August Eduard Cunitz

August Eduard Cunitz (29 August 1812, in Strasbourg 16 June 1886, in Strasbourg) was a French Protestant theologian.

August Eduard Cunitz

He studied at the University of Strasbourg, becoming a lecturer at the Protestant seminary in 1837. In 1857 he became an associate professor, followed by a full professorship in 1864. From 1872 onward, he held a similar position in the re-organized faculty of theology at the university.[1]

Selected works

With Édouard Guillaume Eugène Reuss, he edited the Beiträge zu den theologischen Wissenschaften (6 volumes, 1847–55).[1] With Reuss and Johann Wilhelm Baum, he edited the works of John Calvin, Ioannis Calvini Opera quae supersunt omnia (59 volumes, 1863–1900).[2][3] Other written efforts by Cunitz include:

  • De Nicolai II. decreto de electione pontificum Romanorum, 1837.
  • Considerations historiques sur le développement du droit ecclésiastique protestant en France, 1840 Historical considerations on the development of Protestant ecclesiastical law in France.
  • Histoire ecclésiastique des églises réformées au royaume de France (with Johann Wilhelm Baum; 3 volumes, 1883–89) Ecclesiastical history of Reformed churches in the Kingdom of France.
  • Ein Katharisches Rituale, 1852 A Cathar ritual.[4]

References

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