Walther Hermes

Walther Hermes (born July 31, 1877 in Solingen ; † January 24, 1935 in Wuppertal - Vohwinkel ) was a German theologian of the Association of Free Evangelical Churches .

Life

Raised in Solingen, Hermes attended the St. Chrischona seminary from 1900 to 1904 . His first place of employment was Oels in Silesia until he was appointed to the FeG Witten in 1908 as the successor to Otto Schopf . From 1921 to 1935 he was a board member of the federal publishing house ; From 1921 to 1923 he worked with Wilhelm Wöhrle as editor of the FeG magazine Der Gärtner . In 1925 his service began as a “federal nurse” and manager of the Association of Free Evangelical Churches. His biography of Hermann Heinrich Grafe , the founder of the first Free Evangelical Congregation in Germany, from 1933 had a lasting effect .

Fonts

• Is Baptism the Door to the Biblical Church? Trowel and sword, booklet 4. Witten no year [1922].
• The peculiarity of the free evangelical communities . Trowel and sword, booklet 9. Witten undated [1922].
• What is a sect? Trowel and sword, booklet 14. Witten no year [1923].
• Do the seven letters of Revelation have ecclesiastical significance? Trowel and sword, booklet 25. Witten 1927.
• The universal spiritual priesthood of believers. Trowel and sword, booklet 35.Witten 1927.
• False and true alliance. Trowel and sword, booklet 47.Witten 1931.
• Hermann Heinrich Grafe and his time. A picture of life and time from the beginnings of the West German community movement. Witten 1933.

literature

• Wilhelm Wöhrle: Walther Hermes, the federal nurse . Witten 1948.
• August Jung: From the struggle of the fathers. Enthusiastic movements in the late 19th century. Documents from free evangelical communities and church and free church communities. Witten 1995.
• Hartmut Weyel: "Thinking historically means thinking correctly". For the 125th birthday of Walther Hermes (1877–1935), federal curator and federal secretary in difficult times . In: Christsein Heute 15/2002, pp. 24–26 and 16/2002, pp. 30–31.
• Hartmut Weyel:  Hermes, Walther. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 650-656.