Daniel Dilger

Daniel Dilger, engraving by Jeremias Falck, 1648

Daniel Dilger (* around 1572 in Danzig , Polish Prussia, † February 26, 1645 ) was a Lutheran preacher in Danzig.

Life

Daniel Dilger had been a preacher at St. Catherine's Church in Gdansk since 1597 . In 1626 he was called as a second preacher (deacon) to the Marienkirche .

Dilger was a supporter of Johann Arndt and represented his true Christianity and paradise garden . He announced his view from the pulpit. With this he got into a dispute for years with the first preacher Johannes Corvinus , as did Hermann Rathmann .

His son Nathanael Dilger (1604–1679) was also a preacher in Danzig and senior of the spiritual ministry (first pastor), as well as court preacher in Rappoltsweiler .

Salomon Wegner painted a portrait of him as a painting. Then Jeremias Falck from Danzig made a copperplate in 1648.

Works

Daniel Dilger wrote several theological writings.

The Venerable (...) Johannis Arndes (...) correct teaching, well-founded in God's Word, in the four books of true Christianity, Old Stettin: Duber, 1620, about Johann Arndt's true Christianity
Schola poenitentie in 15 sermons
Spiritual plague regiment in 2 sermons
Leich sermon to Petrus Crüger, the city of Dantzigk (...) mathematici (...) † 6 July 1639

He also designed the decorations on the pillars in St. Mary's Church and was instrumental in the overall decoration of the church.

literature

Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon . Second volume. Leipzig 1750. Sp. 125f.
Julius August Wagenmann: Dilger, Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 223. (with small inaccuracies)

Web links

Digitized prints by Daniel Dilger in the catalog of the Herzog August Library

Individual evidence

↑ Ephraim Praetorius : Dantziger teacher memory , 1713, pp. 3, 6; also Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon . Second volume. Leipzig 1750. Sp. 125f. In contrast, only the ADB article contains the wrong year (1643), probably as a typo
↑ Ephraim Praetorius: Dantziger teacher Gexächtnis. 1713, p. 6; to St. Marien p. 3
^ Daniel Dilger copperplate engraving by Jeremias Falck in the National Museum in Danzig; the painting by Salomon Wegner is in the Rijsmuseum Amsterdam
^ Jeremias Falck Werke, 1648 p. 182

personal data
SURNAME	Dilger, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran pastor
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1572
PLACE OF BIRTH	Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	February 26, 1645
Place of death	Danzig

[1] Ephraim Praetorius : Dantziger teacher memory , 1713, pp. 3, 6; also Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon . Second volume. Leipzig 1750. Sp. 125f. In contrast, only the ADB article contains the wrong year (1643), probably as a typo

[2] Ephraim Praetorius: Dantziger teacher Gexächtnis. 1713, p. 6; to St. Marien p. 3

[3] Daniel Dilger copperplate engraving by Jeremias Falck in the National Museum in Danzig; the painting by Salomon Wegner is in the Rijsmuseum Amsterdam

[4] Jeremias Falck Werke, 1648 p. 182