Kahnis, Karl Fried rich August

D.D., Luther an; b. at Greiz, Dec. 22, 1814; studied in Halle was privat-docent at Berlin in 1842; profe or extraordinary at Breslau in 1844; became ordinary profe or at Leipzig in 1850; retired in 1886. He was a leader of the " Old Luther ans," but since 1861 has been more liberal. Besides numerous sermons, he has published Die Lehre vom Heiligen Geiste, *Halle, 1st part 1847; Die Lehre vom Abendmahle, Leipzig, 1851; Der innere Gang des deutschen Protestant is mus seit Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts, 1854, 3d ed. 1874, 2 parts (English trans., Internal History of German Protestant ism from the middle of Last Century, Edinburgh, 1856); Die luther is che Dogmatik hist or 125 isch-genetisch dargestellt, 1861-68, 3 vols., 2d ed. 1874-75, 2 vols.; (with Luthardt and Bruckner) Die Kirche nach ihrem Ursprung, ihrer Geschichte, ihrer Gegenwart, 1865, 2d ed. 1866 (English trans., The Church, Edinburgh, 1867); Christ ent hum und Lutherthum, 1871; Die deutsche Reformation, vol. i. 1872; Der Gang der Kirche in Lebensbildern, 1881; Ueber das Verhaltni der alien Philosophic zum Christ ent hum, 1884 (pp. 84). *