Eduard Huschke

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Georg Philipp Eduard Huschke (26 June 1801 – 7 February 1886) was a German jurist and authority on church government.

He was born at

.

Soon after his arrival in Breslau he became interested in the dissension caused by the

. This dispute led to the creation of the independent Lutheran Church, and Huschke, as the defender of its rights, was appointed head of the supreme church college.

Huschke was intensely hostile to the

. The fruit of his studies was a work entitled Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (Dresden, 1860). His ideas on church government were laid down in Die streitigen Lehren von der Kirche, dem Kirchenamt, dem Kirchenregiment und der Kirchenregierung (Leipzig, 1863). Huschke also published many important writings on law.

Huschke died at

Breslau

on 7 February 1886.

References

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