Christoph Ernst Luthardt

Christoph Ernst Luthardt
Luthardt c. 1891, a flyleaf of his autobiography published 1891
Born	22 March 1823 Maroldsweisach, Bavaria.
Died	21 September 1902 Leipzig, Saxony
Education	Theology in Erlangen, Berlin (1841-1845), Munich (1846+-1847), Erlangen Doctoral Licentiate of Theology, University of Erlangen (1852)
Spouses	Maria ​ (m. 1850⁠–⁠1867)​ Fanny ​ (m. 1869⁠–⁠1902)​ [1][2][3][4]
Church	Lutheran
Offices held	Professor of Dogmatic theology and exegesis at the University of Marburg (1854-1856). Professor of Lutheran Theology at the University of Leipzig (1856-1896). Dean of the Faculty of Theology (1860-1861), (1866-1867), (1869-1870), (1876-1877) & (1884-1885).
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Christoph Ernst Luthardt (22 March 1823– 21 September 1902), was a conservative

A strictly orthodox theologian and a clear writer, Luthardt became widely appreciated as the author of apologetic lectures. These were collected under the title Apologie des Christentums (vol. i., 1864, 14th ed. 1896; vol. ii. 7th ed., 1901; vol. iii. 7th ed., 1898; vol. iv. 2nd ed., 1880), a work of which the first three volumes have been translated into English.^[5] In 1868 he founded and edited the Allgemeine Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirchenzeitung,^[6] with its supplement, the Theologisches Litteraturblatt, and in 1880 became editor of the Zeitschrift für Kirchliche Wissenschaft und Kirchliches Leben.^[5]

• Die Offenbarung des Johannes (1861).
• Das johanneische Evangelium nach seiner Eigenthümlichkeit geschildert und erklärt (1852–1853; 2nd edition in 2 volumes, 1875–1876); Later translated into English and published as "St. John's Gospel described and explained according to its peculiar character" (3 volumes, 1876–78).
• Kompendium der Dogmatik (1865; 9th edition, 1893).
• "The church : its origin, its history, its present position", by Luthardt, Karl Friedrich August Kahnis and Bruno Brückner; translated from the German by Sophia Taylor (1867).
• Gnade und Wahrheit (1874).
• Examen Concilii Tridentini A condensed version of Martin Chemntiz's 4 volume work condensed to a single volume of 287 pages, (1884).^[8][9]
• Lehre von den letzten Dingen : In Abhandlungen Und Schriftauslegungen Dargestellt (1861; 3rd edition 1885).
• Geschichte der christlichen Ethik (2 volumes, 1888–1893) — History of Christian ethics. I. History of Christian ethics before the reformation. (translated from the German by W. Hastie, 1889).
• "An introduction to dogmatic theology : based on Luthardt" by Revere Franklin Weidner (1895).^[10]

His autobiography was published with the title Erinnerungen aus vergangenen Tagen (1889; 2nd edition, 1891).^[5]

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Luthardt, Christoph Ernst". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 133.

• IDREF.fr bibliography
• Apologetic lectures on the fundamental truths of Christianity (1865)
• Apologetic lectures on the saving truths of Christianity (1872)
• Apologetic lectures on the moral truths of Christianity (1876)