Werner Elert

Werner Elert
Born
Werner August Friedrich Immanuel Elert

19 August 1885
Died21 November 1954 (1954-11-22) (aged 69)
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Lutheran theologian and professor

Werner August Friedrich Immanuel Elert (19 August 1885 – 21 November 1954) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of both church history and systematic theology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His writings in the fields of Christian dogmatics, ethics, and history have had great influence on modern Christianity in general and modern Lutheranism in particular.