Christian Friedrich Schmid

Christian Friedrich Schmid (25 May 1794 – 28 March 1852) was a German Lutheran theologian born in the village of Bickelsberg (now part of Rosenfeld), Württemberg.

[2] He was influenced by the Tübingen Supranaturalism of his era, and he worked hard for the positive foundations of Lutheranism, continuing a trend that dated back to the time of Johann Albrecht Bengel (1657–1752).

He was considered an excellent instructor, his lectures primarily dealing with practical, moral and exegetical theology.

[1][2] Among his better known students were Philip Schaff (1819-1893), Isaak August Dorner (1809-1884) and William Julius Mann (1819-1892).

Another noted work, Christliche Sittenlehre ("Christian Ethics", 1861), was also published after his death.