Anton Friedrich Ludwig Pelt (28 June 1799, in

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– 22 January 1861, in Kemnitz) was a German Protestant

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. He studied philosophy and theology at the universities of

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and

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, obtaining his

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at the

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in 1826. While serving as a lecturer of theology at Berlin, he was influenced by the teachings of

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and

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. In 1828 he became an associate professor at the

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, and in 1835 succeeded August Detlev Christian Twesten as a full professor at the University of Kiel. In 1852, he was relieved of his duties at the university following the takeover of

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by the Danish government. Subsequently, he relocated to a parish in Kemnitz, where in 1857 he was appointed ecclesiastical superintendent.ADB:Pelt, Anton Friedrich Ludwig
In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, S. 338–340. With Georg Friedrich Heinrich Rheinwald and Karl August Traugott Vogt, he edited the ''Homiliarum Patristicum'',Most widely held works by Ant. Friedr. Ludwig Pelt
WorldCat Identities and in 1838 was co-founder of the publication ''Theologische Mitarbeiten''.

Selected works

* ''Epistolas Pauli apostoli ad Thessalonicenses'', 1830 – Epistles of

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; Thessalonians. * ''Der Kampf aus dem Glauben und die religiösen Parteien unsrer Zeit'', 1837 – The struggle with faith and the religious parties of our time (an observation brought on by the second edition of

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's ''Das Leben Jesu'' and Christoph Friedrich von Ammon's ''Fortbildung des Christenthums zur Weltreligion''). * ''Protestantismus, Supranaturalismus, Rationalismus und speculative Theologie'', 1839 – Protestantism, supranaturalism,

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and speculative theology. * ''Theologische Encyklopädie als System im Zusammenhange mit der Geschichte der theologischen Wissenshcaft und ihrer einzelnen Zweige'', 1843 – Theological encyclopedia as a system in connection with the history of theological knowledge and its individual branches. * ''Die Schleswigschen Prediger im Verhältniß zu der im Herzogthum Schleswig eingesetzten Verwaltungscommission'', 1850 – The Schleswig preachers in proportion to the administrative commission established by the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pelt, Anton F. L. 1799 births 1861 deaths People from Regensburg University of Kiel alumni University of Jena alumni Academic staff of the University of Greifswald Academic staff of the University of Kiel 19th-century German Protestant theologians