Richard Adelbert Lipsius (14 February 1830 in

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– 19 August 1892 in

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, Thuringia) was a German Protestant

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Biography

Richard Adelbert Lipsius was the son of K. H. A. Lipsius (d. 1861), who was rector of the school of St. Thomas at

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

, was born at

on 14 February 1830. He studied at Leipzig, and eventually (1871) settled at

as professor ordinaries. He helped to found the "Evangelical Protestant Missionary Union" and the "

Evangelical Alliance The Evangelical Alliance (EA) is a national evangelical alliance, member of the World Evangelical Alliance. Founded in 1846, the activities of the Evangelical Alliance aim to promote evangelical Christian beliefs in government, media and societ ...

", and from 1874 took an active part in their management. He died at Jena on 19 August 1892.

Works

Lipsius wrote principally on dogmatics and the history of early Christianity from a liberal and critical standpoint. A

Neo-Kantian In late modern continental philosophy, neo-Kantianism (german: Neukantianismus) was a revival of the 18th-century philosophy of Immanuel Kant. The Neo-Kantians sought to develop and clarify Kant's theories, particularly his concept of the "thin ...

, he was to some extent an opponent of

Albrecht Ritschl Albrecht Ritschl (25 March 182220 March 1889) was a German Protestant theologian. Starting in 1852, Ritschl lectured on systematic theology. According to this system, faith was understood to be irreducible to other experiences, beyond the scope ...

, demanding This, in part, is Lipsius's attitude in ''Philosophie und Religion'' (1885). In his ''Lehrbuch der evangelisch-protestantischen Dogmatik'' (1876; 3rd ed., 1893) he deals in detail with the doctrines of "God", "Christ", "Justification" and the "Church". Herausgeber: From 1875 Lipsius assisted

Karl August von Hase Karl August von Hase (25 August 1800 – 3 January 1890) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian. Background He was born at Steinbach (near Penig) in Saxony. He studied at Leipzig and Erlangen, and in 1829 was called to Je ...

(1800-1890),

Otto Pfleiderer Otto Pfleiderer (1 September 1839 – 18 July 1908) was a German Protestant theologian. Through his writings and his lectures, he became known as one of the most influential representatives of liberal theology. Biography Pfleiderer was born at ...

(1839-1908) and

Eberhard Schrader Eberhard Schrader (7 January 1836 – 4 July 1908) was a German orientalist primarily known for his achievements in Assyriology. Biography He was born at Braunschweig, and educated at Göttingen under Ewald. In 1858 he won a university prize ...

(1836-1908) in editing ''Jahrbücher für protestantische Theologie'', and from 1885 until 1891 he edited the ''Theologische Jahresbericht.'' His other works include: *''Die Pilatusakten'' (1871, new ed., 1886) *''Dogmatische Beiträge'' (1878) *''Die Quellen der ältesten Ketzergeschichte'' (1875) * ''Zur Quellenkritik des Epiphanios.'' Wien, Braumueller, (1865) *''Die apokryphen Apostelgeschichten'' (1883-1890) *''Hauptpunkte der christl. Glaubenslehre im Umriss dargestellt'' (1889) * and commentaries on the Epistles to the Galatians,

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and

Philippians The Epistle to the Philippians is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and Timothy is named with him as co-author or co-sender. The letter is addressed to the Christian c ...

in H.J. Holtzmann's ''Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament'' (1891-1892)

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