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20 March 1889 A.D.   Albrecht Ritschl Dies—Tubingen & Schleiermachian Theologian Wiki offers this. Albrecht Ritschl (25 March 1822 – 20 March 1889) was a German theologian . Starting in 1852, Ritschl lectured on " Systematic Theology ". According to this system, faith was understood to be irreducible to other experiences, beyond the scope of reason. Faith, he said, came not from facts but from value judgments. Jesus' divinity, he argued, was best understood as expressing "revelational-value" of Christ for the community that trusts him as God. He held the Christ's message to be committed to a community. [1] Contents   1 Biography 2 Theology 3 Illustrative examples 4 Bibliography 5 Notes 6 References Biography Ritschl was born in Berlin . His father, Georg Karl Benjamin Ritschl (1783–1858), became in 1810 a pastor at the church of St Mary in Berlin , and from 1827 to 1854 was general superintendent and evangelical bish...

20 March 1889 A.D.   Albrecht Ritschl Dies—Tubingen & Schleiermachian Theologian Frei, Hans Wilhelm. “Albrecht Ritschl.”   Encyclopedia Britannica.   30 Jul 2012.   http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/504628/Albrecht-Ritschl .   Accessed 15 Jul 2014. Albrecht Ritschl ,   (born March 25, 1822,  Berlin —died March 20, 1889, Göttingen, Ger.), German Lutheran theologian who showed both the religious and ethical relevance of the Christian faith by synthesizing the teaching of the Scriptures and the Protestant Reformation with some aspects of modern knowledge. Most of the results of Ritschl’s scholarship were presented in his major work, Die christliche Lehre von der Rechtfertigung und Versöhnung ( The Christian Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation ), 3 vol. (1870–74). The son and grandson of Lutheran clergymen, Ritschl was trained in theology and philosophy at the universities of Bonn (1839–41) and Halle (1...