ABSTRACT
Together with Jacob Christian Lindberg (1797-1857) and N.F.S. Grundtvig (17831872), Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach (1792-1862) is the third of the great theological personalities from the revivalist time and the struggle against rationalism, the socalled “kirkekamp” (1825-32). After the publication of The Church’s Reply (1825)1 and the subsequent court case, Grundtvig stepped into the background, and Lindberg and in part Rudelbach came to lead the attack. But in contrast to Lindberg, who developed in a Grundtvigian direction and formulated the ecclesiastical standpoint based on Grundtvig’s “matchless discovery,” Rudelbach represented to a greater extent than the other two a strong Lutheran confessionalism.
