Hans Hinrich Wendt was a German

Germany

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 Protestant theologian. After studying theology at Leipzig

University of Leipzig

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, Göttingen and Tübingen, he became in 1885 professor ordinarius of systematic theology

Systematic theology

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 at Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

, and in 1893 was called to Jena. His work on the teaching of Jesus

Jesus

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 (Die Lehre Jesu, 1886-1890; Eng. trans. of second part, 1892) made him widely known. He also edited several editions (5th to 8th, 1880-1898) of the Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles in H. A. W. Meyer's series. In May 1904 he delivered two addresses in London

London

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on The Idea and Reality of Revelation, and Typical Forms of Christianity, as the Essex Hall Lectures (published, 1904).

His works include: Die christliche Lehre von der menschlichen Vollkommenheit (1882), Der Erfahrungsbeweis für die Wahrheit des Christentums (1897), and Das Johannesevangelium (1900; Eng. trans., 1902).

Quotes

• When words fail to express the exalted sentiments and finer emotions of the human heart, music becomes the sublimated language of the soul, the divine instrumentality for its higher utterance.