Karl Heinrich Sack

German theologian (1789–1875)

Karl Heinrich Sack (1789–1875) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor.

Life

Karl Heinrich Sack, son of Friedrich Samuel Gottfried Sack, was born at Berlin on 17 October 1789.^[1] He studied at Gottingen and Berlin, and commenced his lectures at the Berlin University in 1817. In 1818 he was made professor extraordinary, and in 1832 professor of theology in Bonn.^[2]

He died at Pappelsdorf, near Bonn, on 16 October 1875.^[2]

Works

Of his many works may be mentioned:

Christliche Apologetik (Hamburg, 1841)
Christliche Polemik (Hamburg, 1838)
Geschichte der Predigt von Mosheim bis Schleiermacher und Menken (Heidelberg, 1866)
Theologische Aufsatze (Gotha, 1871)^[2]

References

^ Erdmann 1890, p. 153.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lacroix 1880, p. 210.

Sources

Erdmann, David (1890). "Sack, Karl Heinrich". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Vol. 30. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 153–161.

Attribution:

Lacroix, J. P. (1880). "Sack, Carl Heinrich, Dr". "Sack, Friedrich Ferdinand Adolph". "Sack, Friedrich Samuel Gottfried". In McClintock, John; Strong, James (eds.). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Vol. 9.—Rh–St. New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 210–211. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.