and creeds.

From his 1917 marriage with Anna Elisabeth Eckhardt (May 30, 1889– December 25, 1982) had three children.

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SURNAME Strasosky, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strasosky, Hermann Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Brake
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1950
Place of death Ahrensburg