In a hymn of Martin Luther what Hegel described as the cruel words, the harsh utterance, namely, God is dead

Coming across in a hymn of Martin Luther what Hegel described as the cruel words, the harsh utterance, namely, God is dead, the latter was perhaps the first great philosopher to develop the theme of God’s death according to whom, to one form of experience God is dead. Commenting on Kant’s first Critique, Heinrich Heine spoke of a dying God. Heine influenced Nietzsche. Since Heine and Nietzsche the phrase Death of God became popular. (K Satchidananda Murty, The Realm of Between, IIAS,1973) [God is dead, From Wikipedia] Tusar N. Mohapatra said this on April 9th, 2007 at 7:46 am