Paulus, Nikolaus (1853-1930)
Nikolaus Paulus (1853-1930), a German Catholic theologian and historian, was chaplain in Molsheim 1878-1883, curate in Munich in 1885, wrote among other things the book Protestantismus und Toleranz im 16. Jahrhundert (Freiburg, 1911), with strong polemics showing the complete intolerance of the reformers, Lutheran as well as Zwinglian or Calvinist. The objections of Protestant secular and church historians could not invalidate the facts presented by Paulus; especially as Ernst Troeltsch's Soziallehren der christlichen Kirchen und Gruppen (Tübingen, 1912) created a generally favorable attitude toward the sects and free churches. Also the Bilder und Führergestalten aus dem Täufertum by Wilhelm Wiswedel (2 vv., Kassel, 1930) adopted much from Paulus.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. 4 v. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 337.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 126. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.
MLA style: Teufel, Eberhrard. "Paulus, Nikolaus (1853-1930)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/P3938.html.
APA style: Teufel, Eberhrard. (1959). Paulus, Nikolaus (1853-1930). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/P3938.html.
