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[German Version] (Feb 10, 1819, Michelbach an der Bilz – Jan 6, 1857, Tübingen). In 1836 Schwegler began his studies at Tübingen as a student in the Stift. In 1840 he passed his final examination in theology and in 1841 received his Dr.phil. In 1843 he became a lecturer in philosophy at Tübingen; he was appointed associate professor of classical philology in 1848. Schwegler was a student of F.C. Baur; his Das nachapostolische Zeitalter in den Hauptmomenten seiner Entwicklung (2 vols., 1846) was the first complete survey of the early Christian church from the ranks of the …

[German Version] (Apr 29, 1887, Lechhausen, near Augsburg – Nov 22, 1964, Kassel). From 1908 to 1911, Wünsch studied in Erlangen, Berlin, and Heidelberg; from 1912 to 1922 he served as a pastor in the regional church of Baden. In 1922 he was appointed lecturer in systematic theology at Marbug, where he became professor of ethics, social ethics, and apologetics in 1931. He was dismissed in 1945 but reappointed in 1950. Influenced by E. Troeltsch’s analyses of the modern world, Wünsch sought to combine them with religious socialism (Religious socialists). He put forw…

[German Version] 1. Erich (Dec 22, 1861, Clausthal – Feb 18, 1936, Berlin). After studying in Berlin and Greifswald from 1881 to 1886, Schaeder began lecturing in systematic theology at Greifswald in 1891. In 1894 he was appointed adjunct professor at Königsberg (today Kaliningrad) and in 1895 at Göttingen. In 1899 he was appointed ¶ to a full professorship at Kiel and in 1918 at Breslau (Wrocław). He was one of the theologians of the Greifswald school led by A.H. Cremer. In his most important work, Theozentrische Theologie (vol. I 1909, 31925; vol. II 1914, 21928), Schaeder criticized th…