Wolfram von Krause

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Wolfram von Krause (born February 17, 1914 in Karstenmöis, Estonia , † August 24, 1989 in Moosach ) was a German-Baltic Lutheran theologian and director of the Neuendettelsauer Mission .

life and work

Wolfram von Krause studied theology at the University of Dorpat . In 1937 he passed the first ecclesiastical exam. After graduating, he received his doctorate and was ordained in 1938. In 1939 he became a lecturer in church history in Dorpat and was at the same time pastor-adjunct of the German confessional group of the university community. In 1940 he was appointed to the Protestant Faculty in Poznan . In the same year he accepted a pastor's position in Lettberg in the Gnesen district . After the war, he was taken over in the service of the Bavarian regional church in 1945 . In 1946 he became a mission inspector and first theological teacher at the mission seminar in Neuendettelsau . From Neuendettelsau he published the booklet series Confessing Lutheran Church published by Freimund Verlag . Theologians such as Walter Künneth , Wilhelm Andersen and Eduard Ellwein contributed to this series . Von Krause was given leave of absence in 1957 in order to take up service as general superintendent of the Hermannsburg Mission in South Africa . In 1964 he came back and became mission director of the Neuendettelsau Mission. From 1972 until his retirement in 1982 he was a special representative for ecumenical missionary tasks at the regional church council in Munich.

Wolfram von Krause was a descendant of the architect Johann Wilhelm von Krause .

Writings and essays

  • “Listening to the Testimony of the Brothers”. A critical consideration (Confessing Lutheran Church, volume 1), Neuendettelsau 1949.
  • The political responsibility of the church. According to the teaching of the Lutheran confessional writings (Confessing Lutheran Church, No. 7), Neuendettelsau 1952.
  • What does the New Testament tell us about church and communion fellowship? , in: Lutheran Church Office of the VELKD (ed.): Koinonia. Work of the Ecumenical Committee of the VELKD on the question of church and communion fellowship , Berlin 1957, pp. 34–41.
  • Arguments for the closed communion , in: Lutherisches Kirchenamt der VELKD (ed.): Koinonia. Work of the Ecumenical Committee of the VELKD on the question of church and communion fellowship , Berlin 1957, pp. 138–140.

literature

  • Thomas Martin Schneider (ed.): The minutes of the council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany. 1945–1948 , Göttingen 2009, p. 567.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The parish in Tartu. In: German ev.-luth. Redeemer Congregation Estonia / EELK Saksa Lunastaja kogudus. Accessed June 21, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Krause, Wolfram von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic Lutheran theologian and director of the Neuendettelsau Mission
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Karstenmöis (Estonia)
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1989
Place of death Moosach