Johannes Lange (theologian)

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Johannes Peter Lange (born February 17, 1867 in Hostrup, Havetoft parish ; † February 27, 1953 in Klein-Brodersby ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and Lauenburg (regional) superintendent from 1914 to 1944.

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After his ordination in 1894, Lange was initially a vicar in Wandsbek . Two years later he was also pastor in Wandsbek and in 1901 chief pastor.

In 1914 he moved to Ratzeburg as main pastor , where he was appointed superintendent in the same year, on May 3, 1914, as the successor to the late Theodor Valentiner . With the entry into force of the constitution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig-Holstein from September 30, 1922 to November 1, 1924, he received the title of state superintendent . He held this position well beyond the normal retirement age until his retirement on April 1, 1944.

In the years 1933–1944, Lange kept a critical distance from the National Socialist regime and was close to the Confessing Church . So he made sure that on March 20, 1937 the “ Möllner emergency confirmation ” of Lübeck confirmands could take place, whose pastors belonging to the Confessing Church had been placed under house arrest. In addition , on November 6, 1938 , he ordained 22 candidates for preaching office of the Confessing Church in the St. Petri Church in Ratzeburg.

On the occasion of his 25th anniversary in office in 1939, the Lauenburg pastors established the “Johannes Lange Foundation”, the proceeds of which were intended to promote church life in the parishes of the Lauenburg state superintendent .

See also

literature

  • Hermann Augustin (Ed.): Country, hear the word of the Lord. Ev.-luth. Church and churches in the Duchy of Lauenburg , Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1984, p. 221 f., 319 f.
  • Friedrich Hammer : Directory of the pastors of the Schleswig-Holstein regional church 1864–1976 , Neumünster: Wachholtz no year, p. 217.
  • Eckardt Opitz (Ed.): Biografisches Lexikon Herzogtum Lauenburg , Husum 2015, p. 259.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (Ed.): The constitution of 1922 as the basis for the later church leadership , in: Landeskirchliches Archiv, 20.01 ( online ); Kurt Meier : The Protestant Church Struggle. Complete presentation in three volumes , Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1976–1984. Volume 1: The struggle for the "Reichskirche" , 1976, p. 360.
predecessor Office successor
Theodor Valentiner Superintendent or state superintendent of the Lauenburg district of the Ev.-Luth. Lutheran Church in Schleswig-Holstein
1914 - 1944 		Hans Matthießen
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lange, Johannes Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and state superintendent
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Hostrup, parish of Havetoft
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1953
Place of death Klein-Brodersby