Johannes Ficker

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Johannes Paul Ficker (born November 12, 1861 in Leipzig , † June 19, 1944 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German Protestant theologian , church historian and Christian archaeologist .

Life

As the son of pastor Julius Gustav Ficker (1826–1899) Ficker attended the Nikolai grammar school in Leipzig . After graduating from high school, he studied theology and art history with Anton Springer at the University of Leipzig . In the summer of 1880 he became a member of the Leipzig University Choir of St. Pauli (today the German Choir ). 1886 doctorate he became Dr. phil. Ficker continued his theological studies at the St. Pauli seminary in Leipzig.

With the travel grant of the German Archaeological Institute , he traveled to Italy , Spain and North Africa from 1886 to 1888 . After his habilitation at the Friedrichs-Universität Halle , he became an associate professor in 1892 and a full professor for church history at the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Strasbourg in 1900 . In 1912 he was its rector . In 1919 he followed a call to Halle that had already been made in 1917, initially as a personal professor and secret consistorial advisor , and since 1923 as a professor. In 1923 he became an honorary philistine at the Frankfurt Wingolf . In 1929 he was retired.

Johannes Ficker was the brother of the hygienist Martin Ficker and the church historian Gerhard Ficker (1865–1934). He was married to Mimi born in 1891 . from Born . Died at the age of 82, he was buried at St. Laurentius (Halle) .

Act

Ficker edited important sources on the history of the Reformation . Of great importance was his rediscovery of the early lectures by Martin Luther on the Epistle of Paul to the Romans and the Epistle to the Hebrews . According to preliminary expenditure on Weimarana issued admirably, they reasoned with Karl Holl starting Luther Renaissance . As a church historian, he made contributions to research into Christian art, especially during the Reformation, for example through work on the portraits of the reformers. In addition, he advocated a renewal of the church's artistic activities as a consultant for church buildings and as the editor of the jewelery hymn books for the realm of Alsace-Lorraine in 1910 and the province of Saxony from 1931 to 1934. In his research, Johannes Ficker combined meticulousness with the ability to look at things in a lively way. Johannes Ficker has u. a. his publications at the Strasbourg University compiled in a directory for his "Hallische Universitätsrede" in 1922. This speech was published by Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale), on the occasion of the “half-century celebration of the rebuilding of the University of Strasbourg”. In 1941 Ficker was honored with the Goethe Medal for Art and Science .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Depiction of the Apostles in Early Christian Art , 1887.
  • The Confession of the Augsburg Confession, its first form and its history , 1891.
  • Luther's lecture on Romans 1515/16 , 1908. ( online )
  • Luther's lecture on Hebrews 1517/18 , 1929.
  • The Augsburg Confession in its first form , 1930.
  • The portraits of Luther from the time of his life. In: Luther-Jahrbuch 16, 1934, pp. 103–161.
  • The Kaiser Wilhelms University of Strasbourg and its activities. Speech at the commemoration of the founding of the Reich on January 18, 1922 , in Hallische Universitätsreden 17, Halle (Saale), published by Max Niemeyer 1922.
  • Archaeological studies on Christian antiquity and the Middle Ages , Ed. J. Ficker, 1895 ff.
  • Studies on Christian monuments Ed. J. Ficker, 1902 ff.
  • Portraits of the Strasbourg Reformation , Ed. J. Ficker, 1914.
  • Monuments of the Alsatian Antiquities Collection in Strasbourg (on behalf of the Society for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in Alsace), Part 2, Ed. J. Ficker, 1907.
  • Manuscript samples from the sixteenth century based on the Strasbourg originals, edited by J. Ficker together with Winckelmann, 1904.
  • Sources and research on the church and cultural history of Alsace and Lorraine , Ed. J. Ficker (with Adam, Anrich and others), 1912.
  • Strasbourg University Address by J. Ficker: The Beginnings of Academic Studies in Strasbourg , 1912.
  • Manuscripts from the old Strasbourg university library . In: Announcement of the Zwingli Association for the 70th birthday of its President Hermann Escher, Zurich 1927, pp. 44–65.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Complete directory of the Paulines from summer 1822 to summer 1938, Leipzig 1938, p. 74.
  2. ↑ Rector's speech (HKM)
  3. ↑ Lucien Febvre: Martin Luther. Religion as fate. Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Vienna 1976, S, 188, ISBN 3-548-03550-7 .
  4. ^ Hallische Universitätsrede 17. The Kaiser-Wilhelms University of Strasbourg and its activities. Speech at the commemoration of the founding of the Reich on January 18, 1922 by Johannes Ficker. Halle (Saale) 1922, p. 54 ff. Entry on Johannes Ficker in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis (accessed on July 28, 2015)

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SURNAME Ficker, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ficker, John Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1944
Place of death Halle (Saale)