Jürgen Diestelmann

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Jürgen Diestelmann (born May 29, 1928 in Coburg ; † December 29, 2014 in Braunschweig ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian . He came to the fore primarily through historical-theological investigations into the doctrine and practice of Holy Communion with Martin Luther and its momentous change by Philipp Melanchthon .

Life

Diestelmann spent his childhood and youth in Königslutter am Elm and attended the Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Braunschweig, where he passed the Abitur in 1948 - after temporarily attending school in Schleusingen in Thuringia and serving as an air force helper. He studied Protestant theology in Mainz , Göttingen and Tübingen . After the second exam, his vicariate in the Brunswick parish Brüdern-St. Ulrici , where he was later a pastor himself. He was ordained on June 16, 1955 . 1956–1968 he was pastor in Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen , 1968–1975 in Alfershausen ( Middle Franconia ) and from 1975 to his retirement in 1990 at the Brothers' Church in Braunschweig, whose worship life he had a lasting impact.

In his publications he dealt mainly with the Lutheran doctrine and practice of the Lord's Supper. He was co-editor of the "Brothers' Newsletter".

Publications (selection)

  • Königslutter collegiate church. Small art guide for Lower Saxony, No. 9, Göttingen 1954 (published in several editions.)
  • Consecration. Luther's belief in the Lord's Supper from a dogmatic-liturgical point of view. Shown on the basis of excerpts from sources. Lutherisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1960 (= Lutheranism. A series of publications , edited by W. Zimmermann, issue 22).
  • Jürgen Diestelmann, Johannes Kettel: The Brothers Church in Braunschweig. Langewiesche-Bücherei, Königstein / Taunus 1982, ISBN 3-7845-0285-7 .
  • Actio sacramentalis. The administration of Holy Communion according to the principles of Martin Luther in the period up to the formula of the Concord. With a source appendix and several registers, Verlag der Lutherische Buchhandlung Harms, Groß Oesingen 1996, ISBN 3-86147-003-9 .
  • Teaching in harmony: Festschrift for Bishop Dr. Jobst Schöne , Verlag der Lutherischen Buchhandlung, Groß Oesingen 1997, ISBN 3-86147-140-X .
  • About the Lutheran mass. Congregational lectures and papers . Verlag der Lutherische Buchhandlung Harms, Groß Oesingen 1998, ISBN 3-86147-006-3 .
  • Usus and Actio. Holy Communion with Luther and Melanchthon . Pro Business Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86805-032-5 .
  • Invitation to word and sacrament. Five chapters on the Lutheran mass . Verlag Pro Business Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-386386-196-4 .
  • At the grave of Luther. Thoughtful and critical thoughts on the Reformation anniversary in 2017 . Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86386-433-0 .
  • Luther or Melanchthon? The break of a historical friendship and the consequences for today's ecumenism and the commemoration of the Reformation in 2017 . Verlag Pro Business, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86386-690-7 .

literature

  • Gisa Bauer: Evangelical Movement and Evangelical Church in the Federal Republic of Germany. History of a fundamental conflict (1945 to 1989). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-525-55770-9 , p. 731, also: Habilitation thesis, University of Leipzig, 2011 ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Well-known Lutheran. Jürgen Diestelmann died at the age of 86 , idea.de, message from December 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ Diestelmann: Vita ( Memento from December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Diestelmann, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Coburg
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2014
Place of death Braunschweig