Elias Christoph Krafft

Elias Christoph Krafft (* 3. March 1748 in Marburg , † 21st October 1798 in Duisburg ) was a Protestant - Reformed preacher in Krefeld and Duisburg.

Life

Krafft was a member of one of the most influential families in the revival movement . He was a son of the Marburg theology professor Johann Wilhelm Krafft (1696–1767), a brother of the Frankfurt theologian Justus Christoph Krafft (1732–1795) and the professor of law at the University of Duisburg Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Krafft (1742–1809). He was married to Johanna Ulricke Leidenfrost (1752-1819), a daughter of Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost . Sons were the theologians Christian Krafft (1784–1845) and Johann Gottlob Krafft (1789–1830). Her daughter Henriette († 1855) was married to the Westphalian superintendent Franz Friedrich Graeber . The couple raised their children in a pietistic spirit. Elijah's untimely death caused the family to suffer during the difficult war .

Like his brother Justus Christoph, Elias Christoph Krafft was a member of the Masonic lodge Zum krönten Löwen in Marburg. Like Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling or Matthias Claudius , they belong to the group of people of the 18th century who tried to combine the ideas of Pietism and Freemasonry.

Individual evidence

^ FW Krummacher: Gottfried Daniel Krummacher and the Lower Rhine revival movement at the beginning of the 19th century . de Gruyter, Berlin 1925, p. 255.
↑ Stefan Redies: Freemasons, Knights Templar and Rosicrucians: On the history of the secret societies in Marburg in the 18th century . Tectum Verlag, 1998 ISBN 3-8288-9002-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Krafft, Elias Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marburg
DATE OF DEATH	October 21, 1798
Place of death	Duisburg

[1] FW Krummacher: Gottfried Daniel Krummacher and the Lower Rhine revival movement at the beginning of the 19th century . de Gruyter, Berlin 1925, p. 255.

[2] Stefan Redies: Freemasons, Knights Templar and Rosicrucians: On the history of the secret societies in Marburg in the 18th century . Tectum Verlag, 1998 ISBN 3-8288-9002-4 .