Johannes Kunze (theologian)

Johannes Wilhelm Kunze (born August 31, 1865 in Dittmannsdorf ; † July 20, 1927 ) was a German Lutheran theologian and university professor.

Kunze studied theology in Leipzig , where Luthardt was his main teacher, and Erlangen and then became vicar at the teachers' seminar in Annaberg . From 1889 to 1892 he was a senior teacher at the Wettiner Gymnasium in Dresden. In 1894 he received his habilitation in Leipzig. He was full professor in Vienna from 1903 to 1905 and professor of theology in Greifswald from 1905 .

Kunze was an opponent of kenosis and was at a critical distance from Albrecht Ritschl . He worked on the Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church .

Fonts

• Irenaeus' doctrine of God . Leipzig 1891 (PhD, University of Leipzig, 1891)
• De historiae gnosticismi fontibus novae quaestiones criticae . Leipzig 1894 (habilitation thesis, University of Leipzig, 1894)
• The Nicene-Constantinopolitan symbol . Leipzig 1898
• Rule of Faith, Holy Scriptures and the Confession of Baptism . Leipzig 1899
• Christoph Ernst Luthardt. A picture of life and character . Leipzig 1903
• The eternal deity of Jesus Christ . Leipzig 1904
• Luther's Sermo Poenitentia 1518 . Leipzig 1906
• The presentation of the Gospels in baptismal class . Leipzig 1909
• Luther's Christianity in its position on natural life . Leipzig 1918
• Symbolism. Confession and sect studies . Leipzig 1922

Web links

• Johannes Kunze in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
• Overview of Johannes Kunze's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1894 to summer semester 1903)

predecessor	Office	successor
Wilhelm Kähler	Rector of the University of Greifswald in 1921	Hermann Schwarz