Andreas Ritter (theologian)

Lutheran theologian Andreas Ritter. Portrait from 1755 by the Hamburg engraver Christian Fritzsch (1695–1769)

Andreas Ritter (above); Memorial painting in St. Mary's Church (Bergen)

Lineage of the Ritter family

Andreas Ritter (born October 1681 in Lübeck ; † April 15, 1755 in Bergen on Rügen ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, professor at the University of Greifswald and provost on Rügen.

Life

Andreas Ritter was a son of Lübeck's senior pastor and senior Georg Ritter . The mayor Johann Ritter and the councilor Gerhard Ritter were uncles of his. He attended the Katharineum in Lübeck and studied from 1699 at the University of Leipzig , where he graduated on January 27, 1701 with a master's degree. In 1704, attracted by the reputation of Johann Friedrich Mayer , he went to the University of Greifswald . On March 1, 1705, he was appointed adjunct of the Philosophical Faculty and thus received the right to hold lectures. He read about René Descartes and Platonism , among other things . On September 14, 1706 he obtained a licentiate in theology.

In spring 1707 he was appointed pastor of the St. Marien Church (Bergen) and provost of the Rügen Synod . On May 2, 1707 he received his doctorate in theology and on the same day married Catharina († 1739), b. Bebel, a daughter of the general superintendent Balthasar Bebel from Wittenberg .

Fonts

Exercitatio moralis de juramentis, quae falso habentur non obligantia, quam indultu ter maximi numinis, & consensu inclytae facultatis philosophicae in alma Lipsiensi d. February 26th. 1701. placidae eruditorum disquisitioni tradit m. Andreas Ritter, Lubecens. ss. theol. studiosus, respondente Joanne Tobia Hayner, Cross Ciz. phil. stud. Leipzig 1701
De vestibus Clericorum crucis figura notatis. Leipzig 1703
De Fide Christi. Greifswald 1704
De sacerdotum salutandi formula Dominus vobiscum. Greifswald 1704
De religione Cartesii. Greifswald 1705
Utrum Filius a Spiritu S. missus? Greifswald 1706
De praeceptoribus Platonis. Greifswald 1707

literature

Andreas Ritter , in: Johann Henrich von Seelen : Athenae Lubecenses. Volume 2, Lübeck: Böckmann 1720, pp. 226-229
Ritter (Andreas) , in: Allgemeine Gelehrten-Lexicon Supplementary Volume 7, Leipzig 1897, p. 35
Johan Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten : History of the University of Greifswald, with documented enclosures. Verlag CA Koch, Greifswald, 1857, 1st volume, p. 282

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ According to the lineage; since his brother Johann was born in 1684, 1681 is more likely to be the year of birth than 1684 of the GND

personal data
SURNAME	Ritter, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, university professor at the University of Greifswald and provost on Rügen
DATE OF BIRTH	October 1681
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 1755
Place of death	Mountains on Rügen

[1] According to the lineage; since his brother Johann was born in 1684, 1681 is more likely to be the year of birth than 1684 of the GND