Joachim Rogge

Joachim Rogge (born December 3, 1929 in Halberstadt , † June 8, 2000 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg ) was a German Protestant theologian and was bishop of the Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia .

life and work

Joachim Rogge studied Protestant theology at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1948 to 1955 and completed his studies in 1955 with a doctorate. 1959 habilitation Rogge and was professor of ecclesiastical and doctrinal history on Sprachenkonvikt in Berlin, whose rector he was several times from the 1973rd From 1961 to 1974 he was also pastor in the parish “Zur Barmherzigkeit” in Berlin-Lichtenberg; then he was appointed to the senior church council and member of the church chancellery of the Evangelical Church of the Union (EKU). From 1977 Rogge was President of the EKU Church Chancellery and since 1972 Director of the Evangelical Research Academy .

On June 29, 1985, he was elected bishop of the Görlitz church area to succeed Hanns-Joachim Wollstadt . He was a participant in talks and negotiations between the church leadership and the GDR leadership as well as president of the Evangelical Main Bible Society. From 1985 to 1989 Rogge was registered as IM "Ferdinand" of the MfS , there was no clear public statement from him. In 1990 he was elected Chairman of the Council of the EKU (East). In 1994 he retired after reaching the age limit. His successor was Klaus Wollenweber .

Honors

• In 1982 Rogge received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lund , Sweden and in 1989 that of the Humboldt University in Berlin, which had made him an honorary professor in 1986.
• In 1995 he received the Silesian sign of Landsmannschaft Silesia awarded.

Publications

• The contribution of the preacher Jakob Strauss to the early history of the Reformation. Dissertation. Humboldt University of Berlin 1955. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1957.
• Johann Agricola's understanding of Luther. With special attention to antinomism. Habilitation thesis. Humboldt University of Berlin 1959. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1960.
• Zwingli and Erasmus . The peace thoughts of the young Zwingli. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1962.
• Virtus and Res. About the reality of the Lord's Supper with Calvin . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1965.
• Luther in Worms 1521–1971. A source book. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1971.
• Martin Luther . Its life, its time, its effects . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1982. 2nd edition 1984.
• Beginnings of the Reformation. The young Luther 1483–1521. The young Zwingli 1484–1523. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1983. 2nd edition 1985.
• with Karl-Wolfgang Tröger , Gottfried Schille (ed.): World religions and Christian faith. Wichern, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-88981-060-8 .

literature

• Roger Sitter, Ehrhart Neubert :  Rogge, Joachim . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Joachim Rogge in the catalog of the German National Library

predecessor	Office	successor
Hanns-Joachim Wollstadt	Bishop of the Ev. Church of the Görlitz church area 1985–1994	Klaus Wollenweber