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7 unusual facts about Anton Christian Bang


Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

He died as a guest of his friend, minister (later bishop) Anton Christian Bang at Gran in Hadeland on 30 July 1870 and is buried nearby in the churchyard of the Sister churches at Granavollen (Søsterkirkene).

Anton Christian Bang

In 1876 he took the first doctorate in theology at the University of Oslo on the subject Om Kristi Opstandelses historiske Virkelighed (On Christ's Resurrection's Historical Reality).

As a Bishop in Oslo and with his close ties to the royal house, he represented several national missions, including at the inauguration of the German Redemption Church in Jerusalem 1898.

He attended teacher seminar in Tromsø (1858-1960), theology studies (1862-1867) and then ministry in Gran, in Tromsø and at Gaustad asylum in Christiania.

Bang was a professor of church history (1885) and Bishop of Oslo (1896-1912).

Bible translations in Norway

The translation was met with skepticism, both from those who felt that it was bad language in the translation, as Bishop Anton Christian Bang, and the Faculty of Theology, which were critical to the text basis had been selected for translation.

Merseburg Incantations

Bishop Anton Christian Bang compiled a volume culled from Norwegian black books of charms and other sources, and classified the horse-mending spells under the opening chapter "Odin og Folebenet", strongly suggesting a relationship with the second Merseburg incantation.



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