Karl Friedrich Bahrdt [SEP] occupation
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt (August 25, 1741 – April 23, 1792), also spelled Carl Friedrich Bahrdt, was an unorthodox German Protestant biblical scholar, theologian, and polemicist. Controversial during his day, he is sometimes considered an "enfant terrible" and one of the most immoral characters in German learning.
Life.
Bahrdt was born on August 25, 1741, at Bischofswerda, Upper Lusatia, where his father was pastor of the local church. The elder Bahrdt was later a professor
the Protestants back into union with the Roman Catholic Church, for instance Lauchert lists titles by Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, Johann Friedrich Bahrdt, and Karl Gottlob Hofmann.
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