A life is not a candle; a candle I can light again. Life is a flame of God; once he lets it burn on earth, and then not again.

— Jeremias Gotthelf (1797–1854), Pfarrer und Schriftsteller

Topics: Grief & Comfort, Time & Transience

Jeremias Gotthelf

Jeremias Gotthelf (bürgerlich Albert Bitzius, 1797–1854) war ein Schweizer reformierter Pfarrer und Schriftsteller, der ab 1832 in Lützelflüh im Emmental wirkte. Er erlangte mit realistischen Erzählungen wie „Die schwarze Spinne“ und seinem sozialethischen Einsatz gegen gesellschaftliche Missstände Bekanntheit, vertrat jedoch ein streng hierarchisches Gesellschaftsbild und trug scharfe politische Konflikte aus. Heutigen Bibellesern führt sein Werk die Bewährung von Glauben, persönlicher Integrität und praktischer Nächstenliebe im alltäglichen Leben vor Augen.

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