Christian Friedrich Schmid

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Christian Friedrich von Schmid ( lithograph by Jacob Kull after a daguerreotype )

Christian Friedrich Schmid , von Schmid from 1844 (born May 25, 1794 in Bickelsberg , † March 28, 1852 in Tübingen ), was a German Protestant clergyman , theologian and university professor .

Life

Schmid was the son of a pastor. He attended the evangelical seminars in Denkendorf and Maulbronn . In 1812 he moved to the University of Tübingen and the Tübinger Stift . From 1817 to November 1818 he worked as a vicar in Kirchberg an der Murr , then he was repetent at the Tübingen monastery. Just one year later, he was given a teaching position in practical theology at the University's Preacher's Institute.

Schmid was appointed associate professor of practical theology and morals at the University of Tübingen on May 4, 1821 , and on November 5 of that year he was also appointed preacher at the Tübingen collegiate church . From October 1822 to 1843 he was assigned the position of clergyman at the marriage court senate of the Black Forest district. On September 6, 1826 he was given a full professorship at the university, and in 1843/44 and 1851/52 he was also its rector . As early as 1835 he was able to achieve a significant expansion of the preacher's institute.

In 1840 Schmid was a member of the commission that worked out a new Protestant liturgy for the Kingdom of Württemberg , in 1841 he was elected superattendant and thus head of the Tübingen monastery, and in 1848 he took part in the negotiations on a new church constitution. He also held a large number of executive and administrative positions in evangelical institutions, foundations and other institutions, such as the Gustav Adolfs Association or the Lustnauer Sophienpflege.

Schmid died of a heart condition.

Honors

In 1826 he received an honorary doctorate ( Dr. theol. Hc ) from the theological faculty of the University of Tübingen . In 1844 Schmid was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown . This gave him personal nobility .

Publications (selection)

Title page of the 5th edition (1886) of Biblical Theology

From 1828 to 1840 Schmid was co-editor of the Tübingen magazine for theology .

  • Quaestio: quatenus ex ecclesiae evangelicae principiis exsistere possit doctrinae Christianae scientia , Tübingen 1831.
  • Biblical Theology of the New Testament.
    • Volume 1: The Messianic Age or the Life and Teaching of Jesus , Liesching, Stuttgart 1853.
    • Volume 2: The apostolic age or life and teaching of the apostles , Liesching, Stuttgart 1853.
  • Complete edition: Biblical Theology of the New Testament. 5th edition. Edited by DC Weizsäcker . Leipzig 1886.
  • Christian ethics , Liesching, Stuttgart 1861.

literature

Web links

Commons : Christian Friedrich Schmid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1847/50 , Guttenberg, Stuttgart 1850, p. 45 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Christian Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmid, Christian Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Theologian, clergyman and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Bickelsberg
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1852
Place of death Tübingen