Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg
Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg | |
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 Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg in 1906. Credit: K. O. Lindeqvist | |
| Born | 15 July 1811 Saloinen, Finland |
| Died | 19 August 1893 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland priest |
| Known for | Finnish evangelical revival movement |
Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg (15 July 1811 – 19 August 1893) was a Finnish
Neo-Lutheran theologian, a prominent figure in the Finnish evangelical revival movement and a leader of confessional Lutheranism in Finland.[1]
Biography
Fredrik Hedberg was born in Saloinen, now a part of
Pietist revivalist movement led by Savonian farmer and lay preacher Paavo Ruotsalainen. Soon Hedberg became one of the leaders of this movement in southern Finland. The rationalist diocesan chapter begun to dislike Hedberg's activity because of his Pietism and he was transferred first to Paimio in 1838 and again in 1840 as prison chaplain in Oulu. In 1842 he became temporary curate in Replot and in 1843 parish pastor in Pöytyä. He started a short-lived and somewhat polemical publication, Evangelisten, in 1849, but its publishing was taken over by Anders Wiberg in 1851 and Per Palmqvist served as editor until it was discontinued at the end of the year.[2] In 1853 he became vicar in Kaarina and in 1862 vicar at Kimito Church in Kimito
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Gradually, Hedberg discovered Lutheranism without any "order of salvation" from
Philipp Jacob Spener, Rambach, Johann Philipp Fresenius, Anders Nohrborg and Henric Schartau. In 1855 Hedberg published a book against the teaching of the Baptists in response to the writings of Anders Wiberg.[3]
Hedberg published several religious newspapers for his readers. He kept reading
confessional Lutheran revival in Finland. In later years Hedberg focused more on sacraments and on the mystical union with Christ. At Kimito, the Eucharist was celebrated every Sunday during Hedberg's time. As celebrant he also always wore the chasuble.[5]
Hedberg died in 1893 in Kimito.[3]
Selected works
- Varningsord i anledning af pietismen i Finland samt deraf föranledda söndringar (1841)
- Pietism och christendom (1845)
- Verklärans vederläggning och evangelii försvar I−III (1847−1851)
- Sändebref om Christus och församlingen (1850)
- F. G. Hedbergs bekännelse och evangelii försvar (1851)
- Den enda salighetens väg (1851)
- Väktare-rop eller andra sändebrefvet (1852)
- Ett ord i sinom tid (1855)
- Baptismens vederläggning och det heliga dopets försvar (1855)
- Inledning till vår kyrkas bekännelseskrifter (1879)
References
- ^ "Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg". Suomen Luterilainen Evankeliumiyhdistys (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Lodin, Sven (1959). C. O. Rosenius (in Norwegian). Lunde. pp. 183–184.
- ^ Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. Archived from the originalon 2018-06-01. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon(in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ Lueker, Erwin L.; Poellot, Luther; Jackson, Paul (eds.). "Lutheranism in Finland". Concordia Publishing House. Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
Other sources
- Wolfgang Amadeus Schmidt (1951) Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg : den evangeliska rörelsens i Finland grundare (Förbundet för Svenskt Församlingsarbete i Finland)
- Esa Santakari, Vanhan Hedbergin sakramenttimystiikka. Elevatis Oculis, studia mystica in honorem Seppo A. Teinonen. Annals of the Finnish Society for Missiology and Ecumenics, 42, 1984. ISBN 951-95206-7-8
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