Barthold Holtzfus

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Barthold Holtzfus (born December 11, 1659 in Rügenwalde in Western Pomerania ; † 1717 ), often referred to in literature as Holzfuß , was a German Reformed theologian , philosopher and university professor .

Holtzfus was appointed associate professor of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder in 1685, after having obtained a master's degree in 1684 . From 1686 he worked as a Reformed court preacher in Stolp . In 1695 he became a full professor of physics ( Professor Physices Ordinarius ) and extraordinary professor of theology ( Professor Theologia extraordinarius ) at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder . In 1698 he received his doctorate in theology. Under the name Holtzfus he published numerous treatises on theological and philosophical subjects.

Fonts (selection)

  • Tractatus theologicus de Praedestinatione electione et reprobatione , 1756.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Addendum to the brief historical-geographical-statistical description of the Duchy of Western and Western Pomerania , Christian Friedrich Wutstrack, Ed. Stettin 1795, p. 325 .