JOHANN KARL See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

LUDWIG See also:

• JOHANN KARL LUDWIG GIESELER (1792–1854)

GIESELER (1792–1854)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German writer on See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church See also:

• HISTORY

history, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 3rd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1792 at Petershagen, near See also:

• MINDEN

Minden, where his See also:

• FATHER

father, Georg Christof See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich, was preacher . In his tenth See also:

• YEAR

year he entered the orphanage at See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, whence he duly passed to the university, his studies being interrupted, however, from See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1813 till the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of 1815 by a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of military service, during which he was enrolled as a volunteer in a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of chasseurs . On the conclusion of peace (1815) he returned to Halle, and, having in 1817 taken his degree in See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, he in the same year became assistant See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master (Conrector) in the Minden gymnasium, and in 1818 was appointed director of the gymnasium at See also:

• CLEVES (Ger. Cleve or Kleve)

Cleves . Here he published his earliest See also:

• WORK

work (Historischkritischer Versuch fiber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Entstehung u. die friihesten Schicksale der schriftlichen Evangelien), a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise which had considerable See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on subsequent investigations as to the origin of the gospels . In 1819 See also:

• GIESELER, JOHANN KARL LUDWIG (1792–1854)

Gieseler was appointed a See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor ordinarius in See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology in the newly founded university of See also:

• BONN

Bonn, where, besides lecturing on church history, he made important contributions to the literature of that subject in See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

Ernst Rosenmuller's Repertorium, K . F . Staudlin and H . G . Tschirner's Archiv, and in various university " programs." The first See also:

• PART

part of the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his well-known Church History appeared in 1824 . In-1831 he accepted a See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call to See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen as successor to J . G . See also:

• PLANCK, GOTTLIEB JAKOB (1751–1833)
• PLANCK, KARL CHRISTIAN (1819-188o)

Planck .

He lectured on church history, the history of See also:

• DOGMA (Gr. Sbypa, from b6aeiv, to seem; literally " that which seems, sc. good or true or useful " to any one)

dogma, and dogmatic theology . In 1837 he was appointed a Consistorialrath, and shortly afterwards was created a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of the Guelphic See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . He died on the 8th of See also:

• JULY

July 1854 . The See also:

• FOURTH

fourth and fifth volumes of the Kirchengeschichte, embracing the period subsequent to 1814, were published posthumously in 1855 by E . R . Redepenning (1810–1883); and they were followed in 1856 by a Dogmengeschichte, which is sometimes reckoned as the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth volume of the Church History . Among church historians Gieseler continues to hold a high See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . Less vivid and picturesque in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style than Karl See also:

• HASE, CARL BENEDICT (1780-1864)
• HASE, KARL AUGUST VON (1800-1890)

Hase, conspicuously deficient in See also:

• NEANDER, JOACHIM (1650–1680)
• NEANDER, JOHANN AUGUST WILHELM (1789-1850)

Neander's deep and sympathetic insight into the more spiritual forces by which church See also:

• LIFE

life is pervaded, he excels these and all other contemporaries in the fulness and accuracy of his See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information . His Lehrbuch der Kirchengeschichte, with its copious references to See also:

• ORIGINAL

original authorities, is of See also:

• GREAT

great value to the student: " Gieseler wished that each See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age should speak for itself, since only by this means can the peculiarity of its ideas be fully appreciated " (See also:

• OTTO

Otto See also:

• PFLEIDERER, OTTO (1839—1908)

Pfleiderer, Development of Theology, p . 284) . The work, which has passed through several See also:

• EDITIONS

editions in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, has partially appeared also in two See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations . That published in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York (See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

Text See also:

• BOOK

Book of Ecclesiastical History, 5 vols.) brings the work down to the peace of See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia, while that published in " See also:

• CLARK, FRANCIS EDWARD (1851- )
• CLARK, GEORGE ROGERS (1752—1818)
• CLARK, JOHN BATES (1847— )
• CLARK, JOSIAH LATIMER (1822—1898)
• CLARK, SIR ANDREW
• CLARK, SIR JAMES (1788—1870)
• CLARK, THOMAS (1801—1867)
• CLARK, WILLIAM (1770-1838)
• CLARK, WILLIAM GEORGE (1821—1878)

Clark's Theological Library " (Compendium of Ecclesiastical History, See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 5 vols.) closes with the beginning of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation .

Gieseler was not only a devoted student but also an energetic See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of business . He frequently held the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• PRO

pro-See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of the university, and did much useful work as a member of several of its committees .