Christoph Schrempf

Christoph Schrempf (April 28, 1860 – February 13, 1944) was a German evangelical theologian and philosopher.

Life Christoph Schrempf was a pastor and writer from Besigheim, Germany. He had a difficult childhood due to his father's alcoholism. His mother suffered from the violence until she fled, taking the children. Perhaps this made the young Christoph Schrempf sensitive to all forms of violence, including hidden violence. In his youth, Schrempf was an avid Bible reader. He studied religion and was vicar and assistant teacher in Tübingen.

The dismissal was a trauma for Schrempf as he believed that his sincerity should be respected. Twenty years later the omission of creed of pastoral reasons in exceptional cases was allowed. He was not only radical in his search for truth to his church and its traditions but also a radical lover of peace. The Veterans' Association in Leuze glorified the War of 1871 and wanted to devote the town flags to war, but Schrempf refused to bless the flags. He was even more radical than the former peace societies. In a lecture at the 1886 Stuttgart Branch of the German Peace Society, he said: tolerated Christianity and war are not. The Christian must be obliged by saying of Jesus, on the so-called right of losing self-defense. Who lives in the conviction that the war is wrong, which must and consequences and explain to the magistrate that he would not bear arms and that he would rather die himself before he was ready to kill his enemy. Schrempf was convinced that a Christian must be a conscientious objector. This pacifist theology of peace was in his time a very lonely and isolated position. The Christians of his time went to war in good conscience and only a few pastors preached for just peace as he did. To overcome war and violence is an enduring task. Schrempf also suggested that: violence against women, violence in schools, the right-wing violence on our streets, violence against foreigners must be overcome.

Honors The Christoph Schrempf High School (Christoph-Schrempf Gymnasium) in Besigheim, Germany, is named after him.