Klaus Harms (clergyman)
Klaus Harms (born February 20, 1906 , † May 6, 1972 ) was a German Protestant clergyman.
Career
After studying theology and obtaining a doctorate in Greifswald and Tübingen, Harms was a pastor in Gülzow from 1931 to 1945 and a member of the Confessing Church during the Nazi era . After the end of the war, he worked as a refugee pastor in Rotenburg in 1946/47, then from 1947 to 1971 as a pastor in the reformed community of Detmold- West. From 1962 to 1967 he was superintendent .
In addition, he was chairman of the Association of Evangelical Pastors' Associations in Germany . His estate is in the Evangelical Central Archive in Berlin .
Honors
- 1968: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fonts (selection)
- Bugenhagen's importance for the church in his homeland . Leer, Rautenberg (1965)
- The Relations of Protestantism with the East: Assumed and Enduring Responsibility. Leer, Rautenberg (1963)
- Preserved and proven heritage . Leer, Rautenberg (1962)
- Jakob Runge : a contribution to the history of the Pomeranian Reformation . Ulm, Verlag Unser Weg (1961)
- Melanchthon's relationship with Pomerania and his influence on the Pomeranian Church . 1960
- D. Johann Bugenhagen . Bechauf (1958)
- The evangelical confession . Bielefeld, Bechauf (1954)
- The religious confession as preparation for the Lord's Supper in the Protestant Church, in history and design . Greifswald, Bamberg 1930 (also Diss. Theol. Greifswald 1930)
literature
- Christa Stache, Evangelical Central Archive in Berlin (ed.): The Evangelical Central Archive in Berlin and its holdings. - Alektor-Verlag, 1992
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SURNAME | Harms, Klaus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor in Detmold |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1906 |
DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1972 |