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Julius Köstlin
1826–1902
A leading 19th-century Protestant scholar, he is best remembered for his influential work on Martin Luther and the history of the Reformation. His writing helped bring church history to a wider audience while staying rooted in serious scholarship.
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Life of Luther
by Julius Köstlin
About the author
Born in Stuttgart in 1826 and later dying in Halle (Saale) in 1902, Julius Köstlin was a German Protestant theologian and church historian. He came from a strongly Protestant family, studied theology, and went on to become a professor at Göttingen, Breslau, and Halle.
Köstlin devoted much of his work to Martin Luther and the Reformation. He is especially known as the author of an important Luther biography, and he was also a co-founder of the Verein für Reformationsgeschichte, a society dedicated to the study of Reformation history.
His books and teaching reflect a lifelong interest in how faith, history, and scholarship meet. For listeners drawn to religious history, theology, or the Reformation era, his work offers a thoughtful window into one of Christianity’s most transformative periods.