Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach (29 September 1792 - 3 March 1862) was a Dano-German

neo-Lutheran Neo-Lutheranism was a 19th-century revival movement within Lutheranism which began with the Pietist-driven '' Erweckung,'' or ''Awakening'', and developed in reaction against theological rationalism and pietism. The movement followed the Old Lu ...

theologian.

Biography

He was born at

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; died at

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. He was educated the

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and attended the

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, where he received the academic title ''

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''. During this period in collaboration with

N. F. S. Grundtvig Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (; 8 September 1783 – 2 September 1872), most often referred to as N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. He was one of the most influential p ...

, he edited the ''Theologisk Maanedskrift'' (13 vols., 1825 sqq.) In 1829 he was called to the pastorate of

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, Saxony, where he aided religious awakening and revolt against the

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of the period, though at the same time he opposed any formal separation from the

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. In 1830 he aided in founding the Muldenthal pastoral conference, but opposition gradually developed against him, largely based on the issued of his uncompromising Lutheranism dogma. In 1845 he resigned his pastorate and returned to Denmark. From 1846 to 1848 he lectured at the

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, but the death of his royal patron in the latter year exposed him to the attacks. He accordingly accepted a call to the pastorate of

in 1848.Rudelbach, Andreas Gottlob ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon'' Retrieved November 1, 2020 He edited the ''Zeitschrift für die gesammte lutherische Theologie und Kirche'' (in collaboration with H. E. F. Guericke, Leipzig, 1839 sqq.) and ''Christliche Biographie'', i (1849), and wrote, in addition to the works already mentioned and several volumes of sermons: ''Hieronymus Savonarola und seine Zeit'' (Hamburg, 1835); ''Reformation, Luthertum und Union'' (Leipzig, 1839); ''Historische-kritische Einleitung in die Augsburgische Konfession'' (Dresden, 1841); ''Amtliches Gutachten über die Wiedereinführung der Katechismus-Examina im Königreich Sachsen, nebst historischer Erörterung der Kathechismus-Anstalten in der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche Deutschlands'' (1841); and ''Om Psalme-Literaturen og Psalmebogs-Sagen, historisk-kritiske Undersögelser'' (Copenhagen, 1856).

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudelbach 1792 births 1862 deaths 19th-century Protestant theologians Danish Lutheran theologians People from Slagelse University of Copenhagen alumni Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen 19th-century Danish Lutheran clergy