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AMMON, CHRISTOPH See also:FRIEDRICH VON (1766—185o) , See also:German theological writer and preacher, was See also:born at Baireuth. He studied at See also:Erlangen, held various professorships in the philosophical and theological faculties of Erlangen and See also:Gottingen, succeeded See also:Franz Reinhard (1753—1812) in 1813 as See also:court preacher and member of the consistorial court at See also:Dresden, retired from these offices in 1849, and died on the 21st of May 1850. Seeking to establish for himself a See also:middle position between See also:rationalism and supernaturalism, he declared for a "rational supernatural-ism," and contended that there must be a See also:gradual development of See also:Christian See also:doctrine corresponding to the advance of knowledge and See also:science. But at the same See also:time he sought, like other representatives of this school of thought, such as K. G. See also:Bretschneider and See also:Julius See also:Wegscheider, to keep in See also:close See also:touch with the See also:historical See also:theology of the See also:Protestant churches.. He was a See also:man, p£ See also:great versatility and extensive learning, a philologist and philosopher as well as a theologian, and a very voluminous author. His See also:principal theological See also:work was the Fortbildung See also:des Christenthums zur Weltreligion, in 4 volumes (See also:Leipzig,. 1833—184o). Entwurf einer reinbiblischen Theologie appeared in 1792 (2nd ed., 18o1), Summa Thcologiae Christianae in 1803 (other See also:editions, 1$08, 1816, 183o) ; Deis Leben Jesu in 1842, and See also:Die wahre and falsche Orthodoxie in 1849. Von Ammon's See also:style in See also:preaching was terse and lively, and some of his discourses are regarded as See also:models of See also:pulpit treatment of See also:political questions. See See also:Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie; See also:Otto See also:Pfleiderer, The Development of Theology in See also:Germany since See also:Kant, pp.

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