Theodosius Harnack

Theodosius Harnack (1817 - 1889) was a Baltic German theologian.

Harnack was a professor of Divinity at the University of Tartu in what is today Estonia. He was a staunch Lutheran and a prolific writer on theological subjects; his chief field of work was practical theology, and his important book on that subject summing up his long experience and teaching appeared at Erlangen (1877 - 1878, 2 vols.). The liturgy of the Lutheran church of Russia has, since 1898, been based on his Liturgische Formulare (1872).

His son was the German theologian Adolf Harnack (1851 - 1930).

Other Resources

Quill, Timothy C.J. An examination of the contributions of Theodosius Harnack to the renewal of the Lutheran liturgy in the nineteenth century, Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drew University, 2002.