Walter Delius (theologian)

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Walter Delius (born December 28, 1899 in Glauchau , † May 11, 1972 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian .

After the war, Delius studied Protestant theology at the Universities of Halle and Tübingen and then graduated from the Cathedral Candidate Foundation in Berlin . After his doctorate phil. in 1924 Delius worked as a pastor in Ammendorf near Halle. In 1928 he received his doctorate in Lic. Theol. and moved to the parish of the Christophorus congregation in Berlin-Friedrichshagen . Here he joined the Confessing Church and often had arguments with the Gestapo. In 1937 he was taken into protective custody for three weeks. In 1945 he was initially a part-time lecturer in church history at the Church University of Berlin-Zehlendorf , where he received a full professorship in 1949.

Delius' main research interests were the early Middle Ages, the Reformation and the church history of Berlin-Brandenburg.

The theological faculty in Halle awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1954.

His son Hans-Ulrich Delius was also a professor of church history.

Fonts (selection)

  • The question of images in the Carolingian Empire. Inaugural dissertation. Hall 1928.
  • The Evangelical Church and the Revolution of 1848. Berlin 1948.
  • Church History - History of the Church of Jesus Christ. Berlin 1948.
  • Protestantism and the Russian Orthodox Church. Berlin 1950.
  • Justus Jonas 1495–1555. Berlin 1952.
  • The Reformation history of the city of Halle / Saale. Berlin 1953.
  • History of the Church of Ireland from its Beginnings to the 12th Century. Munich, Basel 1954.
  • (as ed.): Texts on the history of the veneration of Mary and the proclamation of Mary in the old church (= small texts for lectures and exercises. 178). Berlin 1956. 2nd edition 1973.
  • (as ed.): Texts on Mariology and Marian veneration of the medieval church (= small texts for lectures and exercises. 184). Berlin 1961.
  • History of Marian Adoration. Reinhardt, Munich, Basel 1963.
  • Antonio Possevino , Ivan Groznyj: A Contribution to the History of the Church Union and the Counter Reformation. Academy, Berlin 1965 (= treatises of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin. 4).

literature

  • Hans-Ulrich Delius: Bibliography Walter Delius. In: Yearbook for Berlin-Brandenburg Church History. 44, 1969, pp. 219-228; 47, 1972, pp. 13-14.
  • Hartmut Ludwig: Delius, Walter. In: Religion Past and Present . Volume 2. 4th edition. 1999, col. 643.
  • Hannelore Braun, Gertraud Grünzinger: Personal Lexicon on German Protestantism 1919–1949. 2006, p. 57.

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personal data
SURNAME Delius, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Glauchau
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1972
Place of death Berlin