Hermann O. E. Sasse (1895-1976) Papers

Hermann Sasse was born in 1895 in Sonnewalde, Niederlausitz, Germany. He attended schools in Mecklenburg, Luebeck, Breslau, and Berlin. He studied theology and classics at Berlin from 1913 to 1916. After serving in the war, he was ordained in 1920. He held pastorates in Oranienburg and Berlin. He did post-graduate studies in Hartford, Connecticut. He was the editor of several periodicals, including the "Yearbook of the German Evangelical 'Landeskirche'." He was one of the founders of the "confessional Church" in Germany. He was the professor of Church History at Erlangen University from 1933 to 1949. He was a member of the Ecumenical Conference until 1947. He was the author of many books, including "Here We Stand", "This Is My Body", and "In Statu Confessionis". He served as professor of theology at the seminary of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Adelaide, Australia.