Martin Schmidt (theologian, 1909)
Martin Schmidt (born April 28, 1909 in Pockau , Erzgebirge , † May 20, 1982 in Heidelberg ) was a German Protestant theologian ( church historian ) and university professor.
life and work
Martin Schmidt, son of a pastor, first studied Romance and English philology in Geneva and then Slavic philology, history and art history as well as Protestant theology at the University of Munich . In 1936 he was promoted to Dr. theol. received his doctorate and took over a pastor's office in Kleinröhrsdorf in 1937 . His habilitation in 1942 with Horst Stephan in Leipzig ( basic lines of Schleiermacher's view of history ) was not recognized because of his membership in the Confessing Church .
In 1946 Schmidt received a professorship at the Church University of Berlin-Zehlendorf and in 1948/49 he also represented the chair of ecclesiastical history at the University of Rostock . From 1959 Schmidt taught at the University of Mainz and served as rector of the university in the academic year 1962/63 . In 1967 he moved to the University of Heidelberg , where he was retired .
Schmidt's research focus was pietism . He was a founding member of the Historical Commission for the Study of Pietism in 1964 and served as chairman of the West Section until his death. Since 1971 he was also a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences .
From 1969 to 1979 Schmidt was President of the Evangelical Federation . In 1955 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque (Iowa) and in 1962 from the University of Erlangen .
Fonts (selection)
- John Wesley's conversion . Bremen 1938 (also dissertation).
- John Wesley . 2 vol., Zurich 1953/66 (2nd edition 1987/88).
- Rebirth and new person. Collected Studies on the History of Pietism . Witten 1969.
- Pietism . Stuttgart 1972 (3rd edition 1983).
- Pietism as a theological phenomenon. Collected Studies on the History of Pietism. Vol. 2 . Edited by Kurt Aland (AGP 20). Göttingen 1984 ( online edition in the Digi20 project ).
- As editor
- The age of pietism . Bremen 1965 (reprint Wuppertal 1988).
- Horst Stephan : History of Protestant theology in Germany since idealism . Berlin, New York: de Gruyter 1973
- (with Georg Schwaiger ): Churches and Liberalism in the 19th Century . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 1976.
literature
- The religion in past and present , 3rd ed., Vol. 7, 1965, Col. 215f.
- Heinrich Bornkamm et al. (Ed.): Pietism in shapes and effects: Martin Schmidt for his 65th birthday . Bielefeld: Luther-Verlag 1975
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Martin Schmidt in the German Digital Library
- Entry on Martin Schmidt (with photo) in the directory of professors at the University of Mainz 1946–1973
- A brief history of the Rostock church history (PDF; 1.9 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Schäfer: The historical commission for the research of Pietism . In: Hartmut Lehmann (Ed.): History of Pietism. Vol. 4: Beliefs and lifeworlds . Göttingen 2004, pp. 673-692
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pockau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1982 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |