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AUGUST FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN, German theological writer; born in Solz in Lower Hesse. He was Professor of Lutheran Theology at Marburg, and a resolute opponent of rationalism in the theology. He wrote: "The Theology of Facts versus the Theology of Rhetoric" (1856); "History of German Civilization in Most Recent Times" (1858-1867); “A Little Handbook for the Friends of the German Folk-Song" (1867); "Exposition of the VINCENNES Augsburg Confession" (1870); "Moral Theology" (1871); "Dogmatic Theology" (1874); "History of German National Literature" (1845; 24th ed. 1894). He died in Marburg, Germany, July 30, 1868.