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Heinrich Bassermann

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Heinrich Bassermann

Heinrich Gustav Bassermann (12 July 1849 – 30 August 1909) was a German Lutheran theologian born in Frankfurt am Main.

From 1868 to 1873 he was a student at the universities of Jena, Zurich and Heidelberg. At Jena he was a pupil of Karl August Hase (1800–1890), and in Heidelberg he studied under Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1832–1910). During this time period he also served with a dragoon unit in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71).

In 1873–76 he was an assistant pastor in Arolsen, and later worked as a lecturer of New Testament exegesis at the University of Jena. Soon afterwards he was appointed an associate professor of practical theology at Heidelberg, where in 1880 he became a full professor and a university preacher.

Bassermann was co-founder of the Allgemeinen evangelisch-protestantischen Missionsvereins, and from 1879 was editor of the "Zeitschrift für praktische Theologie" in collaboration with Rudolf Ehlers (1834–1908). He died in Samaden, Switzerland on 30 August 1909.

Selected publications

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  • Dreissig christliche Predigten (Thirty Christian sermons), 1875.
  • Handbuch der geistlichen Beredsamkeit (Textbook of spiritual eloquence), 1885.
  • Akademische Predigten (Academic sermons), 1886.
  • System der Liturgik (System of liturgics), 1889.
  • Geschichte der badischen Gottesdienstordnung (History of the Baden order of worship), 1891.
  • Sine ira et studio, 1894.
  • Der badische Katechismus erklärt (The Baden Catechism explained), 1896–97.
  • Richard Rothe als praktischer Theologe (Richard Rothe as practical theologian), 1899.
  • Zur Frage des Unionskatechismus (On the question of Union Catechism), 1901.
  • Ueber Reform des Abendmahls (Regarding reform of the Eucharist), 1904.
  • Wie studiert man evangelische Theologie? (How does one study evangelical theology?), 1905.
  • Gott: Fünf Predigten (God: five sermons), 1905.

References

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  • New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "Bassermann, Heinrich". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. col. 411. ISBN 3-88309-013-1. English translation
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