Frederic Auguste Lichtenberger (March 21, 1832, Strasbourg - January 7, 1899, Versailles) - French Protestant theologian , teacher , journalist and religious writer, pastor of Alsace. He gained great fame for his sermons in Alsace in 1871, as a result of which many residents of the region chose to move to France after the annexation of the territory by the German Empire.
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Biography
He received his secondary education at the Protestant school Jean Sturm Gymnasium [2] , in 1854 he defended his bachelor's thesis in theology at the University of Strasbourg, in 1860 he defended his doctoral dissertation, in 1864 he became a professor in it; Engaged in preaching since 1858 and since that time was a teacher of religion in the gymnasium.
In February 1871, he spoke in Alsace with anti-German sermons, protesting against the transfer of the German region; as a result, he was forced to leave his hometown and move with his family to Paris, where he initially became a member of the Lutheran consistory. In 1873 he founded the Free School of Reohygienics. In 1877, he became a professor in the recently opened Faculty of Protestant Theology in the Sorbonne, Paris, on February 9, 1880, became his dean and then began working on his main work - the 13-volume Encyclopedia of Religious Studies.
He was also actively involved in public and journalistic activities: he was a member of the General Council of faculties, the Higher Council for Education, the Society for the History of French Protestantism, wrote articles for religious publications Revue chrétienne , Bulletin and Revue théologique , and was editor-in-chief of the Journal du protestantisme français . He was awarded the Legion of Honor.
In 1895 he retired due to health reasons. In 1896 he became an Honorary Doctor of Theology at the University of Glasgow.
His son Andre became a famous French sociologist and writer; another son, Henry, became the creator of the French school of Germanic studies.
Main works: La théologie de Lessing (1854); De Apostolorum Præceptis Redemptoriam Christi Mortem Spectantibus (1857); Etude sur le principe du protestantisme (1857); Des éléments constitutifs de la science dogmatique (1869); Histoire des idées religieuses en Allemagne depuis le milieu du XVIIIème siècle (1873-1887, 13 volumes, 2 editions). A number of his works have been translated into English and German.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ Théodore Rieger , “Lichtenberger Frédéric Auguste”, dans Fédération des sociétés d'histoire et d'archéologie d'Alsace, Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne , Vol.V, Kie-Mar, 1997, p.2357.
Bibliography
- Article in New International Encyclopedia.
- Lichtenberger, Friedrich-August // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.