Friedrich Adolf Krummacher

Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (July 13, 1767 - April 14, 1845), was a German theologian. He was born at Tecklenburg, Westphalia.

Having studied theology at Lingen and Halle, he became successively rector of the grammar school at Moers (1793), professor of theology at Duisburg (1800), preacher at Krefeld, and afterwards at Kettwig, Consistorialrath and superintendent in Bernburg, and, after declining an invitation to the University of Bonn, pastor of the Ansgariuskirche in Bremen (1824). He died at Bremen.

He was the author of many religious works, but is best known by his "Parabeln" (1805; 9th ed. 1876; Eng. trans. 1844).

A. W. Moller published his life and letters in 1849.

Works

*"Hymnus an die Liebe", 1801
*"Parabeln", 3 vols, 1805-1817
*"Über den Geist und die Form der evangelischen Geschichte in historischer und ästhetischer Hinsicht", 1805
*"Die Kinderwelt", 1809
*"Festbüchlein", Tl. 1-3, 1808-1819
*"Apologen und Paramythien", 1809
*"Das Wörtlein: Und, eine Geburtstagsfeier", 1811
*"Der Eroberer, eine Verwandlung", 1814
*"Johannes", 1815
*"Apostolisches Sendschreiben an die Christengemeinden von dem was noth thut zur Kirchenverbesserung", 1815 (anonym)
*"Leiden, Sterben und Auferstehung unseres Herrn Jesu Christi", 1818
*"Fürst Wolfgang zu Anhalt, eine Reformationspredigt", 1820
*"Briefwechsel zwischen Asmus und seinem Vetter", 1820
*"Die freie evangelische Kirche, ein Friedensgruß", 1821
*"Bilder und Bildchen", 1823
*"Katechismus der christlichen Lehre", 1823
*"Die christliche Volksschule im Bunde mit der Kirche", 1823
*"St. Ansgar", 1826
*"Das Täubchen", 1828
*"Der Hauptmann Cornelius", 1829
*"Die Geschichte des Reiches Gottes nach der heiligen Schrift, andeutender Text zu von Kügelgens", 1831-45
*"Leben des heiligen Johannes"; 1833
*"Briefe. Nachlese" (posthumous), 1911

His brother Gottfried Daniel Krummacher (1774-1837), who studied theology at Duisburg and became pastor successively in Berl (1798), Wülfrath (1801) and Elberfeld (1816), was the leader of the pietists of Wuppertal, and published several volumes of sermons, including one entitled "Die Wanderungen Israels durch d. Wüste nach Kanaan" (1834).

Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher (1796-1868), son of Friedrich Adolf, studied theology at Halle and Jena, and became pastor successively at Frankfurt (1819), Ruhrort (1823), Gemarke, near Barmen in the Wupperthal (1825), and Elberfeld (1834). In 1847 he received an appointment to the Trinity Church in Berlin, and in 1853 he became court chaplain at Potsdam. He was an influential promoter of the Evangelical Alliance. His best-known works are "Elias der Thisbiter" (1828-1833; 6th ed. 1874; Eng. trans. 1836); Elisa (1837) and "Das Passionsbuck, der leidende Christus" (1854, in English "The Suffering Saviour", 1870). His "Autobiography" was published in 1869 (Eng. trans. 1871).

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