Ernst Friedrich Wernsdorf

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Ernst Friedrich Wernsdorf (born December 18, 1718 in Wittenberg ; † May 28, 1782 ibid) German Lutheran theologian and church historian.

Life

Born as the son of Gottlieb Wernsdorf the Elder and his wife Margaretha Katharina (née Nitsch), he first grew up in Wittenberg. After the early death of his father, his mother took over his upbringing and had him taught by private tutors until he was fifteen. One of his teachers at the time was Johann Andreas Boden. In 1733 he attended the electoral high school in Schulpforte under the rector Friedrich Gotthilf Freytag . He actually wanted to return to Wittenberg in 1735 to begin studying at the university in his hometown.

On the advice of his godfather Heinrich Klausing, he went to the University of Leipzig in 1736 to study theological sciences. In addition to Klausing's lectures, he had attended those of Christian August Crusius , Christian Weise (theologian) (1703–1743) and Karl Gottlob Hofmann . In his day, however, he first had to complete a basic course in philosophy. Here were Christian Gottlieb Jöcher , Johann August Ernesti and Johann Christoph Gottsched his teachers and he acquired there in 1741 the philosophical master's degree .

In 1742 he completed his habilitation with the font de Septimia Zenobia Palm. Aug. at the philosophical faculty. After rejecting a rectorate position in Naumburg in 1743, he traveled to Hamburg in 1745, where he applied for a professorship at the local high school. But without success. Instead he returned to Leipzig, became an associate professor at the philosophical faculty in 1746 and soon afterwards a member of the prince's college. He turned to theological questions, dealt with church history, literary history and antiquity in his lectures, and in 1750 earned a baccalaureate in theology. On May 16, 1752, Wernsdorf took on a full professorship in Christian archeology, obtained a licentiate in theology and in 1753 became an honorary member of the Society of Liberal Arts in Leipzig.

In 1756 he was appointed fourth professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg . After completing the disputation Historia linguae latinae in sac. Publ. Had a doctorate in theology, he took up that position on October 19, 1756, was associated with Ephorus the electoral scholarship holder and worked in Wittenberg until the end of his life. Wernsdorf also took part in the organizational tasks of the Wittenberg University. He was dean of the theological faculty several times and in the winter semesters 1760, 1766, 1772 and 1778 he was rector of the academy four times . He also represented the business of the university at the state parliament in Dresden.

family

Wernsdorf was married twice. His first marriage was on October 3, 1758 in Wittenberg with Henriette Ernestine Brendel, but she died after two years of marriage. The second was married on February 22, 1775 in Wittenberg to Eleonore Godelia Elisabeth, the daughter of Wilhelm Ludwig Nitzsch. He left a son who studied in Wittenberg.

Selection of works

  1. De vera gloria eiusque cupiditate non illaudabili. Leipzig 1738
  2. De professoribus veterit ecclesiae martyribus. Leipzig 1739
  3. Diss. De Septimia Zenobia, Palmyrenorom Augusta. Leipzig 1742
  4. Theses de statua Memnonis vocali, contra Rich. Pocockium. Hamburg 1745
  5. Prolusio de fontibus historiae Syriae in libris Maccabaeorum. Leipzig 1746
  6. Commentario de quinquagesima paschali. Leipzig 1752
  7. Diss. Historia Latinae linguae in sacris paschali. Leipzig 1756
  8. Diss. De Deo hominis manus obsignante, from job. 37, 7. Wittenberg 1756
  9. Progr. De originibus solemnium natalis Christi ex sestivitate natalis invicti. Wittenberg 1757
  10. Progr. De Paschate annotino. Wittenberg 1760, Wittenberg 1763
  11. Diss. De Costantini M. religione paschali exercitatio. Wittenberg 1758
  12. Progr, veterum ad illustrandum hynmum: What fear you enemy, Herod, very much. Wittenberg 1759
  13. Exercitatio liturgica de Sacerdote Latina lingua ad altare cantillante; ad illuilrandum ritum, qui festis in Ecclesia diebus Wittenbergae obtinet ipsis solemnibius Christo nato sacris. Wittenberg 1761
  14. Exercitatio liturgica de formula veteris ecclesiae psalmodica, Hallelujah. Wittenberg 1762
  15. Diss. De nativitate dominica patesactionis et occultation is mysterio, in locum Ignatii Antiocheni. Epist. ad Ephes. cap. 19, ipsis solemnibus Christo nato sacris. Wittenberg 1763
  16. Progr. De prece Hosianna, eiusque in liturgia usu. Wittenberg 1765
  17. Progr. De veste palmata, quam Tertullianus martyribus Christianis attribuit. Wittenberg 1766
  18. Progr. De veteris Ecclesiae diebus festis anniversariis liberationis a periculo, ad loca quaedam Eusebii et Sozomenis. Wittenberg 1767
  19. Diss. Cessantis hymni vindemialis poena ad Isa. 16, 10. et Jer. 48, 33.Wittenberg 1767
  20. Diss. De Bethlehemo, apud Hieronymum. Wittenberg 1769
  21. Historia templi Constantiniani propter resurrectionis Christi locum exstructi. Wittenberg 1770
  22. Diss. De dedicatione martyrii ex Eusebio, sive de templi Conftantini M. propter locum morientis et resurgentis Christi exstructi solemni dedicatione. Wittenberg 1770
  23. Progr. Sententiae do Christo Latine loquente examen. Wittenberg 1771
  24. Progr. De veteris Ecclcsiao ieiunii pridie paschalium religione. Wittenberg 1772
  25. Progr. De antiquitate consecrationis Eucharisticae per orationem dominicam. Wittenberg 1772 (Contin. 1775)
  26. Progr. De simulacro columbae in locis sacris antiquitus recepto. Wittenberg 1773
  27. Progr. De originibus solemnium S. Michaelis. Wittenberg 1773
  28. Progr. De Christo Verbigena veteris Ecclesiae doctorum philosophumena, ad Prudentii cathem. hyum. 3. Wittenberg 1774
  29. Progr. Judicium de libello contra aetatis inostrae conatus emendandi theologiam dogmaticam. Wittenberg 1775
  30. Diss. De synodo Palmari. Wittenberg 1776
  31. Progr. In novissimam litem de nati Christi anno. Wittenberg 1776
  32. Progr. De cereo paschali. Wittenberg 1777
  33. Progr. Severitas Melanthoniana contra Osiandrismum, e monumento litterario ejus manuscripto ostensa. Wittenberg 1777
  34. Progr. I – III de dotibus animi communibus. Wittenberg 1778
  35. Progr. De Amen liturgico. Wittenberg 1779
  36. Novissimorum de anno nati Christi conatuum exam; in Nov. Act. Erud. 1775 Nov. p. 521-545.

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personal data
SURNAME Wernsdorf, Ernst Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1782
Place of death Wittenberg