Christian Gottlob Pregizer

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Christian Gottlob Pregizer (also: Pregitzer; born March 18, 1751 in Stuttgart ; † October 30, 1824 in Haiterbach ) was a German theologian and founder of the radical-pietist community named after him , "Pregizer Community".

Life

Christian Gottlob Pregizer was the third of six children of the state official ("Government-Raths-Secretarius") Johann Philipp Pregizer (1713–1763) and his wife Johanna Elisabeth, née. Düring, born. He comes from an old Württemberg academic family: his grandfather Johann Ulrich Pregizer IV. (1673–1730) was a pastor and deacon a. a. in Nürtingen , his great-grandfather Johann Ulrich Pregizer III. (1646–1708) was professor of history and constitutional law at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen .

Christian Gottlob Pregizer received his education at the grammar school in Stuttgart and between 1764 and 1768 attended the theological seminars in Denkendorf and Maulbronn . From 1768 to 1773 he studied theology at the University of Tübingen. After working as vicar in Gaildorf and as a teacher in Besigheim , he became a castle preacher in Tübingen in 1779. During this time, his theological development was significantly influenced by Friedrich Christoph Oetinger . When he came from the writings of Stephan Praetorius to his joyously determined belief that a redeemed Christian is without sin cannot be precisely determined. Here, however, influences from the Württemberg radical pietism are likely to have had an effect, because Pregizer was in contact with corresponding people, especially in Haiterbach.

From 1783 to 1795 Pregizer officiated as pastor in Grafenberg near Nürtingen. There he married Eleonore Elisabeth, born in September 1783. Hörner, and had six children with her: Christine Eleonore, Christoph Gottlob, Elisabeth Klara Friederike, Johann Christoph Ferdinand, Immanuel Gottfried and Jakob Friedrich Pregizer. It is very likely that he made connections to Pietists in Metzingen from Grafenberg , because some of them from the Schönbein family later settled in Haiterbach.

In 1795 Pregizer took up his last and most important position: He became the city pastor in Haiterbach near Nagold. There he acquired the reputation of an original, fiery preacher and pastor, who particularly turned to the already existing private meetings ("hours"). During Pregizer's tenure, the number of private meetings skyrocketed, and people from many other places came to Haiterbach to hear him preach. Christian Gottlob Pregizer had to answer to the Stuttgart Consistory in 1807 because of a one-sided interpretation of Luther's doctrine of justification. He received some conditions such as travel restrictions and control of sermons, but no further disciplinary measures were taken against him.

From the gatherings in Haiterbach a community developed in several areas of Württemberg, which is called "Pregizer" after Pregizer. It is unclear what part the namesake Christian Gottlob Pregizer played in the formation of this group; a direct initiative to establish a movement named after him cannot be proven. About 180 years later, this community consists of around 70 local groups with around 1000 members, mainly in the Black Forest, Remstal, near Tübingen and Vaihingen an der Enz . It is organizationally independent and has not joined the Evangelical Gnadauer community association.

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SURNAME Pregizer, Christian Gottlob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pregitzer, Christian Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1824
Place of death Haiterbach