Harnack

American  

[hahr-nahk] / ˈhɑr nɑk /

noun

1. Adolf von 1851–1930, German Protestant theologian, born in Estonia.

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Harnack British  

/ ˈharnak /

noun

1. Adolf von. 1851–1930, German Protestant theologian, author of the influential History of Dogma (1886–90)

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Example Sentences

Donner’s biography of Mildred Harnack, who was executed by the Nazis in 1943, uses archives, interviews, diaries and other sources to present a textured account of her life as a resister.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

Many accounts of Mildred and Arvid Harnack describe him as a scholar and her as “an English teacher” or “housewife,” but this is inaccurate.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Arvid Harnack did have a PhD, but he essentially worked as a bureaucrat in the Reich Ministry of Economics.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Mildred Fish was born in Milwaukee in 1902; her husband, Arvid Harnack, was German.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Kattenbusch, with whom Harnack is in general agreement, regards the Old Roman Creed, which comes to light in the 4th century, as the parent of all developed forms, whether Eastern or Western.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various