Hagenbach, KARL RUDOLF

Hagenbach, KARL RUDOLF, theologian, was born 4th March 1801, at Basel. While at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, where he studied theology, he was principally influenced by Schleiermacher and Neander; and on his return to Basel he received a fresh impulse from his intercourse with De Wette. From 1824 he occupied a chair of Theology in his native town, and died there, 7th June 1874. The subjects he taught were the history of dogma and of the church; in respect of this latter he wrote and taught as an adherent of the 'mediation' school of German theology. His numerous books on church history were issued as one uniform work, Kirchengeschichte von der ältesten Zeit bis zum 19 Jahrhundert (7 vols. 1868-72; 2d ed. 1885 sq.). Besides this he also wrote Lehrbuch der Dogmengeschichte (2 vols. 1840; Eng. trans.); Encyklopädie und Methodologie der theologischen Wissenschaften, one of the most useful manuals for the student of German theology, which in 1884 reached an 11th edition (by Kantsch); nine vols. of Sermons; biographies of Ecolampadius and Myconins (1859); a memorial of De Wette (1850); Religionsunterricht an höheren Gymnasien (6th ed. 1881); Die theologische Schule Basels (1860); and also two small volumes of poetry.