Christian Weise (theologian)
Christian Weise (also white , born October 5, 1703 in Leipzig ; † April 25, 1743 ibid) was a German Lutheran theologian and educator.
Life
Born as the son of the pastor of the same name at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, he studied theology and obtained his master's degree in 1723. In 1726 he became a catechist at the St. Peter's Church in Leipzig , in 1731 a subdeacon at the Thomaskirche and in 1737 a deacon at the Nikolaikirche . In 1740 he was appointed associate professor at the theological faculty of Leipzig University. His main work is the Christian Concordia Book from 1739. The engraving inserted on the first pages shows a disputation between Martin Luther and other important reformers in a Renaissance loggia.
He was the godfather of Johanna Carolina Bach (1742–1809), Johann Sebastian Bach's second youngest daughter .
Works
- Christian Concordien-Buch , This is the Evangelical Lutheran Church's most common symbolic writings, which contain the three main symbols, the unchanged Augspurgische Confeßion, the same Apology, the Schmalkaldic Artickel, D. Luther's small and large catechism, the Formula Concordiæ and finally the visitation article. In addition to the historical-theological introduction to these symbolic books by Blessed D. Heinrich Pippings . Anietzo redrafted, carefully kept together with the previous editions, accompanied by the necessary registers and concluding speech, and on the other hand edited by L. Christian Weiß, SS Theol. Prof. Publ. Extraord. Diacono and Vespers preachers to S. Nicolai in Leipzig. LEIPZIG, to be found in the Braunische Buchhandlung 1739.
literature
- Wise or White, Christian, a Lutheran theologian. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 54, Leipzig 1747, column 1077-1082.
Web links
- Entries on Christian Weise in the catalog of the Herzog August Library , Wolfenbüttel
Individual evidence
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↑ The copy shown has a handwritten entry on the title page at the bottom right (obviously by the first owner): M. Albertus Frickius Poss PP Ulmae 1740. m. Jun.
This Albert (or Albrecht ) Frick (1714–1776) was a theologian, professor at the Ulm grammar school, from 1751 minister preacher in Ulm and editor of a book about Celtic druids, see his entries ( Memento of December 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) in the catalog of Duke August Library , Wolfenbüttel
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SURNAME | Way, Christian |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Christian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1703 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1743 |
Place of death | Leipzig |