Friedrich Loofs

Friedrich Loofs

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.

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.[1] Concurrent with his work at the university, from 1890 to 1925, he held title of Consistorialrat in the city of Magdeburg.[2]

In 1886 he was co-founder of the journal Die Christliche Welt ("The Christian World").[1]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 Loofs, Friedrich at Deutsche Biographie
  2. Kraatz - Menges edited by Rudolf Vierhaus
  3. Most widely held works by Friedrich Loofs WorldCat Identities
  4. HathiTrust Digital Library published works
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