Leopold Otto

{{short description|Polish Lutheran pastor and activist}} {{Infobox person | name = Leopold Otto | image = L. M. von Otto.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1819|11|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Warsaw, Congress Poland | death_date = {{death date and age|1882|9|22|1819|11|2|df=y}} | death_place = Warsaw, Congress Poland | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | employer = | occupation = Lutheran pastor, national activist | title = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relations = | signature = | footnotes = }}

Pastor '''Leopold v. Otto''' also ''Leopold Marcin von Otto'' (2 November 1819 in Warsaw – 22 September 1882 in Warsaw) was a Lutheran pastor of the German community in Warsaw and Poland and a national activist, participant of the patriotic manifestation of 1861 in Warsaw. In 1866–1875 Otto worked in Cieszyn. He published a book about the "Deutsche Evangelische Gemeinde" (German Protestant Community ''Zwiastun Ewangeliczny'') and also wrote sermons and religious writings.

In theology, he was a supporter of Lutheran orthodoxy and starkly rejected liberal theology and rationalistic interpretation of the Bible.

His second wife was Emilia Izabela Linde (1826–1857), daughter of Samuel Linde, Polish linguist.

== Works == *Beitrag zur Geschichte der Evangelisch-Augsburgischen Gemeinde zu Warschau, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-ECAAAAQAAJ&dq=deutsche+gemeinde+warschau+leopold+otto&pg=PAV Druck bei A Gins, Warschau 1882] *''Rozmyślania i kazania'' (1887) *''Dra ks Leopolda Marcina Otto rozmyślania i kazania'' (1887) *''Postyla, czyli Wykład ewangelij i listów na wszystkie niedziele i święta uroczyste roku kościelnego'' (1892) *''Wykład Objawienia św. Jana'' (1904) *''Mniejszy katechizm Marcina Lutra Doktora św. Teologji'' (1916)

== Further reading ==

*{{cite book | last = Stegner | first = Tadeusz | title = Bóg, protestantyzm, Polska. Biografia pastora Leopolda Marcina Otto (1819–1882) | publisher = Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego | year = 2000 | location = Gdańsk | pages = | url = | doi = | isbn = | oclc = 51024877 }}

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