page_title: Christoph Hoffmann
section_title: Christoph Hoffmann II, his son
hierarchical_section_title: Christoph Hoffmann / Christoph Hoffmann II, his son
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Christoph Hoffmann II (junior, 1847-1911), Vorsteher der deutschen Templergemeinden in Palästina ab 1890. English: Christoph Hoffmann II (junior, 1847-1911), Leader of Temple society in Palestine from 1890.
context_page_description: Gottlob Christoph Jonathan Hoffmann was born in Leonberg in the Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany. His parents were Beate Baumann and Gottlieb Wilhelm Hoffmann, who was chairman of the Unitas Fratrum congregation in Korntal. Gottlieb's theological thinking was inspired by reading the works of Johann Albrecht Bengel, whose studies had led him to the conclusion that Christ would return in 1836.
  Christoph Hoffmann had a Pietist-Christian background and enjoyed a Christian education with the Brethren congregation in Korntal. As a young man he studied theology in Tübingen. An opponent of the much better known liberal theologian David Friedrich Strauss, Hoffmann was elected to the First National German Parliament, which met in Frankfurt am Main in 1848.
  The failure of his efforts to create a better Christian State through politics caused him to return to the roots of Christianity as expressed by Jesus. He became convinced that Jesus had called for a radical change of attitude in people. The better state of being after such a change of attitude he saw as the Kingdom of God which was to be established. To this end he applied for the position of a missionary inspector with the Protestant St.
context_section_description: Hoffmanns son Christoph (1847-1911) got leader of the Palestinensian templers in 1890, while from 1884 to 1890 Christoph Paulus was the leader.
caption: Christoph Hoffmann II (1847-1911)
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "200", "Image YResolution": "200", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "ACD Systems Digital Imaging", "Image DateTime": "2008:04:27 20:44:41", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "174", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF SubSecTime": "932", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2857", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1996", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "240"}