Oskar Johannes Mehl

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Oskar Johannes Mehl (born May 13, 1875 in Braunschweig , † November 23, 1972 in Herzberg ) was a German Protestant theologian and author of liturgical and national publications.

Life

He was the son of the typesetter and proofreader Martin Mehl in Braunschweig. After attending school, he studied theology in Berlin, where he took both church exams in 1899 and 1901. Before the First World War he worked as a pastor in Argentina and Chile. In 1911 he returned to Berlin. Here he was pastor in Neukölln for a year.

From 1920 to 1925 he worked as a pastor in Wildenau, then until 1936 in Schlettau in the Ore Mountains. He then went to Jessen (Elster) as pastor and superintendent , where he worked until his retirement in 1950. In 1942 he received his doctorate from the University of Jena . Most recently he lived in Eilenburg. He died in Herzberg.

In addition to his work as a clergyman, he has also devoted himself to writing publications on liturgical and national (ethnic) issues since 1914 and during the National Socialist era .

family

Oskar Johannes Mehl married the writer Lucie Grell in Buenos Aires . They had four children together.

Works (selection)

  • The beautiful church services: theological-aesthetic considerations. Hamburg 1902
  • The original gospel . Leipzig 1906
  • The Evangelical Orphanage "Providencia" in southern Chile. Potsdam around 1910
  • German heart, do not despair! A collection of sayings and songs for wartime. Leipzig 1914
  • The Germanization of foreign words in our army language. Berlin 1915
  • Speak German, Be German! A warning in serious times to fight against everything foreign. Leipzig 1915
  • Death for the fatherland. Berlin 1915
  • A holy church: attempting an evangelical-ecumenical catechism. Gütersloh 1925
  • About the construction and expansion of the liturgy. Gütersloh 1925
  • Liturgical conduct. Goettingen 1927
  • Stop prayer! Evangelical breviary for morning, midday and evening hours plus night prayer. Grimmen 1931 ff.
  • Words of consolation at the departure of our loved ones. Leipzig 1932
  • Goethe and the cult. Grimmen 1934
  • Thomas Müntzer's German masses and church offices. Grimmen 1937
  • Thomas Müntzer as a Bible translator. Diss. Jena 1942

Honors

  • Red Cross Medal III

literature

  • Parish book of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony. Leipzig 2006, Vol. 6, 18

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personal data
SURNAME Flour, Oskar Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German non-fiction author and Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1972
Place of death Herzberg (Elster)