Christian Cochius

Christian Cochius (also Coch or Koch ; * March 22, 1632 in Neviges ; † March 29, 1699 in Berlin ) was a German Reformed theologian and preacher of the Elector of Brandenburg in Berlin.

Life

After studying theology at the University of Marburg , Cochius received his first pastor in Neviges in 1655 as the successor to his father Johann Cochius. In 1659 he became pastor in Solingen , from where he moved to Wesel in 1677 . From 1683 he also served there as General Praeses of the Protestant communities in the countries of the former duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg . In 1687 the Great Elector appointed him to Berlin as cathedral and court preacher . In 1688 he gave the funeral sermon to the elector and published a detailed account of his dying, death and burial. He also brought further causal sermons to pressure, including the baptismal sermon for the future King Friedrich Wilhelm I. The Elector Friedrich III. In 1695 he (and later King Friedrich I ) persuaded his wife Sophie Charlotte to prohibit the performance of operas.

Cochius was married twice. Many of his numerous descendants were also in Prussian service, including his grandson Christian Johann Cochius (1688–1749), who was also court and cathedral preacher in Berlin from 1741–1749.

literature

• Rudolf von Thadden : The Brandenburg-Prussian court preachers in the 17th and 18th centuries. A contribution to the history of the absolutist state society in Brandenburg-Prussia. de Gruyter, Berlin 1959, p. 193 f.

Web links

• Publications by and about Christian Cochius in VD 17 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Linda Brüggemann: Rule and death in the early modern times. The death and burial ceremony of Prussian rulers from the Great Elector to Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1688–1797). Herbert Utz, Munich 2015, p. 56 ff.