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

This book about Mildred Harnack, an American woman sentenced to death by the Nazi regime in 1943, is a family history too: Donner is Harnack’s great-great-niece.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

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

Heath had worked with Donner’s great-great-aunt, Mildred Harnack, a woman Donner never met but whose legacy she carries close to her heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Modern historians see in the Encratites groups of ascetic Christians found frequently in the early Church, somewhat similar to the later monks and nuns, so that Harnack can write that Tatian "joined the Encratites."

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin