Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider

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Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider
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Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider (born February 11, 1776 in Gersdorf in the Erzgebirge, † January 22, 1848 in Gotha ) was a German Protestant theologian and an important representative of theological rationalism .

Life

Born as the son of pastor Johann Gottlieb Bretschneider and his wife Johanna Christina (née Küttner), he lost his parents at the age of 13. He was then raised by his uncle. In 1794 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig . Following his studies, he accepted a tutor in Oberwiera in 1797 and returned to Leipzig in 1802 in the same position . In 1804 he received his doctorate and habilitation at the University of Wittenberg , whereupon he held lectures on philosophy and theology as a private lecturer. Due to the troubled war times, he decided to pursue a career in the church and therefore refused an appointment at the University of Königsberg in 1809 . Instead he went to Schneeberg and Annaberg as a pastor . In 1816 he came to Gotha as general superintendent, where he was significantly active in literature until his death.

As a theologian, he represented the point of view of rational supranaturalism in his writings and, in addition to dogmatics , dealt with biblical philology. In terms of church politics, he fought the compulsion to commit to confession and thus took a position that was friendly to the Union. The publication of the works of Philipp Melanchthon in a Corpus Reformatorum inaugurated by him is regarded as the most important merit .

On July 19, 1808, Bretschneider was accepted into the Masonic lodge to the three drawing boards in Altenburg; In 1829 he joined the Ernst zum Compass Lodge in Gotha, to which he belonged until the end of his life.

His son was the lawyer and mathematician Carl Anton Bretschneider .

Awards

Selection of works

  • Systematic development of all terms occurring in dogmatics 1804
  • Systematic presentation of the dogmatics and morals of the apocryphal writings of the Old Testament I 1805
  • Handbook of Dogmatics of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1814, 1838
  • Probabilia de evangelii et epistolarum Joannis apostoli indole et origine 1820
  • Sermons on Sundays and Holidays, Leipzig 1823
  • Lex.Manuale Graeco-Latinum in libros NT 1824
  • Heinrich and Antonio, or The Proselytes of the Roman and Evangelical Churches., Gotha 1827
  • Ed .: New Gothaisches Hymnal for public worship and for domestic devotion. Gotha 1828, Bretschneider's "preliminary report" is dated October 5, 1825
  • Aphorisms about the question: whether evangelical governments have to intervene against rationalism? 1830
  • Simonism and Christianity: Or judgmental presentation of the Simonistic religion, its relationship to the Christian Church and the situation of Christianity in our time , Leipzig, Vogel, 1832.
  • The basis of evangelical pietism 1833
  • Theology and the Revolution , 1835
  • Systematic development of all concepts occurring in dogmatics according to the Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church and the most important dogmatic books of their theologians. , Leipzig 1841
  • Clementine, or, the pious and old believers of our day., Halle 1841
  • The religious doctrine according to the Reason of Revelation 1843
  • The German Reformation of the Church according to its nature and value, Leipzig 1844
  • For the German Catholics, 1845

literature

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Remarks

  1. ↑ See Hans Rudolf Guggisberg : Bretschneider, Karl Gottlieb. In: RGG 3 vol. 1, p. 1409
  2. ^ Government and Intelligence Gazette for the Duchy of Coburg 1845, Sp. 51/52
personal data
SURNAME Bretschneider, Karl Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carl G. Bretschneider, Carolus Gottlieb Bretschneiderus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Gersdorf
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1848
Place of death Gotha