Theodor Brandt (theologian)

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Ernst Theodor Brandt (born November 9, 1890 in Kaiserslautern ; † July 12, 1981 in Bad Salzuflen ) was a Lutheran theologian, pastor and director of the MBK Bible School .

Life

Theodor Brandt studied theology in Geneva , Halle , Berlin and Tübingen . From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War. In Berlin he received his doctorate in 1918 as a licentiate in theology. He then was pastor in Küstrin-Neustadt from 1919 to 1924 . In 1924 he was co-founder of the Bible School of the Association of Girls' Biblical Groups in Leipzig and headed it until 1934. During this time he was also director of the People's Service . From 1935 to 1965 he was theological teacher at the MBK Bible School Bad Salzuflen. His teaching activity was interrupted by his service as an officer in the Wehrmacht from 1940 to 1942. From 1934 to 1945 he was also pastor at the St. Reinoldi Church in Dortmund . After the war he was pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Bad Salzuflen and superintendent of the Lutheran class of the Lippe regional church until 1960 . In the 1960s Brandt belonged to the "Bethel Circle" around Hellmuth Frey , who campaigned against the existential interpretation of the Bible in Rudolf Bultmann 's entourage and from which the confessional movement No other Gospel emerged .

In 1960 the University of Münster awarded him an honorary doctorate .

Fonts (selection)

  • Tertullian's ethics. To record the systematic basic view , Wuppertal 1929.
  • The prophet of history. Isaiah 40-55 , Leipzig 1933.
  • Paulus, a servant of Jesus Christ , Bad Salzuflen 1939.
  • Jeremiah. A interpreter of our time , Bad Salzuflen ²1946.
  • From Amos to Daniel , Witten 1953.
  • God keeps his word with joy. Daily Devotions , 1955.
  • Ernst Lohmann . A pioneer in the ministry of Jesus , Giessen 1962.
  • Luther's pastoral care in his letters , Witten 1962 (new edition as Luther as pastor in letters and table speeches, sermons and exegeses , Wuppertal 1986).
  • Die Kirche im Wandel der Zeit , Wuppertal 1963 (4th edition) (new edition as Basic Knowledge of Church History , Wuppertal 1999).
  • Events and shapes. From my life in church and free work , Wuppertal ²1964.

literature

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bauks : The Protestant pastors in Westphalia from the Reformation to 1945 (= contributions to the Westphalian church history, vol. 4). Bielefeld 1980, No. 0715 ( full text ).
  • Roland Werner / Johannes Nehlsen (ed.): Faces and stories of the Reformation. 366 life pictures from all epochs , Basel 2016, life picture no.247.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gisa Bauer: Evangelical Movement and Evangelical Church in the Federal Republic of Germany. History of a fundamental conflict (1945 to 1989) . Göttingen 2012, p. 334 ff .
personal data
SURNAME Brandt, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandt, Ernst Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian, pastor and director of the MBK Bible School
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1981
Place of death Bad Salzuflen