Wilhelm Brandt (theologian)

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Wilhelm Heinrich Gustav Brandt (born August 27, 1894 in Iserlohn , † October 18, 1973 in Bielefeld ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

From 1913 Brandt studied Protestant theology , philosophy and classical philology in Göttingen and Münster , interrupted by his service as a volunteer in the First World War. In 1921 he was ordained and obtained a Lic. Theol. PhD. Then he took over the office of head of the deaconess mother house in Münster. In 1923 he completed his habilitation for Inner Mission and New Testament in Münster . In 1927 he became a lecturer at the Bethel Theological Schooland took over the management of the school from 1933 to 1936. Brandt initially welcomed the takeover of government by the NSDAP and had joined the SA , but turned in September 1933 together with the New Testament scholars Rudolf Bultmann , Adolf Deißmann and others. a. in the declaration "New Testament and Race Question" against the adoption of the Aryan paragraph in church service law and since then has adhered to the Confessing Church . In 1936 he became (while retaining the position of lecturer) pastor of the Zionsgemeinde and head of the candidate convict in Bethel, and in 1942 he switched to the Evangelical Women's Aid as managing pastor . In 1945 he was able to resume the teaching position in Bethel, which he also kept on a part-time basis when he took over the management of the Westphalian deaconess institution Sarepta in Bethel in 1950. From 1949 until his retirement in 1963 he was also first chairman of the Evangelical Women's Aid.

Brandt was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1933 by the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Münster . In 1965 he received the Great Federal Cross of Merit .

Fonts (selection)

  • Simon Peter, the Lord's Disciple and Apostle: A Bible Study . Furche, Berlin 1925 (5th edition 1939).
  • Service in the New Testament . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1931 (reprint Münster 1983).
  • New Testament biblical studies . Furche, Berlin 1932 (8th edition 1966).
  • Friedrich von Bodelschwingh . Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 1933 (4th edition 1955).
  • The law of Israel and the laws of the pagans , Munich: Chr. Kaiser 1934 (2nd edition 1936).
  • The Eternal Word: An Introduction to John's Gospel . Furche, Berlin 1936 (3rd edition 1940).
  • Friedrich von Bodelschwingh 1877–1946. Successor and designer . Bethel 1967.

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. 0716 ( full text ).
  • Hannelore Braun, Gertraud Grünzinger: Personal Lexicon on German Protestantism 1919–1949 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006 p. 44.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Siemens: Horst Wessel: Death and Transfiguration of a National Socialist . Settlers 2010
  2. ↑ Printed with 23 signatures in: Theologische Blätter 12, 1933, pp. 294–296
  3. ^ Ministerialblatt für die Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, Edition A, October 1, 1965 , p. 1331.
personal data
SURNAME Brandt, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandt, Wilhelm Heinrich Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Iserlohn
DATE OF DEATH 18th October 1973
Place of death Bielefeld