Philipp Meyer (theologian, 1854)

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Christian Ludwig Philipp Meyer (born February 17, 1854 in Peine ; † January 24, 1927 in Hanover ) was a German Lutheran theologian and church historian.

Life

Meyer was born in a Protestant parsonage and attended the later Schiller-Gymnasium Hameln and the Ernestinum Celle from 1867–1873 . He then studied Protestant theology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen and the University of Leipzig . There he joined the Corps Teutonia Göttingen (1873) and the Corps Guestphalia Leipzig (1875). He passed the first theological exam in 1877, the second in 1880. After this graduation, he became inspector of the Göttingen Theological Monastery . After his ordination on December 4, 1881, he was pastor of the evangelical community in Smyrna from 1881 to 1888, and from 1888 to 1891 in Binnen , Nienburg / Weser district . In 1891 he became director of studies at the Erichsburg seminary in Einbeck, but in 1895 he moved to the regional consistory of the Hanover provincial church in Hanover . In 1902 he was appointed to the Hanover State Consistory. In 1901/02 he also officiated as general superintendent for the general diocese of Osnabrück-Hoya-Diepholz, which was in the process of being dissolved . On August 1, 1924, he retired as senior consistorial advisor.

A focus of his professional activity was his commitment to youth care, in particular the training and further education of clergy and teachers. For this purpose, he wrote several study and examination regulations for students of Protestant theology and vicars. Furthermore, Meyer earned himself through research on the recent Greek Orthodox church history, but also published studies on the regional church history. From 1910 until his death he was chairman of the Society for Church History in Lower Saxony . His son Philipp Meyer was also a Lutheran theologian and church historian.

Fonts

  • The Greek Irenaeus and all of Hegesipus in the 17th century. In: Journal of Church History . 11, 1890, pp. 155-158.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of recent history and the current state of the Athos monasteries. In: Journal of Church History. 11, 1890, pp. 395-435. 539-576.
  • The main documents for the history of the Athos monasteries. JC Hinrichs, Leipzig 1894 (reprinted by AM Hakkert, Amsterdam 1965).
  • The Theological Literature of the Greek Church in the 16th Century. Leipzig 1899 (Neudr. Scientia, Aalen 1972).
  • Hanover and the merger of the German Protestant regional churches in the 19th century. Hahn, Hanover 1906.

literature

  • Erichsburgensia and related matters: Herr Oberkonsistorialrat D. Ph. Meyer in Hanover. A gift of thanks when he resigned from his church regiment and in memory of February 17, 1924, by the Society for Church History of Lower Saxony, by successors and students working at the Erichsburg seminary and by friends and admirers at the 7th general meeting of the Society . Schliestadt 1925.
  • Carl Mirbt : Philipp Meyer, died on January 24, 1927. In: Journal of the Society for Church History of Lower Saxony. 32-33, 1927/28, pp. VIIIff. (also as a separate print).
  • Carl Mirbt: Philipp Meyer 1854-1927. An obituary 1929. In: Theologische Literaturzeitung. 1029 No. 156 ( thlz.com ).
  • Brecht: Meyer, Philipp. In: Religion Past and Present . 2nd Edition. Volume 3, 1929, Col. 2174.
  • Dieter Poestges: Meyer, Christian Ludwig Philipp. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 416 .
  • Jan Lohrengel: You recognize us as brothers. The Hanoverian senior consistorial councilor Philipp Meyer (1854–1927) and Orthodoxy. In: Yearbook of the Society for Church History in Lower Saxony. 111, 2013, pp. 171-190.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910, 86/133; 148/184.
  2. ↑ a b Dieter Pöstges: Meyer, Christian Louis Philippe. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 416 .
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Christian Ludwig Philipp (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Torment
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1927
Place of death Hanover