ABSTRACT
German theologian. Rade was born at Rennersdorf/ Oberlausitz April 4, 1857, and died at Frankfurt/Main April 9, 1940. His father was a Lutheran pastor, and he studied THEOLOGY in Leipzig, a stronghold of LUTHERANISM. His most important theological teacher was ADOLF VON HARNACK. After a brief tenure as a private tutor he became a pastor in Schoenbach/Oberlausitz in 1882, serving there for ten years. From 1892 to 1899 Rade served as minister at the Paulskirche in Frank-furt/Main.
