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Edmund Schlink (3 March 1903 – 20 May 1984) was a German-Lutheran pastor and theologian. Between 1946 and his retirement in 1971 he was a professor of dogmatic and ecumenical theology at Heidelberg University .
Edmund Schlink, the son of professor Wilhelm and his wife Ella Schlink, was born on March 6th, 1903, in Darmstadt. Schlink’s sister Klara (1904-2001 “Mother Basilea”), the founder of the Maria-Sisterhood, received a stronger impetus from the pietist influence of her mother than her brother.
For more than twenty-five years, he was the leading German Protestant in the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches. He co-founded the oldest official dialogue between Lutheran and Roman Catholic theologians, the German one that still meets periodically.
Section One: Biography and Context. Edmund Schlink was born on 6 March 1903 in Darmstadt. He completed a broad, classical school education before studying mathematics, philosophy and physics at various univer-sities, eventually settling in Marburg.
Nov 26, 2016 · This past week I learned that a new book I've edited has been published: Edmund Schlink Works, vol. 1, Ecumenical and Confessional Writings (The Coming Christ and Church Traditions and After the Council) (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2017).
Edmund Schlink has 24 books on Goodreads with 129 ratings. Edmund Schlink’s most popular book is The Theology of the Lutheran Confessions.
The author of the work was the former official observer of the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD) to the Council, the Heidelberg professor Edmund Schlink, who retired in 1972. The fact of his authorship was known only by a few friends prior to his death; following the death of her husband Mrs Irmgard Schlink revealed the pseudonym.
