Christian Masecovius

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Christianus Masecovius, engraving by Samuel Donnet (1714)

Christian Masecovius (also: Mascov ; * March 6, 1673 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † August 7, 1732 ibid) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

The son of the pastor of the church in Tragheim Thomas Masecovius and his wife Sybilla Niemeier attended the Königsberg school in the old town in their early childhood. In 1690 he began studying philosophical and theological sciences at the University of Königsberg . Under the direction of his brother Johannes Masecovius, Christian Sahme and Michael Schreiber he completed philosophical studies. He attended theological lectures with Christian Dreier , Friedrich Deutsch , Gottfried Wegner and Bernhard von Sanden the Elder . In 1695 he became tutor of a Prussian nobleman with whom he toured Germany, Holland and Flanders.

After studying at the University of Ghent for two years , he returned to Koenigsberg, where he received a position as private tutor for a Holstein nobleman. In Königsberg he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy on April 15, 1700, and then gave private lectures. 1703 he became sub-inspector of the alumni and over the covictorium . After he had been offered an extraordinary professorship in philosophy in 1706, he took over an extraordinary theological professorship in 1708, becoming a councilor at the Samland consistory and pastor of the church in Löbenicht .

On February 27, 1710 he received his doctorate in theology. In 1717 he was promoted to full fourth professor of theology, and with that he became pastor at the cathedral church . He moved up to the third full professorship in 1718, became second full professor in 1721 and first professor in the theological faculty of the Königsberg University in 1732. In this capacity he was dean of the theological faculty eight times and in the winter semesters 1722/23, 1726/27 and 1730/31 he also took part in the university's organizational tasks three times as rector of the alma mater .

He had married Maria, daughter of the Löbenicht city councilor Heinrich Falcke (* February 9, 1643, † September 25, 1701), from which marriage a son and a daughter originate.

Works

  • Fasciculus Disputationum Philosopicarum. 1707 ( online , anthology contains:)
    • de Principium eloquentia. Koenigsberg 1700
    • de honoribus petendis, prior. Koenigsberg 1702
    • de honoribus petentis, postior. Koenigsberg 1703
    • de linguae latine praerogativa. Koenigsberg 1702
    • de antpathia gentium, great. Koenigsberg 1702
    • de antpathia gentium, secunda. Koenigsberg 1703
    • de antpathia gentium, tertia et ult.Königsberg 1703
    • de affectato, quod est dicente odiosum. Koenigsberg 1703
    • de curiositate. Koenigsberg 1703
    • de opinione mundi rectrice. Koenigsberg 1704
    • de divinis in majestate prior. Reg 1704
    • de divinis in majestate postior. Koenigsberg 1704
    • de faceto politico. Koenigsberg 1704
    • de Uro, Germ. Auer-Ochsen, prior. Königsberg 1705 (was printed in Berlin in German under the title: Die Kneiphöffsche loud organ voice, which in this 1721st year on the XIV .: Sundays after Trinity, ... for the inauguration of this new organ work ... in the morning sermon. 1724 )
    • de Uro, German Auer ox, posterior. Koenigsberg 1705
    • de pietate politici. Koenigsberg 1705
    • de tribus causis, Deo, virtute et occasione, ad fortunam hominis concurrentibus prior. Koenigsberg 1706
    • de tribus causis, Deo, virtute et occasione, ad fortunam hominis concurrentibus posterior. Koenigsberg 1706
    • de insula natante Gerdaviensi, commonly known as swimming fracture. Königsberg 1707 an excerpt from it in: Erleuterten Preussen, Tom. II, p. 567 ff.
    • de momi insolentia. Koenigsberg 1707
    • de sui ipsius cognitione. Koenigsberg 1707
  • Evangelical belief, teaching, admonition and consolation thoughts. Koenigsberg 1714
    • the Kneipffsche loud organ voice. Koenigsberg 1721
    • Jesus the righteous temple initiator. Koenigsberg 1710
    • two sermons, of which there are honorable, yet blessed and loving testimonies and fates of God against the pious. Koenigsberg 1711
  • Anti-meno. Königsberg 1717 (24th disp., Anthology)
  • Dispositio ex Lumine naturae ad supernaturalia. Königsberg 1727 (anthology, 50th disp.)
  • Diss. Evincens legem inter et evangelium nullam esse adversitatem. Koenigsberg 1709
  • de volunatate Adami, in qua omnium hominum voluntas posita fuit. Koenigsberg 1710
  • de testimoniis, quorum Deus et in spiffis gentilismi tenebis esse expertem neminem reliquir, et quanti illa fuerint momenti. Koenigsberg 1711
  • de controversione modernorum gentilium, great. Koenigsberg 1711
  • de controversione modernorum gentilium, secunda. Koenigsberg 1711
  • de controversione modernorum gentilium, tertia. Koenigsberg 1712
  • de pia fraude. Koenigsberg 1711
  • Deus ante mundum conditum auid fecerit? Koenigsberg 1712
  • Honest description of the incident between E. Hoch-Ehrw. Theol. Facultæt zu Königsberg in Prussen, and a Stud. Theologiæ Gottfried Schævius, Opposite Der Schmäh-Schrifft des Schævii, to his friends in Pomerania, whom he put into public print in this 1712th year: Along with an appendix / in which the Schævio aroused dubia against our Libros Symbolicos… to be rebutted. Anno 1712. d. Decembr. / Good. Well… revealed to light by Christian Masecovio, D.… Decano Facult. Theol. … Königsberg 1712 ( online )
  • Diss. Explicationem continens oraculi Paulini 2nd Cor. 7. VI Königsberg 1713
  • de publica lapsorum cum ecclesia reconciliatione, mango revera beneficio. Koenigsberg 1723
  • De lectione biblica pontificiorum injuriosa.
  • . . . ex versu primo, primi captis Genesos. Koenigsberg 1723
  • de flebili sacrae, in spiritualibus, curae defectu omni modo adimplendo. Koenigsberg 1730

literature

  • Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt : Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia, 1746, Part 2, pp. 169, 183, 185, 188, 214
  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig, 1751, Vol. 3, Sp. 256
  • Michael Lilienthal : Acta Borussica ecclesiastica, civilia, Literaria. Or a careful collection of all kinds of news, certificates, writings and documents belonging to the history of the State of Prussia. Verlag Christoph Gottfried Eckart, Königsberg and Leipzig, 1732, 3rd vol. P. 762 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  • Masecovius, Christian. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 19, Leipzig 1739, column 1923–1925.

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personal data
SURNAME Masecovius, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mascov, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1673
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1732
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)