Gerhard von Zezschwitz
Carl Adolf Gerhard von Zezschwitz (* July 2, 1825 in Budissin (today Bautzen ), † July 20, 1886 in Erlangen ) was a Lutheran theologian from Saxony. In 1848 he was a co-founder of the Evangelical Lutheran Student Association Philadelphia-Leipzig, which belongs to the Leuchtenburg Association founded in 1909.
Zezschwitz came from a Saxon noble family, which had mainly produced high military personnel, and studied theology at the University of Leipzig . In 1852 he was first pastor in Großzschocher near Leipzig, but turned to further studies at the university , where he became the second university preacher in 1856, where he completed his habilitation there in 1857 and then became an associate professor. In 1861 he left Leipzig, lived temporarily in Neuendettelsau and gave apologetic lectures on behalf of the Committee for Inner Mission in Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Basel.
In 1865 Zezschwitz became a full professor at the University of Gießen , and in 1866 in Erlangen , where from 1867 he was also a university preacher and headed a theological college he founded.
Works
- Profanity and biblical linguistic spirit: a lecture on the biblical transformation of Hellenic terms, especially psychological ones (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1859)
- On the Apology of Christianity (Leipzig 1864, 2nd edition 1866)
- System of Christian Church Catechetics (ibid. 1863–1872; 2nd edition, 2 volumes, 1872–1874)
- System of practical theology (3 parts, ibid. 1876–1878)
- Christian doctrine in context (ibid. 1880, 2nd edition, 4 sections, 1883–1888)
- Educational textbook (ibid. 1882)
- The shepherd and his flock. Sermons (Erlangen 1891)
such as:
- The imperial dream of the Middle Ages in its religious motifs (Leipzig 1877), digitized
- From the Roman Empire of the German Nation. A medieval drama (ibid. 1877) digitized
literature
- In memory of Gerhard von Zezschwitz . Leipzig 1887
- Paul Tschackert : Zezschwitz, Karl Adolf Gerhard von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 143 f.
- Markus Ambrosy: Gerhard von Zezschwitz, Life and Work , Frankfurt a. M. 1998
- Lars Emersleben: Church and practical theology: a study of the meaning of the concept of church for practical theology based on the conceptions of CI Nitzsch , CAG v. Zezschwitz and Ms. Niebergall . Berlin ; New York ; de Gruyter; 1999
Web links
- Works by and about Gerhard von Zezschwitz in the German Digital Library
- Overview of Gerhard von Zezschwitz's courses at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1857 to winter semester 1861)
- Gerhard von Zezschwitz in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zezschwitz, Gerhard von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zezschwitz, Carl Adolf Gerhard von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budissin (Bautzen) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1886 |
| Place of death | gain |