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CHRISTOPH See also: German Lutheran theologian, was See also: born at Maroldsweisach, See also: Bavaria, on the 22nd of See also: March 1823
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He studied
See also: theology at See also: Erlangen and Berlin, and in 1856 became professor ordinarius of systematic theology and New Testament exegesis at See also: Leipzig
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In 1865 he was 'made a counsellor to the consistory, in 1871 See also: canon of See also: Meissen See also: cathedral, and in 1887 a privy councillor to the See also: church
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He died at Leipzig on the 21st of
See also: September 1902
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A strictly orthodox theologian, and a clear writer, though not a very profound See also: scholar, Luthardt became widely appreciated as the author of apologetic lectures
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These were collected under the title Apologie See also: des Christenlums (vol. i., 1864, 14th ed
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1896; vol. ii
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7th ed., 19o1; vol. iii
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7th ed., 1898; vol. iv
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2nd ed., 188o), a See also: work of which the first three volumes have been translated into See also: English
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In 1868 he founded and edited the Allgemeine evang.-lutherische Kirchenzeilung, with its supplement the Theologisches Litteraturblatt, and in 188o became editor of the Zeitschrift fur kirchl
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Wissenschaft and kirchl
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Leben . His other See also: works include Das Johanneische Evangelium
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. . erkldrt (1852-18J3; 2nd ed. in 2 vols., 1875-1876), Offenbarung Johannis erkldrt (1861), Lehre von den letzten Dingen (1861; 3rd ed
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1885); Kompendium der Dogmatik (1865; 9th ed., 1893), Geschichte der christlichen Ethik (2 vols., 1888-1893), Gnade and Wahrheit (1874), Das Wort des Lebens (1877) and Gnade and Frieden (188o)
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His autobiography was published with the title Erinnerungen aus vergangenen Tagen (1889; 2nd ed., 1891)
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