Erich Sauer

Erich Sauer (1898–1959) was a German dispensationalist Christian theologian associated with the Plymouth Brethren. His various books have sold around one million copies.

Early life Sauer was born in Berlin in 1898, his mother was already a Christian and he attended Open Brethren congregations.

Theological views Sauer's theology was influenced by the political climate of Germany during the rule of Hitler. Despite the fact that some Nazi periodicals ridiculed the Israel-centered theology of Sauer, he saw Hitler's rise to power as "God's gift of providence" and viewed him as the instrument through which God would bring the Jews to their holy land.

Sauer believed in the inerrancy of scripture and dispensational premillennialism.