Licentiate in Theology

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Licentiate Theology, Copenhagen, 1837, Doctor of Divinity, Kiel, 1840, Lutheran Bishop.

Born at Flinsburg in the Duchy of Schleswig, August 19, 1808.

Died in Copenhagen, February 3, 1884.

Pages 544 to 545.

Licentiate Theology, Copenhagen, 1837, Doctor of Divinity, Kiel, 1840, Lutheran Bishop.

Born at Flinsburg in the Duchy of Schleswig, August 19, 1808.

Died in Copenhagen, February 3, 1884. he studied theology and philosophy in copenhagen eighteen twenty seven to eighteen thirty two traveled eighteen thirty four to eighteen thirty six began to lecture on philosophy in the university of copenhagen in eighteen thirty eight was appointed professor of theology in eighteen forty and became bishop of zealand that is primate of the danish church in eighteen fifty four he grew up and developed in close contact with and yet entirely independent of the various movements in the danish church and their representatives minster claussen gruntvig c and though he never became a leader himself of any party he brought into the danish church a strong but thoroughly digested influence from hegel and schelling on the one side and father beder and the mystics on the other which livened its whole life his first lectures in the university created great enthusiasm the natural result of the novelty of his standpoint and the charm of his talent later on he met with sharp opposition on account of the delusiveness of this very standpoint it was said and the danger of his talent but neither the one circumstance nor the other seems to have had any effect upon him personally in his quiet and reserved way he continued uninterrupted and undisturbed to unfold his ideas and as he reached onward the attention widened and deepened around him he is one of the most remarkable representatives of what is called speculative theology a natural and inborn opposition between faith and science theology and philosophy he absolutely denied and where a discrepancy actually occurred he proposed a mistake an error as its origin science he said can never reach a complete all-encompassing conception of existence of nature and history unless it starts from the divine revelation in holy scripture as its centre and faith though in its innermost kernel a simple movement of conscience the relation between god and man fills itself with necessity driven toward a scientific and systematic demonstration of its contents but holy scripture is and must always remain the authoritative guide and absolute norm for such a demonstration

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Licentiate Theology, Copenhagen 1837, Doctor of Divinity, Kiel 1840, Lutheran Bishop.

Born at Flensburg in the Duchy of Schleswig, August 19, 1808.

Died in Copenhagen, February 3, 1884.