Rudolf Steinmetz (theologian, 1832)

Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Steinmetz (born November 6, 1832 in Moringen ; † May 12, 1921 in Göttingen ) was an Evangelical Lutheran theologian and superintendent .

Life

Steinmetz was born as the son of the theologian Rudolf Steinmetz . At the age of 17 he began studying law in Göttingen , but soon switched to theology. Later he was director of the school teachers' seminar in Hanover . From 1870 to 1879 he held the position of monastery preacher in Loccum until he became superintendent in Göttingen in 1878, where he initially worked at the St. John's Church and from 1882 to 1910 at the St. Albani Church . From 1891 to 1905 he sat for the district of Göttingen-Grubenhagen in the regional synod of the Hanover regional church . His work focused on sermons and home visits. A call to the chair of practical theology at the University of Göttingen in 1882, he turned down in favor of service in the community.

His brother Hermann was also a pastor of the Hanover regional church.

Fonts (selection)

• with Gerhard Uhlhorn and Bodo Sievers : From the last things. Four lectures , Göttingen 1888.
• D. Martin Luther's little catechism, laid out in 360 questions and answers with 300 Bible verses. In addition to two encores , Göttingen 1889.
• The good confession. Help book for preparation for confirmation , Göttingen 1910.
• Catechism Thoughts. Handout for the catechetical treatment of the five main pieces in church and school. Vol. 1: The first main piece, Göttingen 1913.
• Holy hours. Sermons on all feast days of the church year together with some sermons from the last part of the Trinity period , Göttingen 1914.
• Cantata. Interpretation of valuable hymn book songs , Hanover 1917.

As editor

• To build the house of God. Manifold from the spiritual office and for the same from the estate of Dr. theol. Ludwig Adolf Petri , Hanover 1875.

literature

• Albrecht Saathoff : From Göttingen's church history. Festschrift for the 400th anniversary of the Reformation on October 21, 1929 , Göttingen 1929.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steinmetz, Rudolf. In: German Biographical Yearbook. Volume 3, List of the Dead. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt Stuttgart, Berlin 1921, p. 318 ( online ).
2. ^ Rudolf von Thadden : Göttingen. History of a university town . tape 3 : From the Prussian medium-sized town to the large town in southern Lower Saxony (1866–1989). Göttingen 1999, p. 599 .
3. ↑ Bernd Schröder : Göttingen religious education. A study on the institutional genesis and programmatic development of catechetics and religious education using the example of Göttingen . Tübingen 2018, p. 165 .