Walter Rupprecht
Walter Rupprecht (born May 7, 1918 in Wunsiedel ; † October 27, 2007 in Erlangen ) was a German Lutheran theologian and clergyman. Among other things, he worked as a professor for practical theology and regional bishop of the Augsburg church district .
Rupprecht was born the son of a pastor and the grandson of Eduard Rupprecht . He joined the Confessing Church in 1935 . In 1937 he graduated from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich . After labor service and military service, he studied theology at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen from 1945 .
From 1949 to 1956 Walter Rupprecht was pastor in Oberammergau . In 1956 he came as a lecturer at the pastoral college, which was then still connected to the Neuendettelsau University of Applied Sciences. In 1959 he received his doctorate in theology under Kurt Frör at the University of Erlangen. In 1960 he was appointed associate professor for Biblical Hermeneutics and Practical Theology at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau , and in 1962 he became a professor for practical theology.
In 1967 Walter Rupprecht left the Augustana University and became dean at the St. Moritz Church in Coburg . During his time as dean in Coburg, a social welfare center was built, the Moritz church was renovated and a workshop for the disabled was set up in Ketschendorf .
In 1971 he was appointed to the newly founded church district of Augsburg as senior church councilor and was its first regional bishop. During his time in Augsburg he became a member of the Focolare Movement and campaigned for ecumenism . He headed the Augsburg church district until 1983.
Publications
- Luther's sermons in Deuteronomy. A contribution to the problem of the evangelical sermon of the law . In: The Word of God in Past and Present. Theological essays by employees at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau . Edited on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of its existence on December 10, 1957 by Wilhelm Andersen . Munich 1957, pp. 66-80.
- The sermon on Old Testament texts in the Lutheran churches in Germany (= work on theology, series 2, vol. 1). Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1962 (dissertation).
- The service of the theologian - an unsolved question in Protestant theology (= work on theology, series 1, no.10). Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1965.
- The ecclesiastical connection of the Coburg Land to the Bavarian State Church. In: Yearbook of the Coburger Landesstiftung 1972, pp. 119–140.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rupprecht, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wunsiedel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 2007 |
| Place of death | gain |