Ernst Julius Meier

Ernst Julius Meier

Ernst Julius Meier (born September 7, 1828 in Zwickau , † October 6, 1897 in Dresden ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Ernst Julius was the third child of the Zwickau tax officer and customs officer Christian August Meier (* May 27, 1795 - † October 3, 1869 in Zwickau) and his wife Karoline Juliane Mothes (* February 24, 1798 in Werdau), who was married on January 27, 1820 in Werdau Werdau; † July 25, 1839 in Zwickau), the daughter of the former escort and accise collector in Werdau and later mayor of Werdau Christian Gottlob Mothes (born April 4, 1758 in Werdau / Saxony; † May 12, 1816 in Schneeberg) and his Christiane Karoline Klotz (born March 28, 1740 in Werdau; † January 21, 1880 ibid), born on January 26, 1792. The brother Moritz, sister Marie Luise, brother Georg Friedrich and sister Thekla Franziska are known from his siblings. From 1841 to 1846 he attended high school in his hometown. In 1847 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig in order to study theology.

Supported primarily by Christian Hermann Weisse , he immersed himself in philosophical studies, read the literary classics and in 1849 joined the Lusatian preaching society . Here he took part in scientific as well as practical theological exercises and was, among other things, a co-founder of the Catholic Association. In 1850 he had passed the exam for his first theological exam. He then went to a private school in Dresden, where he worked as a teacher and educator. During that time he dealt intensively with Martin Luther's writings and the time of the Reformation . In 1853 he passed the examination for his second theological exam, in the same year found a job as a catechist at the Alte Peterskirche in Leipzig and was placed as a private tutor in Leipzig / Stötterisch by his former patron Weisse. After he had acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy in 1854, he received an appointment as pastor in Flemmingen, whereupon he was ordained on September 3, 1854 in Altenburg and on September 10, 1854 took up the parish in Flemmingen and Frohnsdorf. In 1864 Meier went to Lößnitz as pastor and superintendent .

In 1867 he became superintendent of the Ephorie Dresden II and associated city preacher of the Frauenkirche . When the parishes were redistributed in 1878, the Frauenkirche got its own parish. In 1873 he became a member of the Evangelical Lutheran state consistory in Dresden and consistorial councilor. In 1877 he received his theological doctorate from the University of Leipzig. On January 31, 1890, he was appointed senior preacher and vice-president of the Saxon State Consistory. Meier appeared primarily as a rhetorical preacher who drew from German literature and thus left a psychological influence. He also took an active part in the development of schools in the expanding Dresden, trained young theologians, renewed the basics of church visits and took part in numerous theological conferences. Meier died in 1897 and was buried in the Johannisfriedhof .

family

Meier married Agnes Clara Therese Schmidt, daughter of the royal Saxon inspector of the picture gallery in Dresden, Heinrich Carl Schmidt and his wife Agnes Amalie NN, on November 2, 1854 in Dresden. The marriage resulted in three sons and a daughter. From the children we know:

1. Carl Martin Gothardt Meier (born May 24, 1856 in Flemmingen)
2. Julie Marie Elisabeth Meier (born June 3, 1858 in Flemmingen)
3. Ernst Friedrich Johannes Meier (born September 13, 1860 in Flemmingen)

Works (selection)

• Nikolaus von Amsdorf's life, for Christian readers in general, told from the sources. In: Moritz Meuer: Life of the ancestors of the Lutheran Church. Justus Naumann, Leipzig & Dresden, 1863, p. 106 ff. ( Online )
• Paul in Athens. A mission sermon was given in Dresden in 1865. Dresden, 1865
• The apologetics in the pulpit. Teubner, Leipzig, 1865
• Two sermons when changing office. Naumann, Dresden 1867
• How do you feel about Christ? Naumann, Dresden, 1867
• We saw his glory. Teubner, Leipzig, 1871 ( online ); 2nd edition 1877, Teubner, Leipzig 1891
• Festival hours of fraternal communion. Teubner, Dresden, 1871
• Judas Iscarioth, a biblical character image. Naumann, Dresden, 1872
• Humor and Christianity with a special relation to Catholicism and German Protestantism. Teubner, Leipzig, 1876
• The service of the Lutheran Church to the German people in the Thirty Years' War. Naumann, Leipzig, 1877
• Hours of consecration for service to the village community. Leipzig, 1881
• Sermon at the service for the opening of the fifth Evangelical Lutheran regional synod of the Kingdom of Saxony held in the Evangelical Court Church in Dresden on May 26, 1891. v. Zahn & Jaensch, Dresden, 1891
• Sermon at the service for the opening of the 25th ordinary state parliament of the Kingdom of Saxony, in Dresden 1893. Zahn & Jaensch, Dresden, 1893
• Your word is the lamp of my feet. Leipzig 1866; 2nd edition Teubner, Leipzig, 1894
• Sermon at the service at the end of the twenty-sixth ordinary state parliament of the Kingdom of Saxony in the evangelical court church in Dresden on March 28, 1896. v. Zahn & Jaensch, Dresden, 1896
• As the dying, and behold, we are alive. Teubner, Leipzig, 1897
• By which church institutions can the solution of the task of the church's educational influence on youth be ensured in the years after confirmation? Richter, Leipzig, 1897

literature

• Wilhelm Haan: Saxon writer's lexicon. Alphabetical compilation of the scholars, writers and artists currently living in the Kingdom of Saxony, along with short biographical notes and evidence of their writings that have appeared in print. Verlag Robert Schaefer, Leipzig, 1875, p. 211 ( online )
• G. Müller .:  Meier, Ernst Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 288-290.
• Kohlschmidt: Meier, Ernst Julius. In: Anton Bettelheim: Biographical Yearbook and German Nekrolog. Georg Reimer Publishing House, Berlin, 1900
• Bernhard Kühn: Court preacher Dr. theol. et phil. Ernst Julius Meier. In: Franz Dibelius, Theodor Brieger: Contributions to the Saxon church history. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig, 1898, vol. 12, p. 1 ( online )
• Carl Meusel, Ernst Haak: Kirchliches Handlexikon. Justus Naumann, Leipzig, 1894, vol. 4, p. 524 ff.
• Georg Rietschel:  Meier, Ernst Julius . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 12, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1903, pp. 503-504.
• Thomas Walther: Thuringian Pastors' Book - The Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2013, ISBN 978-3-374-03051-4 , Vol. 6, p. 1277
• Bernhard Koerner, Peter von Gebhardt: German gender book. Verlag Carl August Starke, Görlitz, 1920, vol. 33, p. 519 ff.

Web links

• Literature by and about Ernst Julius Meier in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ernst Julius Meier in the Stadtwiki Dresden

Individual evidence

1. ^ Moritz Meier (born October 31, 1821 in Zwickau; † December 24, 1853 in Leipzig) became a lawyer in Leipzig, married. with Ottilie Trübenbach (born March 18, 1832 in Chemnitz, † April 19, 1867 in Leipzig)
2. ^ Marie Luise Meier (born January 21, 1824 in Zwickau; † June 24, 1896) married. in Zwickau with pastor in Hartmannsdorf near Zwickau and origin near Stollberg Christian Friedrich Schönrich (* December 7, 1808 in Zaulsdorf near Ölsnitz; † September 30, 1881 in Erlbach)
3. ^ Georg Friedrich Meier (born September 7, 1828 in Zwickau; † August 4, 1874 in Vienna), became a businessman in Vienna, married. Pauline Johanne Schmidt (born June 16, 1841)
4. ^ Thekla Franziska Meier (born August 4, 1836 in Zwickau; † November 9, 1885) married. with the merchant in Zwickau Otto Krauß († October 18, 1886)
5. ↑ Todtenschau . In: Dresdner Geschichtsblätter , No. 4, 1897, p. 72.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ernst Volkmar Kohlschütter	Court preacher in Dresden 1890 - 1898	Heinrich Ludwig Oskar Ackermann