Julius Smend

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Julius Smend (10 May 1857 - 7 June 1930) was a German theologian born in Lengerich, Westphalia. He was brother to theologian Rudolf Smend (1851–1913) and father to musicologist Friedrich Smend (1893–1980).

He studied theology in Bonn, Halle and Göttingen, receiving his ordination in 1881. Afterwards he worked as an auxiliary minister in Bonn, and in 1885 became a minister in Seelscheid. In 1891 he taught classes at the seminary in Friedberg, and two years later was appointed professor of practical theology at the University of Strasbourg.

In 1896 with Friedrich Spitta (1852–1924), he founded Monatsschrift für Gottesdienst und kirchliche Kunst, a monthly magazine of worship and religious art. With Spitta, he was a primary representative of the Ältere liturgische Bewegung (Older Liturgical Movement) that he created at St. Thomas, Strasbourg. In 1914 he was co-founder of the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät (Protestant Theological Faculty) in Münster.

His best known written work was Die evangelischen deutschen Messen bis zu Luthers deutscher Messe (The Protestant Masses up until Luther's German Mass); (1896).

References

Klaus-Gunther Wesseling (1995). "Smend, Julius". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 10. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 649–652. ISBN 3-88309-062-X. English translation

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 71573761 LCCN: n97096582 ISNI: 0000 0000 3682 0570 GND: 119424584 BNF: cb13754735c

Persondata
Name	Smend, Julius
Alternative names
Short description	theologian
Date of birth	10 May 1857
Place of birth	Lengerich, Westphalia
Date of death	7 June 1930
Place of death

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