Paul Kaiser (theologian)

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Johann Paul Kaiser (born December 19, 1852 in Züllichau , † December 17, 1917 in Leipzig ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor, writer and songwriter.

Life

Paul Kaiser was the son of the Züllichau cloth manufacturer Johann Gotthilf Kaӳser and his wife, the cloth manufacturer's daughter Florentina Emilia Maria Kayser, née. Cuckoo. He began his professional career as a pastor at the Lutheran Church in Neusalz in Silesia. From there he moved to the "Mercy Church of the Holy Trinity" in Sagan in Silesia. There he married Marie Johanne Amalie Auguste Offelsmeyer in 1888 (born September 15, 1858 in Herford, † August 10, 1915 in Leipzig). She was a daughter of the Herford pastor Wilhelm Ernst Theodor Offelsmeyer. From 1884 onwards, Kaiser was chief pastor of the “ German St. Gerdruds Congregation ” in Stockholm for six years . Finally he moved to the St. Matthäi parish in Leipzig, where he died in 1917.

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On the occasion of the anniversary years of Gustav Adolf II , Philipp Melanchthon , Paul Gerhard and Martin Luther, Kaiser wrote widespread “descriptions” of their lives, which were intended to bring them closer to the Protestants - or, in the case of Martin Luther, the Protestant youth. His play about Gustav Adolf II was performed simultaneously in 60 German cities in 1894.

Living in the age of the establishment of the “children's worship service” in the Protestant churches, he wrote songs and writings for it at Georg Rietschel's request , which were also published in Swedish, for example “Sådana hörer Guds rike till” (1902) and “Tio Guds bud "(1902). From Paul Kaiser’s extensive collection of songs, his morning song “Aus des Himmelsuchten Toren” was included in the Protestant “ Hymnal for the Province of Saxony and Anhalt ” published in 1933 .

His own sermons, travel stories and legends can also be found among Kaiser's published works. Many of his works reached multiple editions.

family

Paul Kaiser's children were Astrid Henrich-Kaiser, Dora Hedlund, b. Kaiser, Hans Kaiser and Ulrich Kaiser.

Fonts

  • For time and eternity. Sermons on all Sundays and feast days of the church year, 1881
  • De fontibus Vellei Paterculi, 1884 (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc2.ark:/13960/t68351b55&view=1up&seq=10 )
  • Gustav Adolf. A dramatic festival for the Volksbühne, 1889
  • From childhood! Christian speeches to the dear youth, the children and their friends. Maintained according to the order of the church year, 1891
  • The Stockholm Vulgate, an alleged Luther Bible (journal article), ZKG 13, H1, 1892
  • Gustav Adolf. A Christian Hero's Life, 1894
  • Philipp Melanchthon, Germany's teacher. To celebrate his four hundredth birthday, 1896 (https://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/structure/2667449 )
  • Good day! Poems and songs, 1898 (https://gedichte.xbib.de/gedicht_Kaiser%2C+Paul.htm )
  • The Lord's Sermon on the Mount, 1900–1901
  • The scientific writings of Hildegard von Bingen, 1901
  • Ceremonial sermon on October 7, 1902 on the occasion of the 15th General Assembly of the Evangelical Federation, 1902 (https://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/titleinfo/3971426 )
  • Thou shalt not - Speeches to the dear youth about the commandments of God, 1903
  • Hildegardis Causae et curae, editor, 1903
  • Paul Gerhard. A picture of his life, 1906
  • Paul Gerhard's complete songs, editor, 1906
  • The Assmannshouses. A song from the Rhine, 1907
  • Esaias Tegnérs Frithjofs-Sage, editor, 1908
  • For the feasts and holidays of the church year. Sermons by D. th. Paul Kaiser, pastor at St. Matthäi, 1908
  • In the struggles and doubts of the time. Apologetic Sermons, 1908
  • A new song. Psaltery parts for church and house, 1909
  • Poems, 1910
  • From Nordic Hiking Trails - Sketches and Pictures, Stories and Memories, 1912
  • The status of the children's church service, especially in the Saxon regional church - lecture at the conference of the Saxon regional association for church youth care by the children's worship service, published on request, 1913
  • Children's psalter for use in church, school and home, 1916
  • Our reformer Dr. Martin Luther - On the Four Centennial of the Reformation, 1917

literature

personal data
SURNAME Kaiser, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaiser, Johann Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran pastor, writer and song poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Züllichau , Brandenburg
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1917
Place of death Leipzig