Adolf Paul Johannes Althaus

Adolf Paul Johannes Althaus (29 November 1861 – 9 April 1925) was a German Lutheran theologian, born in Fallersleben (17 m. n.e. of Brunswick). He was a professor at the universities of Göttingen and Leipzig since 1897. He was the father of Paul Althaus (1888–1966). He died in Leipzig.

Works (selection)

 * Die historische und dogmatische Grundlage der lutherischen Taufliturgie [The Historical and Dogmatic Foundation of the Lutheran Liturgy of Baptism], 1893
 * Die Heilsbedeutung der Taufe im Neuen Testament [The Sacred Meaning of Baptism in the New Testament], 1897
 * Frömmigkeit und Sittlichkeit nach evangelischer Auffassung [Piety and Morality from an Evangelical Point of View], 1906
 * Luther als der Vater des evangelischen Kirchenliedes [Luther, the Father of the Evangelical Hymn], 1917