Karl Holl (theologian)

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Karl Holl (born May 15, 1866 in Tübingen ; † May 23, 1926 in Berlin ) was a professor of theology and church history in Tübingen and Berlin and is considered an important church historian .

Life

Karl Holl studied philosophy and evangelical theology at the Tübingen monastery . There he also joined the Normannia student union . During his brief vicariate in Württemberg , he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. and in 1891 became a repetiteur at the Tübingen monastery. Since 1894, at the instigation of Adolf von Harnack, he has worked as a research assistant at the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1896 he qualified as a professor at the Berlin theological faculty. In 1901 he became an associate professor for church history in Tübingen , from 1906 he was a full professor in Berlin at the Friedrich Wilhelms University . On December 17, 1914, he was also accepted as a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . He was also Ephorus of the Evangelical-theological Konvikt Johanneum in Berlin from 1912 to 1926 . With Hans Lietzmann , he founded the series of works on church history that is still published today . The focus of his research was on the publication of early Christian texts. His grave is in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf .

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of Holl's students .

Teaching

Karl Holl's theological development is shaped by Ferdinand Christian Baur's school of thought called " Tübingen School " . He published numerous studies on Martin Luther , which are still given fundamental importance to this day. Holl's contributions interpret the Lutheran understanding of religion and God as a " religion of conscience " and triggered a Luther renaissance . He put the so-called doctrine of justification back at the center of theology .

Works

  • The Sacra Parallela of Johannes Damascenus , 1897
  • Enthusiasm and penance in Greek monasticism, and study of Symeon of the New Theologians , 1898
  • Fragments of the pre-ican church fathers from the Sacra Parallela , 1899
  • Amphilochius of Iconium in his relationship with the great Cappadocians , 1904
  • The spirit. Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. A psychological study , 1905
  • The Doctrine of Justification in the Light of the History of Protestantism , 1906
  • What does the doctrine of justification have to say to modern man? , 1907
  • Modernism , 1908
  • John Calvin, Speech to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Calvin's birthday , 1909
  • The handwritten tradition of Epiphanius , 1910
  • Thomas Chalmers and the Beginnings of the Church-Social Movement , 1913
  • Paul's concept of the church in relation to that of the early community , 1921
  • Historical essays on church history I. Luther (1. What did Luther mean by religion? 2. Doctrine of justification in Luther's lecture on the Letter to the Romans with special regard to the question of the certainty of salvation. 3. The new building of morality. 4. The emergence of Luther's concept of the church. 5. Luther and the sovereign church regiment, 6. Luther's judgments about himself, 7. Luther and the enthusiasts, 8. The cultural significance of the Reformation, 9. Luther's significance for the progress of the art of interpretation), 1921
  • Augustine's Inner Development , 1923
  • Early Christianity and the History of Religions , 1924
  • The Origin of the Four Lent in the Greek Church , 1924
  • Christian Speeches , 1926
  • Historical essays on the history of the Church II .: The East, 1927/28
  • Historical essays on church history III. : The West, 1928

literature

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Holl, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, university professor for theology and church history
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1926
Place of death Berlin