Christian August Salig
Christian August Salig (born April 6, 1692 in Domersleben , † October 3, 1738 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German church historian and theologian .
Life
Born as the son of a high school teacher in Magdeburg , he was taught by his father himself before he attended the Berge monastery school in 1704 . At the age of 15 Salig went to the University of Halle in 1707 to study theology there. In addition, he studied oriental languages and history, mathematics, law and medicine in Halle. In 1710 he moved to the University of Jena , where he dealt with church history, rabbinical and Talmudic studies and physics. In 1712 he obtained his master's degree in philosophy there.
After Salig first went back to his homeland to get involved as a clergyman there, he quickly returned to the University of Halle, where he established contacts with the scholars Christian Thomasius and Nikolaus Hieronymus Gundling . In 1714 he completed his habilitation and gave philological, philosophical, theological and historical lectures. Salig works for Thomasius on the news about the Thomas library , he also participated in his society, for Gundling Salig worked on the New Hall Library in the area of church and literary history.
In 1717 Salig left Halle and accepted a call he had made to head the high school in Wolfenbüttel. He took this step mainly on the advice of the scholar August Hermann Francke . He stayed there until his death.
Works
Salig sometimes represented controversial theses in his works that led to scientific discourse and at times put him under suspicion of Nestorianism .
- Philosophumena veterum et recentiorum de anima et eius immortalitate , Halle 1714.
- De Eutychianismo ante Eutychem , Wolfenbüttel 1723.
- Historia Eutychianismi , 1727.
- De Diptychis veterum tam profanis, quam sacris , 1731.
- Complete history of the Augspurgische Confession and the same Apology 1st part 1730, 2nd part 1733, 3rd part 1734.
- History of the Tridentine Council , 3 volumes, e.g. T. published posthumously by Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten .
literature
- Richard Hoche : Salig, Christian August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 231 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salig, Christian August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1692 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Domersleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1738 |
| Place of death | Wolfenbüttel |