Gerhard Müller

Gerhard Müller (10 May 1929 – 10 May 2024) was a German Lutheran theologian. He served as Landesbischof of the Lutheran Church in Brunswick between 1982 and 1994, during German reunification, when he also was the leading bishop of the United Lutheran Church of Germany. As a theologian, teaching in Erlangen and Göttingen, he focused on the history of the Reformation, and was editor of the Theologische Realenzyklopädie. He received international recognition such as a membership of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews.

Life and career Müller was born in Marburg on 10 May 1929. Müller was professor of historical theology at the University of Erlangen He focused on church history, He was a member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Müller received an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews in 1980.

Publications Einsichten Martin Luthers – damals und jetzt. Analyse und Kritik, Martin-Luther-Verlag, Erlangen 2015. with Hägglund, Bengt: Kirche in der Schule Luthers. Festschrift für D. Joachim Heubach, Martin-Luther-Verlag, Erlangen 1995. Zwischen Reformation und Gegenwart. vol. 1: Vorträge, Aufsätze, Predigten. Lutherisches Verlags-Haus, Hannover 1983. vol. 2: Vorträge und Aufsätze. Lutherisches Verlags-Haus, Hannover 1988. Die Rechtfertigungslehre. Geschichte und Probleme. Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn, Gütersloh 1977.