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German theologians

58 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adam of BremenAuthor · BooksAdam of Bremen (Adamus Bremensis; Adam von Bremen; before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century.
Alexander Gottlieb BaumgartenAuthor · BooksAlexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (lang; 17 July 1714 – 27 May 1762) was a German philosopher. He established aesthetics as a philosophical discipline.
Anselm GrünAuthor · BooksAnselm Grün (in English also: Anselm Gruen), OSB (born 14 January 1945 in Junkershausen, Germany) is a German Benedictine monk.
Anton PraetoriusAuthor · BooksAnton Praetorius (1560 – 6 December 1613) was a German Calvinist pastor who spoke out against the persecution of witches (witchhunts, witchcraft trials) and against torture.
August HalmPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Otto Halm (26 October 1869 – 1 February 1929) was a German music theorist, music educationist and composer.
Christian Knorr von RosenrothAuthor · BooksChristian Knorr von Rosenroth (15/16 July 1636 – 4 May 1689) was a German Christian Hebraist and Christian Cabalist born in Alt-Raudten (today Stara Rudna) in Silesia.
Christoph Christian SturmAuthor · BooksIllustration — Christoph Christian Sturm
Dietrich von HildebrandAuthor · BooksDietrich Richard Alfred von Hildebrand (lang; 12 October 1889 – 26 January 1977) was a German Catholic philosopher and religious writer.
Erasmus AlberusAuthor · BooksErasmus Alberus (c. 1500 – 5 May 1553) was a German humanist, Lutheran reformer, and poet.
Franz KamphausAuthor · BooksFranz Kamphaus (2 February 1932 – 28 October 2024) was a German Catholic prelate, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Limburg.
Friedrich DedekindAuthor · BooksIllustration — Friedrich Dedekind
Friedrich SpeePerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Spee (also Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld; February 25, 1591 – August 7, 1635) was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well known as a forceful opponent of witch…
Georg BraunAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorg Braun (also Brunus, Bruin; 1541 – 10 March 1622) was a German topo-geographer.
Georg Joseph VoglerPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler (15 June 1749 – 6 May 1814), was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist.
Georg RatzingerPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Ratzinger PA (15 January 1924 – 1 July 2020) was a German Catholic priest and musician, known for his work as the conductor of the Regensburger Domspatzen, the cathedral choir of…
Gershom ben JudahAuthor · BooksGershom ben Judah, (c. 960–1040) best known as Rabbeinu Gershom ("Our teacher Gershom") and also commonly known to scholars of Rabbinic Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah…
Gershom ScholemAuthor · BooksGershom Scholem (5 December 1897 – 21 February 1982) was a German philosopher and historian.
Gottfried ArnoldAuthor · BooksGottfried Arnold (5 September 1666 – 30 May 1714) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian.
Gregor ReischAuthor · BooksGregor Reisch (c. 1467 – 9 May 1525) was a German Carthusian monk and humanist scholar.
Heinrich BüntingAuthor · Maps and atlasesHeinrich Bünting (1545 – 30 December 1606) was a German Protestant pastor and theologian.
Jakob WimpfelingAuthor · BooksJakob Wimpfeling (25 July 1450 – 17 November 1528) was an Alsatian Renaissance humanist and theologian.
Johan AbelingAuthor · BooksJohann Philipp Abelin was a German chronicler whose career straddled the 16th and 17th centuries. He was born, probably, at Strasbourg, and died there between 1634 and 1637.
Johann Ernst GlückAuthor · BooksJohann Ernst Glück (Johans Ernsts Gliks; 18 May 1654 – 5 May 1705) was a German translator and Lutheran theologian active in Livonia, which is now in Latvia.
Johann Geiler von KaisersbergAuthor · BooksJohann Geiler von Kaysersberg (16 March 1445 – 10 March 1510) was an Alsatian priest, considered one of the greatest of the popular preachers of the 15th century.
Johann Georg HamannAuthor · BooksJohann Georg Hamann (lang; 27 August 1730 – 21 June 1788) was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg.
Johann GerhardAuthor · BooksJohannes Gerhard (17 October 1582 – 17 August 1637) was a Lutheran church leader and Lutheran Scholastic theologian during the period of Orthodoxy.
Johann GramannAuthor · BooksJohann Gramann or Graumann (5 July 1487 – 29 April 1541), also known by his pen name Johannes Poliander, was a German pastor, theologian, teacher, humanist, reformer, and Lutheran leader.
Johann Jakob GriesbachAuthor · BooksJohann Jakob Griesbach (4 January 1745 – 24 March 1812) was a German biblical textual critic.
Johann Martin MillerAuthor · BooksJohann Martin Miller (3 December 1750 in Ulm – 21 June 1814 in Ulm) was a German theologian and writer.
Johann Nikolaus GötzAuthor · BooksJohann Nikolaus Götz (July 9, 1721 – November 4, 1781) was a German poet from Worms.
Johann ZahnAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Zahn (29 March 1641, Karlstadt am Main – 27 June 1707) was the seventeenth-century German author of Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium (Würzburg, 1685).
Johannes PfefferkornAuthor · BooksJohannes Pfefferkorn (original given name Joseph; 1469 – October 22, 1521) was a German Catholic theologian and writer who converted from Judaism.
Konrad of MegenbergAuthor · BooksConrad of Megenberg (Konrad von Megenberg, Conradus Megenbergensis; 1309–1374) was a German Catholic scholar, and a writer.
Konrad PellikanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Konrad Pellikan
Lea AckermannAuthor · BooksLea Ackermann (2 February 1937 – 31 October 2023) was a German Catholic nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, an activist fighting sex tourism and forced prostitution, first…
Ludwig Gotthard KosegartenPerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1 February 1758 – 26 October 1818), also known as Ludwig Theobul or Ludwig Theoboul, was a German poet and Lutheran preacher.
Martin GerbertPerson · Music memorabiliaMartin Gerbert (11 August 1720 – 3 May 1793), was a German theologian, historian and writer on music, belonged to the noble family of Gerbert von Hornau, and was born in Horb am Neckar,…
Nikolaus HermanPerson · Music memorabiliaNikolaus Herman (first name also Nicolaus or Niklas; c. 1500 – 3 May 1561) was a German Lutheran cantor and teacher, creating numerous Protestant hymns.
Otfrid of WeissenburgAuthor · BooksIllustration — Otfrid memorial in Wissembourg
Paul SperatusAuthor · BooksPaul Speratus (13 December 148412 August 1551) was a Swabian Catholic priest who became a Lutheran preacher, reformer and hymn-writer.
Philipp MelanchthonAuthor · BooksPhilipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the…
Philipp NicolaiAuthor · BooksPhilipp Nicolai (10 August 1556 – 26 October 1608) was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer. He is most widely recognized as a hymnodist.
Richard WilhelmAuthor · BooksRichard Wilhelm (10 May 18731 March 1930) was a German sinologist, theologian and missionary.
Romano GuardiniAuthor · BooksRomano Guardini (17 February 1885, Verona, Italy – 1 October 1968, Munich, Germany) was an Italian, naturalized German Catholic priest, philosopher and theologian.
Sebastian FranckAuthor · BooksSebastian Franck (20 January 1499 Donauwörth, Swabia – c. 1543 Basel, Switzerland) was a 16th-century German freethinker, humanist, and radical reformer.
Sebastian MünsterAuthor · Maps and atlasesSebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer and cosmographer. He also was a Christian Hebraist scholar who taught as a professor at the University of Basel.
Ubbo EmmiusAuthor · Maps and atlasesUbbo Emmius (5 December 15479 December 1625) was a German historian and geographer.
Wilhelm SchickardAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilhelm Schickard is holding a hand planetarium (or orrery) of his own invention. It was painted in 1632, 8 years after his last calculating clock drawing.
Wolfhart PannenbergAuthor · BooksWolfhart Pannenberg (2 October 1928 – 4 September 2014) was a German Lutheran theologian.

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