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Karl August Auberlen

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Karl August Auberlen (19 November 1824 – 2 May 1864) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

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He was born at Fellbach, near Stuttgart, 19 November 1824. He studied in the seminary of Blaubeuren 1837-41, and theology at Tübingen 1841-45. He became repentant in theology at Tübingen 1849, and professor at Basel 1851. As a young man he was attracted by the views of Goethe and Hegel and enthusiastic for the criticism of Ferdinand Christian Baur; but he later became an adherent of the old Württemberg circle of theologians, of Johann Albrecht Bengel, Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, Lothar Roos, and others. He died at Basel on 2 May 1864.[1]

Works

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He published:

A volume of sermons appeared in 1845; a volume of lectures on the Christian faith in 1861.[1]

Further reading

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  • Werner Raupp: "Auberlen, Carl August", in: Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG), 4. Ed., Vol. 1, 1998, col. 910.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Philip Schaff: New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians - Christian Classics Ethereal Library". Ccel.org. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
Attribution

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication in the public domainJackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). "Auberlen, Karl August". New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.