Christian Kortholt the Elder

Christian Korthold, contemporary copper engraving

Christian Kortholt the Elder (born January 15, 1633 in Burg auf Fehmarn , † April 2, 1694 in Kiel ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

After studying in Rostock , he received his master's degree there in 1656 , continued his studies in Jena with Johannes Musaeus and Sebastian Niemann (theologian) and in 1657 became an adjunct at the Philosophical Faculty. In Rostock he became professor of Greek in 1663 after successfully completing his doctorate and in 1664 he became a full professor of theology. After his appointment to the young Christian Albrechts University in 1665, he turned down appointments to professorships and general superintendent positions . In 1675 he was appointed professor primarius. In 1688 he was appointed procurator of the university for life. His research focus was church history.

Kortholt advocated lively piety and thus also for reforms in church life. He corresponded with Philipp Jacob Spener from 1670 and initially supported his Pia desideria . Only towards the end of his life did he turn against pietism in the course of the disputes over Johann Wilhelm Petersen and Johann Heinrich Horb .

His students included August Hermann Francke and Joachim Justus Breithaupt .

Selection of works

De tribus impostoribus magnis liber, cura editus Cristiani Kortholti, Kiel 1680 Bavarian State Library digital
Disp. ethica de veracitate et taciturnitate , 1651
Disp. de natura philosophiae, eiusque in theologia usu , 1652; Progumnasma academicum de supposito et persona, 1653
Disp. de circulo papistico, 1658; Disp. de revelationis divinae modis, ad Hebr.
Femaria desolata, or: Historical description of what forms the island of Femern has been miserably destroyed by King Erichen for three and a half hundred years. 1673. ( digitized version )
Creutz- und Gedult-Spiegel: Representing the condition of Christians oppressed for the sake of true religion ... , 1674 (new edition 1693)
Theophili Sinceri Wolverified suggestion / How about the matter should be attacked / since one wanted to remedy the angry life and change in the Protestant churches ... with seriousness , 1676
Preparation for Eternity / Or / Thorough instruction / How a person should believe correctly / Live Christianly / and die in peace , 1679
Theological Tractätlein Respected To Promote Divine Bliss , 1679; 1684
In Iustinum Martyrem , Athenagoram , Theophilum Antiochenum , Tatianum Assyrium , Commentarius , 1686
De Persecutionibus Ecclesiae Primaevae Sub Imperatoribus Ethnicis, Liber , 1688
De Atheismo, Veteribus Christianis, ob Templorum inprimis aversationem, obiecto, inque eosdem a nostris retorto, Exercitatio , 1689
Christian remembrance of the ban on unknown sinners , 1690
De Schismate Superiori Seculo Protestantes Inter Et Pontificios Enato Dissertatio Historico-Theologica , 1690
De Necessitate Consecrationis Nuptialis Exercitatio Academica , 1690
Theses Theologicae De Omnibus Christianae Doctrinae Capitibus , 1692
Pastor Fidelis, sive, De Officio Ministrorum Ecclesiae Opusculum , 1696
Theologia Moralis Synoptice Tractata , Copenhagen 1716 ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

literature

Carsten Erich Carstens : Kortholt, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 725 f.
Walter Göbell : Kortholt, Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 601 f. ( Digitized version ).
Jendris Alwast: Korthold, Christian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 524-527. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon , 3rd ed. 8, 194;
Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck 6, 1982, 151 f .;
Hagenbach, Paul Tschackert: Kortholt, Christian . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 11, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1902, pp. 47-48.
Wilhelm Halfmann : Christian Kortholt. A picture from theology and piety at the end of the orthodox age. Writings of the Association for Schleswig-Holstein Church History, 1st series (larger publications), 17th issue , Kiel 1930.
Gabriel Wedderkop : Kortholt's funeral sermon , Kiel 1694.

Web links

Publications by and about Christian Kortholt the Elder in VD 17 .
Kortholt, Christian. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 15, Leipzig 1737, column 1559–1561.
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Entry on Christian Kortholt the Elder in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
Christian Kortholt the Elder Ä. in the Rostock matriculation portal

Individual evidence

↑ Entry on the doctoral degree by Christian Kortholt the Elder. Ä. in the Rostock matriculation portal

personal data
SURNAME	Kortholt, Christian the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1633
PLACE OF BIRTH	Castle on Fehmarn
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 1694
Place of death	Kiel

[1] Entry on the doctoral degree by Christian Kortholt the Elder. Ä. in the Rostock matriculation portal