Theodosius Harnack

Theodosius Harnack (* December 22 1816jul / January 3 1817greg in Saint Petersburg, .. .. † 11 Septemberjul / September 23 1889greg in Tartu, Estonia, then Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire ) was a Baltic German Lutheran theologian.

Harnack studied from 1834 to 1837 and sat for a tutor activity from 1840 to 1842 continued his studies in Berlin, Bonn and Erlangen.

In 1843 he was a lecturer in church history and homiletics at Dorpat and was there from 1847 university preacher. In 1848 he was promoted to full Professor of the Practice first, later appointed the Systematic Theology. He was a devout Luther- researchers and is best known for his work on Luther's theology in which he called for the Lutheran Free Church as a realization of the Lutheran understanding of the church.

From 1853 he taught in Erlangen. Between 1866 and 1875 he was again professor in Dorpat.

His first wife was Marie Harnack, born Ewers, who died very early ( May 22nd 1828 † November 23, 1857 ). He was the father of Anna Harnack (* 1849), Adolf von Harnack, Axel Harnack, Erich Otto Harnack and Harnack.

On May 17, 1864 he married Baroness Helene von Maydell ( 1834-1923 ), a cousin of his first wife, in Eisenach. This marriage remained childless.

Works

  • The basic confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In 1845.
  • The Christian church in the apostolic church and the Old Catholic Age. In 1854.
  • The Small Catechism M. Luther in its original form critically examined and edited. In 1856.
  • The Lutheran Church of Livonia and the Moravian Church. In 1860.
  • The church, their office, their regiment., 1862.
  • Luther's theology, with special reference to its reconciliation and salvation doctrine. I, 1862; II, 1886.
  • The Free Lutheran National Church. In 1870.
  • Liturgical forms for completion and revision of the liturgy for the Protestant Church in Russia. 1872-74.
  • Practical Theology. 2 vols, 1877 / 1878.
  • Catechetics and explanation of Luther's Small Catechism. 2 vols, 1882.
  • About the canon and inspiration. In 1885.
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