August Wilhelm Dieckhoff (5 February 1823 in

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– 12 September 1894 in

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) was a German

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known for his studies on the history of evangelical doctrine during the

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.The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge ..., Volume 3
edited by Johann Jakob Herzog, Albert Hauck In 1850 he obtained his habilitation from the

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, and several years later became an associate professor of systematic and

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(1854). In 1860 he was appointed professor of historical theology at the

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. In 1887 he was named rector of the university. From 1860 to 1864, with Theodor Kliefoth, he edited the ''Theologische Zeitschrift''. From 1884 onward, he was embroiled in a heated controversy with the "ultra-Lutheran" Missouri Synod that stemmed from a decision that favored the Wisconsin Synod.

Selected works

* ''Die evangelische Abendmahlslehre im Reformationszeitalter'', 1854 – The Protestant doctrine of the

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in the Reformation age. * ''Die Waldenser im Mittelalter, zwei historische. Untersuchungen'', 1851 – The

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in the

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, two histories; Investigations. * ''Der Ablassstreit: dogmengeschichtlich dargestellt'', 1886 – The

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controversy; the history of dogma presented. * ''Civilehe und kirchliche Trauung'', 1880 – Civil and religious marriage. * ''Die Stellung Luthers zur Kirche und ihrer Reformation in der Zeit vor dem Ablassstreit'', 1883 – The position of

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to the Church and its Reformation in the time before the indulgence controversy. * ''Der Missourische Prädestinatianismus und die Concordienformel'', 1885 – The Missouri Synod in regards to predestinarianism and the Concordian formula. * ''Zur Lehre von der Bekehrung und von der Prädestination zweite Entgegnung gegen missourische Ausflüchte'', 1886 – The doctrine of conversion and of predestination, second rebuttal against the Missouri Synod's excuses. * ''Die Inspiration und Irrthumslosigkeit der heiligen Schrift'', 1891 – The inspiration of the Scriptures and inerrancy.Google Search
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dieckhoff, August Wilhelm 1823 births 1894 deaths Academic staff of the University of Göttingen 19th-century German Protestant theologians Academic staff of the University of Rostock