Gerhard Müller (born 10 May 1929) is a German Lutheran theologian. He served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick between 1982 and 1994.
Life
Müller was born on 10 May 1929 in Marburg.[1] He studied evangelical theology at the University of Marburg, University of Göttingen and the University of Tübingen.[2] Müller was professor of historical theology at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg for 15 years, from 1967 to 1982.[2][3] He was editor of the Theologische Realenzyklopädie.[2]
He became Landesbischof of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick on 1 October 1982 and served until 31 May 1994.[2] From 1990 to 1993 he also served as Leading Bishop (German: Leitender Bischof) of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany.[2]
Müller was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.[4] He is a member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur.[5] Müller received an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews in 1980.[2]
References
- ↑ D. J. van de Kaa; Kaa; Y. de Roo (19 December 2008). De Leden Van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen: Een Demografisch Perspectief: 1808 Tot 2008. Amsterdam University Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-90-6984-552-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Altbischof Gerhard Müller feiert seinen 90. Geburtstag" (in German). RegionalHeute.de. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
- ↑ "Im Gespräch: Landesbischof i. R. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Müller" (in German). Gemeinde Netzwerk. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gerhard Müller". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
- ↑ "Prof. Dr. theol. D. D. Gerhard Müller, Landesbischof i.R." (in German). Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.