Friedrich Adolf Krummacher

He was born in Tecklenburg, Westphalia. Having studied theology at Lingen and Halle, he became successively rector of the grammar school at Moers (1793), a professor of theology at the University of Duisburg (1800), a preacher in Kettwig (1807), Consistorialrath and superintendent in Bernburg (1812), and, after declining an invitation to the University of Bonn, pastor of the Ansgariuskirche in Bremen (1824).[1] He died in Bremen.

He was the author of many religious works, but is best known by his Parabeln (1805; 9th edition 1876; English translation 1824).[2] In 1858, they were added to Bohn's "Illustrated Library", with 40 illustrations.

• Hymnus an die Liebe, 1801
• Parabeln, 3 volumes, 1805–1817
• Über den Geist und die Form der evangelischen Geschichte in historischer und ästhetischer Hinsicht, 1805 ("On the Spirit and Form of Evangelical History in its Historical and Æsthetical Relations").
• Die Kinderwelt, 1809
• Festbüchlein, Tl. 1-3, 1808–1819
• Apologen und Paramythien, 1809
• Das Wörtlein: Und, eine Geburtstagsfeier, 1811
• Der Eroberer, eine Verwandlung, 1814
• Johannes, 1815
• Apostolisches Sendschreiben an die Christengemeinden von dem was noth thut zur Kirchenverbesserung, 1815 (anonym)
• Leiden, Sterben und Auferstehung unseres Herrn Jesu Christi, 1818 ("The Suffering, Death, and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ").
• Fürst Wolfgang zu Anhalt, eine Reformationspredigt, 1820
• Briefwechsel zwischen Asmus und seinem Vetter, 1820
• Die freie evangelische Kirche, ein Friedensgruß, 1821
• Bilder und Bildchen, 1823
• Katechismus der christlichen Lehre, 1823
• Die christliche Volksschule im Bunde mit der Kirche, 1823
• St. Ansgar, 1826
• Das Täubchen, 1828
• Der Hauptmann Cornelius, 1829; Cornelius the Centurion, (translated into English, Edinburgh, 1841).
• Die Geschichte des Reiches Gottes nach der heiligen Schrift, andeutender Text zu von Kügelgens, 1831–45.
• Das Leben des heiligen Johannes, 1833 The life and character of St. John, the Evangelist and Apostle, (translated into English, Edinburgh, 1839).
• Selbstbiographie, 1869
• Briefe. Nachlese (posthumous), 1911.

Arnold Wilhelm Möller published his life and letters: Friedrich Adolf Krummacher und seine Freunde, 2 volumes, Bonn, 1849.

His brother Gottfried Daniel Krummacher was the leader of the pietists of Wuppertal. His son Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher was a noted clergyman and author, as was his son Emil Wilhelm Krummacher.

• Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Krummacher, Friedrich Adolf" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. This work in turn cites:
  • Selbstbiographie (Autobiography, 1869)
  • Maria Krummacher, Unser Grossvater (Our grandfather, Bielefeld, 1891)
• Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Krummacher, Friedrich Adolf" . The American Cyclopædia.

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Krummacher, Friedrich Adolf". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.