Wilhelm Schneemelcher Sr.
Wilhelm Christoph Robert August Schneemelcher (born June 14, 1872 in Berlin ; † October 20, 1928 there ) was a German Protestant theologian.
Life
After studying Protestant theology at the universities of Berlin (especially with Adolf von Harnack ) and Marburg , Schneemelcher received his doctorate in Berlin in 1897 and passed his first theological examination in 1898. In 1902 he was in Berlin Cathedral ordained . He then became pastor at the large Friedrichs orphanage in Berlin-Rummelsburg , and in 1906 also head of education. In 1914 he moved to a parish in the Dorotheenstädtische community in Berlin.
In 1902, Schneemelcher was elected General Secretary of the Evangelical Social Congress (ESK) and held this office part-time until 1923. He published the monthly Evangelisch-Sozial in which he published many articles. In 1917 he took part in the founding of the “ People's League for Freedom and Fatherland ” and was a member of its work council.
His son of the same name, Wilhelm Schneemelcher, was also a Protestant theologian and became a professor in Bonn.
Fonts
- Religion and Socialism: seven lectures given at the 5th World Congress on Free Christianity and Religious Progress . Protestant publication distribution, 1910.
literature
- Paul Glaue: Schneemelcher, Wilhelm . In: The religion in past and present , 2nd ed., Vol. 5, 1931, Col. 215f.
- Matthias Wolfes : Schneemelcher, Wilhelm Christoph Robert August. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 1290-1296.
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| SURNAME | Schneemelcher, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schneemelcher, Wilhelm Christoph Robert August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1928 |
| Place of death | Berlin |