David Hollaz

David Hollaz (alternative spelling: Hollatz , Latin Hollatius ; * 1648 in Wulkow near Stargard , Pomerania , † April 17, 1713 in Jakobshagen , Saatzig district, Pomerania) was a German Protestant theologian ( Lutheran dogmatist ).

Life

Hollaz was born as the son of the bailiff Michael Hollaz. After attending the schools in Stargard and Landsberg an der Warthe , he moved to the grammar school in Erfurt and, from June 17, 1668, the University of Wittenberg . There were Abraham Calovius , Johann Andreas Quenstedt , Johann Christian Kirchmayer and John Meisner his theological teacher.

In 1670 he was appointed as a preacher in the Pützerlin parish near Stargard and in 1681 he also took over the same office in Stargard. In 1683 he was promoted to vice rector in the same place. In 1683 he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree from the University of Wittenberg . In 1684 he became the successor of Valerius Jasche , rector of the Lyceum in Kolberg . In 1692 Hollaz reached the high point of his career with his appointment as provost in Jakobshagen and died there at the age of 65.

Hollaz was married to Elisabeth Tesmar, a daughter of his colleague Joachim Tesmar in Pützerlin. His second marriage was with Elisabeth Schöning, the daughter of the provost in Jakobshagen. When she died in 1693, Hollaz married Ilse Wirbitz. With his three wives, Hollaz had a total of 13 children.

His son David Hollaz (1679–1743) succeeded his father as pastor and provost in Jakobshagen.

His grandson David Hollaz (1704–1771) worked as a pastor in Güntersberg near Zachan (Pomerania) and, as a religious writer, was close to the Moravian Brethren .

Works

Hollaz wrote his examen theologicum acroamaticum universam theologiam thetico-polemicam complectens for his students in 1707 . This work, a large system of Lutheran orthodoxy , was valid for over fifty years and made Hollaz known far beyond his sphere of activity.

Exam theologicum acroamaticum. Stargard 1707; Reprint of the Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1971.
Scrutinium veritatis in mysticorum dogmata. Wittenberg 1711.
A god-sanctified triple shamrock. 1713.

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Hollaz (Hollatz), David. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 1003. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Ersch , Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Second section, tenth part. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1833, p. 53 ( digitized version )
Volker Gummelt: Hollaz (Hollatz, Hollatius), David. In: Religion Past and Present . 4th edition (RGG ⁴ ). Volume 3. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-16-146903-9 , Sp. 1844.
Julius August Wagenmann : Hollaz, David . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 754 f.
Ernst Wolf: Hollaz, David. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 540 ( digitized version ).
Paul Wolff, Julius August Wagenmann: Hollatz (Hollatius), David. In: Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church . 3rd edition (RE³) on Wikisource . Volume 8. JC Hinrichs, Leipzig 1900, pp. 279-280 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Publications by and about David Hollaz in VD 17 .
Literature by and about David Hollaz in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Hollaz, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian (Lutheran dogmatist)
DATE OF BIRTH	1648
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wulkow near Stargard (Pomerania)
DATE OF DEATH	April 17, 1713
Place of death	Jakobshagen , Saatzig district (Pomerania)