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Magnús Eiríksson. His theology and religious life. By Eirík V. Albertsson.
Doctoral thesis defended at the Faculty of Theology, University of Iceland, 1938.
Magnús Eiríksson was born on June 22, 1806, in Skinnalón in North Þingeyjarsýsla and died on July 3, 1881, in Copenhagen. He was called "Magnús frater" by younger students in Copenhagen. As an expatriate, Magnus the Big Brother.
His father was Eiríkur Grímsson, a farmer in Skinnalón, and Magnús' mother was Þorbjörg, daughter of Sir Stefán Láritsson Scheving, who was a priest at Presthólar in Þingeyjarsýsla from 1794 to 1825. In 1831 he went to Denmark and took the university exam (examen artium) with the best marks the same year. After one year at the university, he took the "second university exam", and then turned his attention to theology, and passed the official exam on 28 April 1837 with the best marks.
He had a great deal of controversy with Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) and Hans Lassen Martensen (1808–1884) in Copenhagen. Magnus held strong views against the prevailing teachings of the Lutheran Church, especially the doctrine of the trinity of God and the divine nature of Christ. He emphasized the unity of the divine nature and Christ as leader, teacher, and prophet. Magnus is therefore often considered to be the herald of Unitarianism in Denmark.
Doctoral thesis defended at the Faculty of Theology, University of Iceland, 1938.
Magnús Eiríksson was born on June 22, 1806, in Skinnalón in North Þingeyjarsýsla and died on July 3, 1881, in Copenhagen. He was called "Magnús frater" by younger students in Copenhagen. As an expatriate, Magnus the Big Brother.
His father was Eiríkur Grímsson, a farmer in Skinnalón, and Magnús' mother was Þorbjörg, daughter of Sir Stefán Láritsson Scheving, who was a priest at Presthólar in Þingeyjarsýsla from 1794 to 1825. In 1831 he went to Denmark and took the university exam (examen artium) with the best marks the same year. After one year at the university, he took the "second university exam", and then turned his attention to theology, and passed the official exam on 28 April 1837 with the best marks.
He had a great deal of controversy with Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) and Hans Lassen Martensen (1808–1884) in Copenhagen. Magnus held strong views against the prevailing teachings of the Lutheran Church, especially the doctrine of the trinity of God and the divine nature of Christ. He emphasized the unity of the divine nature and Christ as leader, teacher, and prophet. Magnus is therefore often considered to be the herald of Unitarianism in Denmark.