Paul Althaus the Elder

Paul Althaus (1861–1925)

Adolf Paul Johannes Althaus (also Paul Althaus the Elder / senior ; born November 29, 1861 in Fallersleben , † April 9, 1925 in Leipzig ) was a German Protestant theologian and professor at the universities of Göttingen and Leipzig .

Career

Althaus studied theology in Erlangen and Göttingen. In Göttingen in the winter semester of 1881/82 he joined the Georgia-Augusta student choir (now the Blue Singers Student Music Association ) in the Cartel Association of German Student Choirs and was philisted there in 1884 . Between 1887 and 1897 he worked as a pastor in Obershagen and received his doctorate in theology from the University of Greifswald under Hermann Cremer in 1896 . In 1897 he became an associate professor, and in 1899 a full professor for practical and systematic theology in Göttingen. In the same year he also became an honorary philistine at the Göttingen Wingolf . In 1912 he followed a call to Leipzig as a full professor for systematic theology and New Testament science. From 1914 to 1915 and from 1919 to 1920 Althaus was dean of the theological faculty at Leipzig University .

One of his sons was the eponymous theologian Paul Althaus (1888–1966).

Fonts (selection)

The historical and dogmatic basis of the Lutheran baptismal liturgy . Feesche, Hanover 1893.
Dogmatic justification of the new test. Statements about Baptism . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1896.
The salvific meaning of baptism in the New Testament . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1897.
Piety and morality according to the evangelical view . Dieterich, Göttingen 1906.
Luther as the father of the evangelical hymn . Deichert, Leipzig 1917.
Research on Protestant prayer literature . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1927.

Individual evidence

↑ Philistine directory of the Göttingen Wingolf, Göttingen 1919, p. 6.

literature

Paul Althaus d. J .: From the life of D. Althaus-Leipzig , Dörffling & Franke, Leipzig 1928.
Paul Althaus d. J .: Althaus, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 220 f. ( Digitized version ).
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Paul Althaus the Elder. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 130. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Web links

Literature by and about Paul Althaus the Elder in the catalog of the German National Library
Paul Althaus the Elder in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Overview of the courses given by Paul Althaus the Elder at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1912 to summer semester 1914)

personal data
SURNAME	Althaus, Paul the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Althaus, Adolf Paul Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	November 29, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fallersleben
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 1925
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Philistine directory of the Göttingen Wingolf, Göttingen 1919, p. 6.