Theodosius Harnack
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Baltic German
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theologian
Theology
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Harnack was a professor of Divinity
Divinity
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at the University of Tartu
University of Tartu
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in what is today Estonia
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. He was a staunch Lutheran and a prolific writer on theological subjects; his chief field of work was practical theology, and his important book on that subject summing up his long experience and teaching appeared at Erlangen
Erlangen
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(1877–1878, 2 vols.). The liturgy
Liturgy
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of the Lutheran church of Russia
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has, since 1898, been based on his Liturgische Formulare (1872).
His twin sons were the German theologian
Theology
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Adolf von Harnack
Adolf von Harnack
Adolf von Harnack , was a German theologian and prominent church historian.He produced many religious publications from 1873-1912....
(1851–1930) and mathematician
Mathematician
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Carl Gustav Axel Harnack
Carl Gustav Axel Harnack
Carl Gustav Axel Harnack was a German mathematician who contributed to potential theory. Harnack's inequality applied to harmonic functions...
(1851–1888).
Books by Theodosius Harnack
Der christliche Gemeindegottesdienst im apostolischen und altkatholischen Zeitaltern (Erlangen, 1854)Tabellarische Uebersicht der Geschichte der Liturgie der christlichen Hauptgottesdienstes (Erlangen, 1858)
Die lutherische Kirche Livlands und die herrnhutische Brüdergemeinde (Erlangen, 1860)
Luthers Theologie: mit besonderer Beziehung auf seine Versöhnungs- und Erlösungslehre (2 vols., Erlangen, 1862, 1886)
Praktische Theologie (4 vols., Erlangen, 1877-8)
Ueber den Kanon und die Inspiration der Heiligen Schrift: ein Wort zum Frieden (Erlangen, 1885)
Further reading
- Quill, Timothy C.J. An examination of the contributions of Theodosius Harnack to the renewal of the Lutheran liturgy in the nineteenth century, Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drew University, 2002.