Karl Friedrich August Kahnis

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Karl Friedrich August Kahnis

Karl Friedrich August Kahnis (born December 22, 1814 in Greiz ( Vogtland ), † June 20, 1888 in Leipzig ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian.

Life

Kahnis studied at the Universities of Halle and Berlin . In 1844 he became an associate professor at the University of Breslau . There he was supposed to represent the conservative Lutheran position, which was mainly represented at the Prussian court by the group around the Gerlach brothers .

In 1848 Kahnis left the Church of the Old Prussian Union and transferred to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prussia . From 1850 he taught as the successor to Adolf Harleß on the chair for dogmatics at the University of Leipzig . In 1864/65 he was rector of this university . Theodor Brieger was his successor . As a representative of Leipzig University, he was a member of the First Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament from 1857 to 1864 .

Teaching

Kahnis was, although he can be attributed to the Neulutertum , not a representative of a repristination theology . He understood the dogma as the result of a historical development and was accordingly of the opinion that the Lutheran creed must also be further developed. So it came about that he deviated from the Orthodox Lutheran positions on questions of Trinity theology , the doctrine of Holy Scripture and Holy Communion . This also brought him hostility from other neo-Lutheran theologians such as Hengstenberg and Dieckhoff .

Works (selection)

  • Dr. Ruge and Hegel . A contribution to the appreciation of Hegelian Tenzen . Franke publishing house, Quedlinburg 1838.
  • The modern science of Dr. Strauss and the Faith of our Church . Publishing house Oehmigke, Berlin 1842.
  • The teaching of St. Mind . Schmitt, Halle 1847 (only volume 1 published)
  • The doctrine of the Lord's Supper . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1851.
  • The inner course of German Protestantism . 3rd ext. u. revised Edition Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1874 (2 vols.)
  • The cause of the Lutheran Church towards the Union. Letter to KI Nitzsch . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1854.
  • Lutheran dogmatics . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1874–75
    • Vol. 1 Prolegomena. The teachings of God's nature, trinity, creation, providence, sin .
    • Vol. 2 The doctrine of Christ's person and work; Grace, means of grace, baptism, communion, church, life after death and the last things .
  • Testimony of the basic truths of Protestantism against Dr. Hengstenberg . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1862.
  • The church according to its origin, its history, its shape. Lectures in the winter of 1865 in Leipzig . Hinrichs Verlag, Leipzig 1865 (together with Christoph Ernst Luthardt and Bruno Brückner ).
  • Christianity and Lutheranism . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1871.
  • The German Reformation . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1872 (vol. 1, no more published)
  • About the relation of ancient philosophy to Christianity . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1883.
  • The course of the church in images of life . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1881.
  • Sermons . Verlag Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1866–1877 (3 vols.)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Saxon State Parliament 2001, p. 44
personal data
SURNAME Kahnis, Karl Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Greiz ( Vogtland )
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1888
Place of death Leipzig