Eugen Friedrich Ferdinand Sachsse (20 August 1839 – 20 December 1917) was a German

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theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

born in

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He studied theology in

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and

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, receiving his habilitation in 1863 with a thesis on the

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of Philipp Jakob Spener. From 1871, he served at the

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in Hamm, where in 1872 he became district school superintendent (''Kreischulinspektor''). In 1883, he was appointed director of the minister's

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in Herborn. From 1890 to 1913, he was a professor of

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to the Evangelical Theological Faculty at the

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. He was co-editor of ''Halte was du hast'' ("Hold what you have"), a magazine of

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. A few of his better known written works are: * ''Ursprung und Wesen des Pietismus'' (Origin and essence of

), 1884. * ''Die Lehre von der kirchlichen Erziehung nach evangelischen Grundsätzen'' (Doctrine of religious education according to evangelical principles), 1897. * ''Das Christentum und der moderne Geist'' (

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and the modern spirit), 1906. * ''Einführung in die praktische Theologie'' (Guide to practical theology), 1914.

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