Philip Konrad Marheineke (May 1, 1780,

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– May 31, 1846,

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), was a

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church leader within the

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Life

He was born at

, Bishopric of Hildesheim, and studied at the

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. In 1805 he was appointed professor extraordinarius of philosophy at

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; in 1807 he moved to

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. In 1811 he became professor ordinarius at Frederick William University,

, where from 1820 he was also preacher at Trinity Church and worked with

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. When he died he was a member of the supreme consistorial council.

Works

At first influenced by

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, Marheineke found a new master in

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, and came to be regarded as the leader of the Hegelian Right. He sought to defend and explain all the orthodox doctrines of the Church in an orthodox way in the terms of Hegel's philosophy. Marheineke's developed views on

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tics are given in the third edition (1847) of his ''Die Grundlehren der christlichen Dogmatik als Wissenschaft''. When he published the first edition (1819) he was still under the influence of Schelling; the second edition (1827) marked his change of view. His works on symbolics show profound scholarship, keen critical insight, and rare impartiality. The ''Christliche Symbolik'' (1810-1814) has been pronounced his masterpiece. His other works include ''Institutiones symbolicae'' (1812; 3rd ed., 1830), ''Geschichte der deutschen Reformation'' (1816; 2nd ed., 18311834); ''Die Reformation, ihre Entstehung und Verbreitung in Deutschland'' (1846; 2nd ed., 1858), and the posthumous ''Theol. Vorlesungen'' (1847-1849). He co-edited Hegel's posthumous ''Werke'' series (1832-1845) and an 1840 edition of '' Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion''.

References

* This work in turn cites: ** Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger
''History of German theology in the nineteenth century''
(1889). **Émile-Alfred Weber, ''Le système dogmatique de Philippe Conrad Marheineke'' (1857). **

Otto Pfleiderer Otto Pfleiderer (1 September 1839 – 18 July 1908) was a German Protestant theologian. Through his writings and his lectures, he became known as one of the most influential representatives of liberal theology. Biography Pfleiderer was born at S ...

''The development of theology in Germany since Kant; and its progress in Great Britain since 1825''
(1890). {{DEFAULTSORT:Marheineke, Philip 1780 births 1846 deaths 19th-century German Protestant theologians Hegelian philosophers Presidents of the Humboldt University of Berlin University of Göttingen alumni Heidelberg University faculty