Karl Friedrich Erich Haupt (8 July 1841 – 19 February 1910) was a German

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Biography

He was born at

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, and educated at

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. He later worked as a schoolteacher in Kolberg and

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. He was a professor of

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, successively at

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(from 1878),

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. In 2021 it surpa ...

(from 1883), and Halle (from 1888), where in 1902 he was named university rector.Erich Haupt
Catalogus Professorum Halensis He was successor to Willibald Beyschlag as chairman of the main association of the Gustav-Adolf-Stiftung, and from 1901 to 1908 was editor of the "''Deutsch-evangelischen Blätter''". For a period of time, he served as head of the ''Evangelischen Bundes'' (Protestant Federation).

Works

* ''Der erste Brief des Johannes'' (“

First Epistle of John The First Epistle of John is the first of the Johannine epistles of the New Testament, and the fourth of the catholic epistles. There is no scholarly consensus as to the authorship of the Johannine works. The author of the First Epistle is ...

”; 1869). * ''Die alttestamentlichen Citate in den vier Evangelien'' (“Citations of the Old Testament in the four gospels"; 1871). * ''Die Kirche und die theologische Lehrfreiheit'' (“The church and freedom of theological teaching”; 1881). * ''Plus ultra, zur Universitätsfrage'' (2nd ed., 1890). * ''Die Bedeutung der heiligen Schrift für den evangelischen Christen'' (“The meaning of the Holy Scripture for Lutherans”; 1891). * ''Zum Verständnis des Apostolats im Neuen Testament'' ("To the understanding of the

Apostolates An apostolate is a Christian organization "directed to serving and evangelizing the world", most often associated with the Anglican Communion or the Catholic Church. In more general usage, an apostolate is an association of persons dedicated to the ...

in the New Testament"; 1896).HathiTrust Digital Library
(publications)

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* German Lutheran theologians 1841 births 1910 deaths People from Stralsund Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Kiel Academic staff of the University of Greifswald Academic staff of the University of Halle 19th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers 19th-century German male writers 19th-century Lutherans {{Christian-theologian-stub