Otto Carsten Krabbe
Otto Carsten Krabbe , also Karsten (* December 27, 1805 in Hamburg , † November 14, 1873 in Rostock ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, university professor and multiple rector of the University of Rostock .
Live and act
Krabbe was the son of the Hamburg merchant Carsten Krabbe. He attended the learned school of the Johanneum in Hamburg and from 1826 studied Protestant theology at the universities of Bonn and Berlin . In Berlin he became a student of Friedrich Schleiermacher and August Neander . In 1829 he was at the University of Goettingen to the Dr. phil. PhD.
After a time as a private teacher, he became professor of biblical philology at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg in 1833 and achieved a wide impact in the following years through public lectures and publications. In 1839 he was awarded an honorary theological doctorate on the occasion of the Brandenburg Reformation anniversary by the Theological Faculty of Berlin University. In the same year he turned down an offer at the University of Dorpat .
In 1840 Grand Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin appointed him full professor of theology and university preacher at the University of Rostock. In addition to his lectures on systematic and practical theology, including leading the homiletic seminar, he read regularly about church history and was involved in university affairs. Between 1851 and 1869 he was rector of the university six times and initiated the construction of its main building. With his multi-volume work From the Church and Scientific Life of Rostock , he made the history of the university accessible.
From 1844 to 1847 he was co-editor of the Mecklenburg Church Gazette . Krabbe developed into one of the most important representatives of conservative neo-Lutheranism in Mecklenburg. Since 1851 a member of the Grand Ducal Consistory , wrote crab in the dispute over the liberal views of his Rostock colleague Michael Baumgarten the Konsistorialerachten that Baumgarten, among other combat in Concord accused oath angelobter established church doctrine and broken commitments and 1858 led to Baumgarten's dismissal.
Krabbe was married twice. His first wife Elfriede, b. Voigt, died soon after moving to Rostock († 1842). After seven years as a widower, he married Albertine nee. Heuffemann. His son from his first marriage, Johannes Krabbe (1839–1901), was pastor at Bethlehem Abbey in Ludwigslust .
Awards
Works
- De codice canonum qui Apostolorum nomine circumseruntur. Diss. Göttingen 1829
- On the Origin and Content of the Apostolic Constitutions of Clemens Romanus: A Historical-Critical Attempt. Hamburg: Perthes 1829
- Quaestionum de Hoseae vaticiniis specimen . School program 1836
- Ecclesiae evangelicae Hamburgi instauratae historia. School program 1840
- The doctrine of sin and death in their relationship to one another and to the resurrection of Christ. Hamburg: Perthes 1836
- Lectures on the life of Jesus for theologians and non-theologians with regard to the life of Jesus von Strauss and the literature related to it. Hamburg: Meissner 1839
- Remarks on the Position of Apologetics on Scripture . Hamburg 1842.
- The Protestant regional church of Prussia and its public legal relationship. 1849
- August Neander, a contribution to his characteristic. 1852
- The University of Rostock in the 15th and 16th centuries. 1854
- About that in the matter of Professor Dr. Baumgarten required and submitted the opinion of the grand ducal Mecklenburg Consistory. Schwerin 1858
- The confession of the Lutheran Church and the affairs of Professor Dr. Baumgarten submitted reports from the theological faculties in Göttingen and Greifswald. Berlin: Schlawitz 1859
- From the ecclesiastical and scientific life of Rostock. Berlin: Schlawitz 1863
- Heinrich Müller and his time. Rostock: Adler 1866
- David Chytraeus . 1870
- Against the present direction of state life in relation to the church. 1873
literature
- Johannes Bachmann : Krabbe, Otto Carsten . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 2 f.
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 5346 .
Web links
- Literature about Otto Carsten Krabbe in the state bibliography MV
- Entry on Otto Carsten Krabbe in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krabbe, Otto Carsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krabbe, Otto Karsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, university professor, rector of the University of Rostock |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1873 |
| Place of death | Rostock |