Wellhausen's letter of resignation

Wellhausen has a deservedly negative reputation among Bible-believing Christians. But to his credit, he had more integrity than many liberals like Peter Enns. Here’s his letter of resignation (widely circulated on the internet):

I became a theologian because the scientific treatment of the Bible interested me; only gradually did I come to understand that a professor of theology also has the practical task of preparing the students for service in the Protestant Church, and that I am not adequate to this practical task, but that instead despite all caution on my own part I make my hearers unfit for their office. Since then my theological professorship has been weighing heavily on my conscience.