Karl Heinrich Sack (1789–1875) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor.

Life

Karl Heinrich Sack, son of Friedrich Samuel Gottfried Sack, was born at Berlin on 17 October 1789.Erdmann 1890, p. 153. He studied at Gottingen and

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, and commenced his lectures at the

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in 1817. In 1818 he was made professor extraordinary, and in 1832 professor of theology in

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. He died at Pappelsdorf, near Bonn, on 16 October 1875.Lacroix 1880, p. 210.

Works

Of his many works may be mentioned: * ''Christliche Apologetik'' (Hamburg, 1841) * ''Christliche Polemik'' (Hamburg, 1838) * ''Geschichte der Predigt von Mosheim bis Schleiermacher und Menken'' (Heidelberg, 1866) * ''Theologische Aufsatze'' (Gotha, 1871)

References

Sources

* Erdmann, David (1890)
"Sack, Karl Heinrich"
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''. Vol. 30. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 153–161. Attribution: * Lacroix, J. P. (1880)
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