Died 1928, Halle, Germany | ||
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Books Nestorius and His Place in t, What is the truth about Jesus Ch, Nestorius and His Place in t, Leitfaden zum Studium, Paulus von Samosata |
Friedrich Loofs (19 June 1858, Hildesheim – 13 January 1928, Halle an der Saale) was a German theologian and church historian best remembered for his studies involving the history of dogma.
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Biography
He studied theology at the universities of Leipzig, Tübingen, and Göttingen, and received his doctorate from Leipzig in 1881. As a student, Adolf von Harnack (Leipzig) and Albrecht Ritschl (Göttingen) were important influences to his career. From 1888 to 1926 he was a professor of church history at the University of Halle, where in 1907/08 he served as rector. Concurrent with his work at the university, from 1890 to 1925, he held title of Consistorialrat in the city of Magdeburg.
In 1886 he was co-founder of the journal Die Christliche Welt ("The Christian World").