Friedrich Loofs
Friedrich Loofs (19 June 1858, Hildesheim – 13 January 1928, Halle an der Saale) was a German theologian and church historian best remembered for his studies involving the history of dogma.
Biography
He studied theology at the universities of Leipzig, Tübingen and Göttingen, and received his doctorate from Leipzig in 1881. As a student, Adolf von Harnack (Leipzig) and Albrecht Ritschl (Göttingen) were important influences to his career. From 1888 to 1926 he was a professor of church history at the University of Halle, where in 1907/08 he served as rector.[1] Concurrent with his work at the university, from 1890 to 1925, he held title of Consistorialrat in the city of Magdeburg.[2]
In 1886 he was co-founder of the journal Die Christliche Welt ("The Christian World").[1]
Selected works
- Leontius von Byzanz und die gleichnamigen Schriftsteller der griechischen Kirche, 1887 – Leontius of Byzantium and the writer of the same name from the Greek Church.
- Leitfaden zum studium der dogmengeschichte, 1890 – Guide to studying the history of dogma.
- Anti-Haeckel : eine Replik nebst Beilagen, 1900 – Anti-Haeckel: a replica with supplements.
- Grundlinien der Kirchengeschichte in der Form von Dispositionen für seine Vorlesungen, 1901 – Elements of the Church's history in the form of disposition of lectures.
- Lessings stellung zum Christentum, 1910 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's position on Christianity.
- "Nestorius and his place in the history of Christian doctrine"; Cambridge : University Press, 1914.
- Paulus von Samosata, eine Untersuchung zur altkirchlichen Literatur- und Dogmengeschichte, 1924 – Paul of Samosata, a study of Early Christian church literature and history of dogma.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Loofs, Friedrich at Deutsche Biographie
- ↑ Kraatz - Menges edited by Rudolf Vierhaus
- ↑ Most widely held works by Friedrich Loofs WorldCat Identities
- ↑ HathiTrust Digital Library published works
