PFLEIDERER, OTTO. - Protestant theologian, b. at Stetten (Württemberg) on 1 Sept. 1839, d. at Berlin on 18 Aug. 1908.
A parish priest, professor of practical theology at Jena, then of systematic theology at Berlin, he followed the directives and methods of the Tübingen school, identifying theology with the historical-philological exegesis of the Bible and with the study of environmental influences on the interpretation of the data of Revelation, and no longer with the analysis and justification of the professions of faith. In his interpretation of early Christianity he emphasized its derivation from Hellenism; in internal theological polemic he established himself as an exponent of German "liberal" theology.
Principal works: Der Paulinismus (1873); Religionsphilosophie auf geschichtl. Grundlage (1878); Grundriss der christl. Glaubens-und Sittenlehre (1886); Das Urchristentum (1887); Das Christubild des urchristl. Glaubens in religionsgeschichtl. Beleuchtung (1903).
Bibliography4 worksP. Gastrow, P. als Religionsphilosoph., Berlin 1913; M.-J. Lagrange, Le sens du christianisme d'après l'Exegèse allemande, Paris 1918, passi
BIBL.: P. Gastrow, P. als Religionsphilosoph., Berlin 1913; M.-J. Lagrange, Le sens du christianisme d'après l'Exegèse allemande, Paris 1918, passim; A. Schweitzer, Gesch. der Leben Jern-Forschung, Tübingen 1912, passim; id., Gesch. der paulinischen Forschung, ibid. 1920, passim. Mario Benalacioli
Bendiscioli, Mario. “Pfleiderer, otto.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1311. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/pfleiderer-otto.
MLA
Bendiscioli, Mario. “Pfleiderer, otto.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1311. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/pfleiderer-otto.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec9_pfleiderer_otto,
author = {Bendiscioli, Mario},
title = {Pfleiderer, otto},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {1311},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/pfleiderer-otto}
}
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