Jonathan Paul
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Jonathan Anton Alexander Paul (1853-1931) was a German Pentecostal minister, writer, theologian, and Bible scholar and translator.
Paul graduated from the Studium der Theologie in the University of Griefswald and pastored in Pomerania
. He was member of the Gnadauer Verband, an evangelical movement within the Evangelical Church in Germany
and supported youth activities, social ministry among workers, and pietistic conversion.
In 1906 Jonathan Paul visited Thomas Ball Barratt
in Oslo
and became Pentecostal. The German evangelical leadership condemned Pentecostalism in the Berlin Declaration
in 1909 and as a consequence Paul helped to organize the Mülheim Association of Free Churches and Evangelical Communities
, the first Pentecostal body in Germany in 1914, a fellowship gathering Pentecostals within the state and free churches.
He was a very active writer, editor of many periodicals, and compiled of the hymnal Pfingtjubel. Paul and five other Pentecostals published in 1914 the Das Neue Testament in der Sparche dre Gegenwart, a then-contemporary German language version of the New Testament
.
Jonathan Paul and the German Pentecostalism held doctrines different from their American counterparts. Paul did not believe in tongues as initial evidence, nor in the doctrine of two or three stages of salvation – rebirth, sanctification, baptism in the Holy Spirit. Regarding the Bible Paul, an accoplished Bible-scholar, rejected the fundamentalist views such as the idea verbal inspiration.
Paul graduated from the Studium der Theologie in the University of Griefswald and pastored in Pomerania
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
. He was member of the Gnadauer Verband, an evangelical movement within the Evangelical Church in Germany
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
and supported youth activities, social ministry among workers, and pietistic conversion.
In 1906 Jonathan Paul visited Thomas Ball Barratt
Thomas Ball Barratt
Thomas Ball Barratt was a British-born Norwegian pastor and founder of the Pentecostal movement in Norway....
in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
and became Pentecostal. The German evangelical leadership condemned Pentecostalism in the Berlin Declaration
Berlin Declaration
Berlin Declaration may refer to one of the following declarations:*The Berlin Declaration on the Uniqueness of Christ and Jewish Evangelism in Europe Today is a theological declaration issued by the World Evangelical Alliance in 2008...
in 1909 and as a consequence Paul helped to organize the Mülheim Association of Free Churches and Evangelical Communities
Mülheim Association of Free Churches and Evangelical Communities
Mülheim Association of Free Churches and Evangelical Communities is a German Pentecostal fellowship.-History:...
, the first Pentecostal body in Germany in 1914, a fellowship gathering Pentecostals within the state and free churches.
He was a very active writer, editor of many periodicals, and compiled of the hymnal Pfingtjubel. Paul and five other Pentecostals published in 1914 the Das Neue Testament in der Sparche dre Gegenwart, a then-contemporary German language version of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
.
Jonathan Paul and the German Pentecostalism held doctrines different from their American counterparts. Paul did not believe in tongues as initial evidence, nor in the doctrine of two or three stages of salvation – rebirth, sanctification, baptism in the Holy Spirit. Regarding the Bible Paul, an accoplished Bible-scholar, rejected the fundamentalist views such as the idea verbal inspiration.