Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger

Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger ( born March 21, 1832 in Strasbourg, † January 7, 1899 in Versailles) was a French theologian.

Life

His parents were the Cutler Friedrich Daniel Lichtenberger and Emilie Louise Burckhardt. The ancestors of the family came from Saxony. In 1858 he married Fanny Koenig with whom he had a son and two daughters hatte.Seine brothers were the architect Paul -Emile ( 1840-77 ) and the German scholar Charles -Ernest Lichtenberger. His nephew, both sons Paul- Emile, were the well-known author and sociologist André Lichtenberger and the German scholar Henri Lichtenberger. After the entry of the Germans in Alsace, the family went to France closed.

Services

Lichtenberger studied theology in Strasbourg, with stops in Germany and Paris. In 1854 he graduated with his exams and was ordained in October 1856. Since 1858 he was teacher of religion at the Protestant school and second preacher at the Temple Neuf ( Strasbourg). In 1860 he received his doctorate and four years later he was appointed professor of theology at the University of Strasbourg. In 1872, he left with two colleagues, faculty and went to France.

In Paris he found a new workplace at two churches. In addition, he founded a theological college in 1873. In 1877, Lichtenberger was awarded the contract to set up a Faculty of Protestant Theology at the Sorbonne in Paris. For 17 years he was dean. Close to it is his 13bändige Encyclopedia of Religious Studies. In 1895 he had to give up all offices for health reasons. A year later he was awarded the highest degree of Doctor of the University of Glasgow. In France, he was awarded the Legion of Honor.

Writings

His publications include:

• La théologie de Lessing. In 1854.
• De Apostolorum Præceptis Redemptoriam Christi Mortem Spectantibus. In 1857.
• Étude sur le principe du protestantisme. 1857
• Sermons. Paris - Strasbourg, 1867.
• The éléments constitutifs de la science dogmatique. , 1869.
• Le protestantisme et la guerre de 1870. Revue chretienne, July 5, 1871.
• Nos devoirs envers la France. Strasbourg, in 1871.
• La rancon de l'Alsace. Paris, 1872.
• L'Alsace pendant et après la guerre. Paris, 1873.
• Histoire des idées religieuses en Allemagne depuis le milieu du siècle XVIIIème. 1873-87.
• La Faculte de theology de Strasbourg. Paris, 1875.
• Encyclopedie des Sciences religieuses. Vol I- XIII. , Paris, 1882.