August Christian Bartels
August Christian Bartels (born December 9, 1749 in Harderode , † December 16, 1826 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German Lutheran theologian and high church official in Braunschweig .
Life
Bartels was the son of a pastor and studied theology in Halberstadt and Göttingen from 1769 to 1773 , became a preacher at the Jacobikirche in Einbeck in December 1773 and in 1778 by election of the congregation at the Martinikirche in Braunschweig, where he earned a reputation as a pulpit speaker, but also an extensive one Had controversy with his colleague Johann Wilhelm Wolfgang Breithaupt , who represented the personal existence of the devil and could not persuade Bartels to give in even with a book published in 1788.
Thereupon Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand appointed him in 1789 as the successor to the popular Abbot Jerusalem as court preacher and abbot of the Riddagshausen monastery . In addition, Bartels became the first spiritual councilor in the consistory of the Braunschweigische Landeskirche in Wolfenbüttel, director of the Riddagshausen seminary, provost of the Kreuzkloster and the Aegidienkloster and a member of the prelate database of the estates of the Duchy of Braunschweig , later of the rural estate committee and, in 1818, vice-president of the consistory.
He made sustained efforts to religious education and education of the evangelical clergy, especially through the introduction of the synodal order (1801) and the church and school visits, worked for the improvement of the school system and worked on the state constitution.
Bartels' eldest son was the physician Ernst Daniel August Bartels (1774-1838), his youngest son (1781-1868) became like his father abbot of the Riddagshausen monastery and like his opponent Breithaupt superintendent of the Querum inspection and was also known as a preacher.
Works
Bartels published among other things
- “On the value and effect of the moral teaching of Jesus. An apology of the same against the so-called only true system of the Christian religion ”. (2 parts, 1788/89).
- "FRA Henke's sermons on all Sundays and festivals in the year". 1787–89, as co-editor.
- “The services of the University of Helmstedt in promoting Christian freedom of thought in our fatherland”. 1822.
as well as numerous sermons and contributions to various magazines.
Honors
In 1810 the University of Helmstedt awarded him a doctorate in theology.
On the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service on December 21, 1823, the clergy of the country donated the Bartels' scholarship for students of theology. Jacob Ludwig Römer wrote the chant on the festive occasion at the official jubilee of Mr. ... Abbot Bartels on December 21st, 1823 . In 1824 a "memorandum for the friends and admirers of the abbot and vice-president Bartels" by Ph. M. Bank appeared.
A Bartels portrait by the painter Neumann was hung in the main church in Wolfenbüttel .
literature
- Hermann Kuhr: Bartels, August Christian, D. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 39-40 .
- Ferdinand Spehr : Bartels, August Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 85 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bartels, August Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1749 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harderode |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1826 |
| Place of death | Wolfenbüttel |