Julius Rupp
| Julius Friedrich Leopold Rupp | |
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| Born |
13 August 1809 Königsberg, Prussia |
| Died | 11 July 1884 (aged 74) Königsberg, Prussia |
| Nationality | Prussian |
| Occupation | Pastor |
Julius Friedrich Leopold Rupp (13 August 1809 – 11 July 1884) was a Prussian Protestant theologian. He founded the first Free Protestant Congregation in Königsberg, which rejected all state or church control and believed in absolute freedom of conscience for its members.
Julius Friedrich Leopold Rupp was born in Königsberg, Prussia on 13 August 1809. His father was an accountant in a government office. He attended the Altstädtische Gymnasium (Old Town Secondary School) until 1827. His father, Johann Friedrich Rupp, died in 1820. His mother, Juliane Caroline Wolff, died in 1843. He had two siblings, who both died young. Julius Rupp studied theology and philosophy at the University of Königsberg 1827–30, and was a student of Johann Friedrich Herbart. He then spent two years at the Wittenberg Theological Seminary, where he was ordained and earned a PhD in parallel in 1832. He became close to Richard Rothe at the seminary, the most original proponent of "mediation theology" (Vermittelungstheologie). While a candidate for an ecclesiastical position Rupp followed the accepted Pietist position.
After graduation he was a private tutor for a few months, then taught at the Royal and City Schools for boys from 1832–35, while also lecturing at the university as "Privat docent" on literature, history and philosophy. He caused a stir by expressing his concern with the revivalist preaching of Hermann Olshausen, Königsberg professor of theology, which had several times caused mental breakdowns among attendees. In 1834 Rupp published a treatise on Gregory the Bishop of Nyssa – life and opinions in which he represented the view that the worship of God is independent of a concept of God.
In 1835 Rupp was appointed to teach German, history and religion at the Altstadt Gymnasium, where he had formerly been a pupil. That year he married Mathilde Schiller of Tilsit. They would have six children. In 1837 he published a summary of universal history for the higher classes at the gymnasium, including genealogical tables and maps. The seventeen maps were published as Charten für Geschichte, to be sold separately. They centered on the German Empire. He then published a collection of extracts from the classics for senior students.
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