Christian Eberhard Weißmann
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Christian Eberhard Weißmann , often also Weismann (born September 2, 1677 in Hirsau Monastery ; † May 22, 1747 in Bad Waldsee ) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor .
Life
Weißmann was the son of Ehrenreich Weismann , who had fled to Württemberg because of his faith. He gave his son his first lessons until he was 12 years old. With a ducal scholarship, Christian Eberhard Weißmann was able to obtain the Tübingen monastery and was enrolled at the University of Tübingen in 1689 . In 1693 he obtained his master's degree . From 1699 he was a repeater at the monastery.
Weißmann was appointed deacon in Calw in 1701 and court chaplain in Stuttgart in 1705 . In 1707 he gave up his position as court chaplain for a professorship in church history and philosophy at the Stuttgart grammar school illustrious and also got the position as Wednesday preacher at the Stuttgart collegiate church .
In 1721, Weißmann was appointed associate professor of theology at the University of Tübingen. In 1722 he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD . At the same time he became city pastor and special superintendent there . He revealed himself to be a supporter of pietism . In 1725 he obtained the third full professorship, in 1728 the second full professorship in theology. During this time he had three times the Rector of the University held, he was in the years 1727, 1731 and 1737 Rector . As an opponent of the Enlightenment , he became an opponent of the philosopher Israel Gottlieb Canz at the university .
Works (selection)
- Introductio In Memorabilia Ecclesiastica Historiae Sacrae Novi Testamenti , 2 volumes, Mezler, Stuttgart 1718–1719.
- The first basic doctrines of the necessary ability of a Protestant Christian to be responsible for his religion and his worship, including salutary protection against the papacy as papacy , Votta, Tübingen 1729.
- Institutio theologiae exegetico-dogmaticae , Tübingen 1739.
- Sensus verus et falsus consilii de ecclesiolis in ecclesiis erigendis , Schramm, Tübingen 1744.
literature
- Paul Tschackert : Weißmann, Christian Eberhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 613-615.
- Ludvig Holberg : General Church History From the First Beginning of Christianity to the Reformation Lutheri , Volume 6, Wohler, Ulm 1777, pp. 454–456.
- Joachim Weinhardt: Christian Eberhard Weismann (1677-1747). A Tübingen theologian between late orthodoxy, radical pietism and early enlightenment . In: In: Ulrich Köpf (Hrsg.): The University of Tübingen between Orthodoxy, Pietism and Enlightenment , Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2014 (Tübinger Bausteine zur Landesgeschichte, Volume 25), pp. 91–122, ISBN 978-3-7995-5525- 8 .
Web links
- Works by and about Christian Eberhard Weißmann in the German Digital Library
- Christian Eberhard Weißmann in the digital portrait index
- 2nd or 3rd position (court chaplain, later court preacher) , with Tafinger's curriculum vitae, on the website of the Württemberg State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weißmann, Christian Eberhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weismannus, Christianus Eberhardus; Weismann, Christian Eberhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant clergyman, theologian and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hirsau Monastery |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1747 |
| Place of death | Bad Waldsee |