Ernst Kähler (1914–1991) was a German Protestant theologian and Church historian. He was the grandson of theologian

Martin Kähler Martin Kähler (6 January 1835 – 7 September 1912) was a German theologian. He is best known for his short work, published in 1892, ''Der sogenannte historische Jesus und der geschichtliche, biblische Christus'' (The so-called historical Jesus a ...

(1835–1912). Kähler studied in

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and

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. He was drafted into military service during 1940–1945 and was severely wounded. He married Sibylla von Kirchbach (1922–2009) in 1944, with whom he had six children. He served as assistant at the theological faculty at Halle University during 1942–1951. He completed his dissertation in 1948 at Göttingen University. From 1952 he was rector at the theological seminary at

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, then in the

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. He was lecturer for ecclesiastical history at the

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from 1954, from 1958 as assistant professor, from 1960 as ordinarily professor. He retired in 1978. Kähler received an honorary doctorate from the theological faculty at Göttingen University in 1957. Kähler is best known as editor of the theological works of

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and for his work on the

history of the Reformation ''The History of the Reformation in Scotland'' is a five-volume book written by the Scottish reformer, John Knox, between 1559 and 1566. Knox and his ''History'' In 1559 during the Scottish Reformation, the leaders of the Protestant nobility, t ...

Bibliography

*1952: ''Karlstadt und Augustin. Eine Einführung in den Kommentar des

Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt (148624 December 1541), better known as Andreas Karlstadt or Andreas Carlstadt or Karolostadt, or simply as Andreas Bodenstein, was a German Protestant theologian, University of Wittenberg chancellor, a c ...

zu Augustins Schrift „De spiritu et litera“'' (''Hallische Monographien'' 19) *1958: ''Studien zum

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und zur Geschichte des 24. Psalms in der Alten Kirche'' (''Veröffentlichungen der Evangelischen Gesellschaft für Liturgieforschung'' 10) *1958: "

Bugenhagen Johannes Bugenhagen (24 June 1485 – 20 April 1558), also called ''Doctor Pomeranus'' by Martin Luther, was a German theologian and Lutheran priest who introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th ce ...

und Luther" in: Werner Rautenberg (ed.), ''Johann Bugenhagen. Beiträge zu seinem 400. Todestag'', 108–122. *1959: "Die Wirklichkeit Gottes und die Wirklichkeit der Welt im Werk Johann Bugenhagens" in: ''Evangelische Theologie'' 19, 453–469. *1968: ''Reformation 1517–1967''. ;as editor *1962: ''Martin Kähler: Geschichte der protestantischen Dogmatik im 19. Jahrhundert'' *1965: ''Martin Kähler: Jesus und das Alte Testament'' (''Biblische Studien'' 45) *1967: ''Martin Kähler: Aufsätze zur Bibelfrage'' *1968: ''Reformation 1517–1967. Wittenberger Vorträge''.

References

*Martin Keßler, ''Das Karlstadt-Bild in der Forschung'' (2014)
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* Lothar Mertens, ''Lexikon der DDR-Historiker. Biographien und Bibliographien zu den Geschichtswissenschaftlern aus der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.'' (2006), p. 324. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kahler, Ernst 20th-century German Protestant theologians 1914 births 1991 deaths