Ernst Christoph Nolte

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Ernst Christoph Nolte (* 1733 in Gardelegen ; † October 26, 1761 in Lenzen (Elbe) ), also Ernst Christoph Nolten or Ernestvs Christophervs Noltenivs, was a Protestant clergyman, field preacher in the Silesian Wars, royal inspector and pastor in Lenzen.

Life

Nikolaikirche Gardelegen

ancestry

Nolte was a son of the theologian Johann Rudolph Nolten (1691-1754), most recently general superintendent in Stendal, and his second wife Eleonore Elisabeth Heinzelmann († 1769), daughter of Justus Heinzelmann , pastor at St. Marien and superintendent in Gardelegen . His father had 19 children from the two marriages. His father was ordained in Stendal in 1717 and then worked as a clergyman in several functions in Gardelegen. In 1731 he became archdeacon at the Nikolaikirche in Gardelegen , in 1735 senior pastor at the Marienkirche and superintendent in Gardelegen and in 1741 senior pastor at the cathedral in Stendal and general superintendent in Stendal. He was friends with Germanus Lüdke (1683-1735), who was archdeacon at the cathedral in Stendal when he died.

Nolte was born in Gardelegen in 1733 when his father was archdeacon at St. Nicolai.

Studies, theological position

From 1750 Nolte studied philosophy and theology at the university in Halle .

During his studies at the age of 18, in 1551 he translated a work by the Dutch Mennonite Johann Stinstra (1709–1790), who had dealt with freedom of conscience in his work. The author of the “preface” to his translation, August Friedrich Wilhelm Sack (1703–1786), who suggested the translation, was a Reformed theologian and court preacher in Berlin. Nolte prepared a separate “message” for the font. In the preface (p. 2 and 3) by Sack he is referred to as "Candidato Ministerii" and "Candidat Noltenius". In 1745, Sack was appointed visitor of the reformed Joachimsthal'schen Gymnasium in Berlin. Since Nolte's friend Friedrich Germanus Lüdke also attended this grammar school, it can be assumed that Nolte also attended this grammar school and got to know Sack there, who was particularly keen to train young theologians.

In 1753, Nolte disputed under Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten with a thesis on the freedom of conscience and its limitations. Like the philosopher and lawyer Christian Thomasius , who had taught in Halle 50 years earlier, he differentiates between positive (human) laws and natural or revealed (divine) laws.

The fact that he dedicated his dissertation to Johann Ulrich Christian Koeppen (1694–1762) can be seen as evidence that Nolte was not averse to Pietism . Like Sack, Koeppen belonged to the senior consistory in Berlin in 1750.

Battle of Maxen

Field chaplain

Together with his friend Friedrich Germanus Lüdke, Nolte became a field preacher at the beginning of the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). Nolte was deployed in the 9 Cuirassier Regiment, which was commanded by Major General Jakob Friedrich von Bredow from 1758 to 1769 and was therefore named “Regiment v. Bredow ”wore. In November 1759 the regiment participated in the defeat in the battle of Maxen in Saxony, which ended with the complete defeat of the Prussian troops against the numerically stronger Austrian troops. The Prussian troops were taken prisoner.

St. Katharinen Church in Lenzen in Brandenburg

Inspector to Lenzen

After the end of his service, he was appointed Prussian (spiritual) inspector and pastor to Len (t) zen, but died on the 23rd Sunday after Trinity 1761 (October 26th 1761) and left behind his wife after only seven weeks of marriage. She had the sermon The careful preservation from the great seduction printed by "Franz" in Stendal.

Works

  • Meditationes De limitibus libertati conscientiae ponendis. Halle 1753, disputation chaired by Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten e-book , discussed by Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten, news of strange books. Thirteenth piece, hall 1753, p. 548, e-book
  • Careful protection from the great danger of seduction , Stendal 1761, printed by Franzen und Grosse , in Stendal after 1761.
  • Johann Stinstra's (1709–1790) warning against fanaticism, along with an introduction in which the story of the Moravians as well as the recent movements of some delighted people in Holland is recently told. Translated from Dutch and French (by Ernst Christoph Nolte). Edited under the supervision and with a preface by Mr. August Friedrich Wilhelm Sacks : that true religion is not fanaticism. Berlin 1752, Rostock (in the original: waarschuwing tegen de geestdrijverij , Te Haarlingen , 1750 e-book )

literature

  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher: General scholarly lexicon: Therein the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present time, and made themselves known to the learned world, after their birth, life, remarkable stories, death and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Continuation and additions by Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund; Vol. 5. Moriac to Pfeiffer. 9, p. 790, [1]
  • Kay Zenker: Freedom of Thought: Libertas Philosophandi in the German Enlightenment. Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7873-2281-4 , p. 371 e-book reading sample Unfortunately, only part of a detailed footnote is given in the reading sample.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ To Koeppen: Johann Christoph Adelung: continuation and additions to Christian Gottlieb Joecher's general scholarly lexicon ... Third volume [K to Lub], Volume 7, 1810, p. 676, e-book
  2. ↑ Corpus Constitutionum Marchicarum, or Königl. Preussis. and Churfürstl. Brandenburgische in der Chur- and Marck Brandenburg, also incorporated states, published and issued regulations, Edicta, Mandata, Rescripta etc: From the time of Frederick I Elector of Brandenburg, etc. bit under the government of Friderich Wilhelm King in Prussia etc. ad annum 1736 . inclusive. Continuatio IV. Those in the Chur and Marck Brandenburg, also incorporated Landen, edicts issued ... from 1748. to 1750. inclusive, Volume 10, 1751, p. 292, e-book
  3. ^ Otto Fischer, Archive for Family Research 1929, Part II. 1743-1805 The ordinations of the field preachers in old prussia. Army 1718-1805. P. 289 ff (Noltenius Johann Christoph) in Ahnenforschung.Net Forum
  4. ^ Probably the Franzen und Grosse publishing house , in Stendal, founded in 1778.
  5. ↑ Hamburg news from the realm of erudition, 1762 p. 784 edition of the University of Heidelberg
  6. ↑ The writing is apparently lost and not verifiable
personal data
SURNAME Nolte, Ernst Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Noltenius, Ernestus Christopherus; Nolten, Ernst Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Theologian, field preacher, royal inspector and pastor in Lenzen (Elbe)
DATE OF BIRTH 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Guards
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1761
Place of death Lenzen (Elbe)