Wilhelm Boudriot

Wilhelm Boudriot (born November 12, 1892 in Bonn , † August 23, 1948 in Bonn) was a German Reformed theologian .

biography

Boudriot was born as the son of the metal goods manufacturer Wilhelm Boudriot. He began his three-year theology course in Bonn in 1911 . In 1919 he entered the service of the Church. In 1924 he received his doctorate from Bonn University . In 1932 he was elected pastor of the French Reformed Congregation in Offenbach am Main, Herrnstrasse 66 . In 1946 he took up a position as associate professor of Reformed church history at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz .

Boudriot was an active and leading member of the Confessing Church during the National Socialist era. In 1934 he was to become the Reformed Minister of Churches in the Reich Church , but declined this offer for reasons of conscience. In the First World War he last served as a lieutenant in the reserve and was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class in 1916. During the Second World War he was not called up for military service, as he was made indispensable from 1941 at the request of the church. His role in the Confessing Church earned him numerous stalkings by the Gestapo. Criminal proceedings brought against him were eventually dropped as part of war amnesties.

Works

• The Old Germanic Religion in the Official Church Literature of the West from the 5th to the 11th Century (1928)
• Johannes Calvin , Life and Work (1939)

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz:  Boudriot, Wilhelm. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 717.
• Karl Dienst : The "other" church struggle: Wilhelm Boudriot - German National - Reformed - Karl Barth , Lit Verlag Berlin, 2007. ISBN 978-3825897604

Web links

• Biographical data on Wilhelm Boudriot in the "Directory of Professors at the University of Mainz 1946 - 1973"
• Literature by and about Wilhelm Boudriot in the catalog of the German National Library