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Albrecht Benjamin Ritschl (25 March 1822 – 20 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 of reason.
Albrecht Ritschl, German Lutheran theologian who showed both the religious and ethical relevance of the Christian faith by synthesizing the teaching of the Scriptures and the Protestant Reformation with some aspects of modern knowledge.
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Albrecht Ritschl (1822-1889) was a German Protestant theologian and historian. He was one of the most important liberal theologians of his time. His theology is often labeled as "moral value" as it focused on the ethical implications and their relevance for the witness of the church.
A comprehensive article on the life, works, and views of Albrecht Ritschl, the most influential German theologian of the late nineteenth century. It traces his development from his early criticism of the historical Jesus to his later system of ethics and religion, and examines his relation to philosophy and tradition.
On 10 November 1883, addressing his Göttingen colleagues and students in academic celebration of the quadricentennial of Luther's birth, Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89) delivered this remarkable verdict: “The genuine ideas of the Reformation were more concealed than disclosed in the theological works of Luther and Melanchthon.”.
The German theologian Albrecht Benjamin Ritschl (1822-1889) was an influential interpreter of the New Testament whose views were, for a time, an effective counterweight to the dominant romantic tendency of 19th-century German theology.
