Andreas Merck

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Portrait of Andreas Merck from the Marktkirche in Halle

Andreas Merck (born November 28, 1595 in Querfurt ; † January 7, 1640 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German Protestant theologian . Merck was senior pastor at the market church of Our Dear Women in Halle and general superintendent of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg .

Life

Andreas Merck was born as the son of the Querfurt lawyer Christoph Merck († 1598). His mother Catharina († 1636) was born Reinbottin. Merck studied theology at the universities in Helmstedt , Wittenberg and Jena . After a disputation in 1614, he passed the master’s examination at the Wittenberg University . On the way to Gießen to the university there , in 1617 he received a vocation as archdeacon at the Marktkirche Our Dear Women in Halle, an office he held until 1623.

After the death of Johannes Olearius in 1623 Merck took over his office as pastor at the Marktkirche Our Dear Women. In order to do justice to the dignity of the office, he received his doctorate on December 14, 1624 at the Theological Faculty of the University of Jena under Johann Himmel with the dissertation Via Salutis Nov-Antiqua, Seu De Modo Iustificandi Et Salvandi Sub Veteri Testamento Aeque Ac Novo, Per Fidem nimirum in Christum, Exetasis as Doctor of Theology . In 1632 he was appointed superintendent in Halle and in 1634 by the Swedish chancellor Axel Oxenstierna , who at that time administered the ore monastery of Magdeburg during the Thirty Years' War , as general superintendent. Oxenstierna sets up its own consistory and appointed Merck as its assessor .

In 1635 he was offered a position as superintendent in Braunschweig, which he refused. Due to the confusion of the Thirty Year Old Warrior, his work in Halle turned out to be difficult. Theologically he deals with religious enthusiasts , including Valentin Weigel and Ezekiel Meths, whom he also criticized in several writings. A few days after the New Year's sermon he gave in his congregation, Andreas Merck fell seriously ill and died on January 7, 1640 at the age of 44 in Halle. He was buried in Halle's Stadtgottesacker , his grave is in crypt arch 65.

Merck left numerous writings. In addition to his disputations and dissertation, above all sermons and pamphlets against religious enthusiasts.

family

In 1617 Merck had met Elisabeth Kirchhoff (born November 18, 1597 in Eisleben, † January 20, 1666 in Halle (Saale)), the daughter of de Physicus and Dr. med. In Eisleben Onuphrius Kirchhoff and his wife Christina Weisse, married. The couple had children, seven sons and four daughters. From the children we know:

  1. Christoph Andreas Merck (* May 20, 1620 in Halle; † February 13, 1692 ibid) Archdeacon Our Dear Women in Halle, married. May 10, 1653 in Halle with Maria Elisabeth Stisser (born March 23, 1633 in Halle (Saale); † June 16, 1675 in Karlsbad), the daughter of kurf. Saxon Chancellor in Merseburg Kilian Stisser
  2. Ernst Wilhelm Merck (born April 5, 1628 in Halle, † February 14, 1669 in Minden) Royal. Swedish & Princely Braunschweig.-Lüneb. Captain, married May 24, 1663 with Anna Margaretha von Steinecker
  3. August Merck (born March 13, 1630 in Halle (Saale), † May 31, 1664 in Prenzlau) Deacon at Marienkirche in Prenzlau, married. I December 2, 1656 with Gertrud Scultetus, daughter of the pastor at the Jacobikirche in Stettin Christoph Scultetus; mated July 29th, 1661 in Frankfurt / Oder with Eva Katharina Ludecus, daughter of the superintendent Johann Christoph Ludecus
  4. Adolph Siegfried Merck († May 11, 1712 in Wolmirstedt), Mag. Phil. & Pastor in Groß Rosenburg, m. May 10, 1658 with Agnes Stock, daughter of the superintendent in Barby Werner Stock and Barbara Cöppe
  5. Carl Merck
  6. Christian Merck (* & † 1635)
  7. Catharina Elisabeth Merck married October 5, 1637 in Halle with the theologian Johannes Olearius from Halle
  8. Christina Merck († 1636 young)
  9. Clara Sophia Merck
  10. Christina Elisabeth Merck († June 15, 1712 in Grimma) married. September 26, 1659 in Halle with the preacher in Lodersleben and later the prince. Saxe-Weimar court deacon & general superintendent Mag. Phil & Lic. Theol. Conrad von der Lage (* ± 1631 Repsholt; † December 5, 1694 in Weimar) m. II. October 24, 1701 Samuel Kaphahn (born May 9, 1667 in Grünau)

Works (selection)

  • Explicatio elenkenikē Evangelii Domin. XXV. post trinite. President Johann Gerhard. Jena, 1616 ( digitized version )
  • Disputatio theologica de sacrosancto regenerationis lavacro, quod baptism est. President Johann Gerhard. Jena 1616, ( digitized version )
  • Suit sermon from the mission of Jeremiah the Prophet. Halle, 1617 ( digitized version )
  • Hearty warning for Weigelianismo. Halle, 1620 ( digitized version )
  • Christian dying lust / And what should sugar and sweeten the bitterness of death for a Christian / that he willingly and willingly / if God wants / to die / even those who are dear to him / God can obediently follow the Lord: With a handsome and very popular burial of ... Mr. Johannis Olearii ... pastor and superattendents of the Christian community in Hall in Saxony / who died on Jan. 26 of this 1623rd year ... / and was buried on earth in a Christian way on the following 29th. Hall 1623 ( digitized )
  • Via Salutis Nov-Antiqua, Seu De Modo Iustificandi Et Salvandi Sub Veteri Testamento Aeque Ac Novo, Per Fidem nimirum in Christum, Exetasis. ( Dissertation ) Jena 1624.
  • Other suit sermons of the worthiness of the H. Predig-Ampts and why it is highly valued and honored. Hall 1624.
  • True Christian outline and shape on S. Pauli. Hall 1626.
  • Praise from the council and regent or what things are / hence the rulers and councilors should be held high and in honor: ... Bey ... Philipp Brüchtings / Schmied genand ... Freytag after Whitsun AC 1629. Hall 1629 ( digitized version )
  • Martinus Christianus Or the nature of the conflicting churches of God / and what special circumstances / to all spiritual Martines and warriors of Christ / should be careful and covered: Bey ... funeral of ... Mr. M. Martini Röberi , pastor of the churches S. Ulrich in Hall ... From the first 10th versiculen of the 5th Capit. the 2nd epist. to the Corinth. Hall 1634 ( digitized version )
  • Report from the Right Nobility /. Gethan Bey ... funeral of ... Mr. Alexander von Gleissenthal / uff Liebenaw / Churf. Passage to Saxony / by the Hochlöbl. Princely S. Altenburg Regiment wolbestelten Rittmeisters / Blessed / On the 10th Martii of the year of Christ 1636. in the cathedral churches to Hall Halle 1636 ( digital copy )
  • Iusta Malsiana. When the once venerable / honorable / Wolgelahrte Mr. Johannes Malsius cathedral preacher in Hall in Saxony Seeliger was buried on the 6th of April of the year of Christ 1638 in the same churches Christianly on earth. Halle, 1638 ( digitized version )

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predecessor Office successor
Johannes Olearius Senior pastor at the Marktkirche Our Dear Women
1623–1640 		Arnold Mengering
personal data
SURNAME Merck, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merk, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1595
PLACE OF BIRTH Querfurt
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1640
Place of death Halle (Saale)