Felix Hess (theologian)
Felix Hess (born December 5, 1742 in Zurich ; † March 3, 1768 ibid) was a Swiss theologian .
Johann Heinrich Füssli , Felix Hess and Johann Caspar Lavater were guests of Johann Joachim Spalding in the summer of 1763
He was a nephew of Johann Jakob Bodmer . In 1763 he received his doctorate in Zurich. In 1763 he traveled with Johann Kaspar Lavater to Barth in Swedish Pomerania to see the Enlightenment theologian Johann Joachim Spalding . Hess turned against Socinians ( anti-Trinitarians ) and the Moravian Brethren . He advocated an orthodox, biblical Christianity that incorporated reason.
Works
- Phytographiae Sacrae Generalis Par . Zurich no year
- Examination of the philosophical and moral sermons . Zurich 1777
- Collection of some sermons / from the author of the examination of philosophical and moral sermons Felix Hess . Zurich 1777
literature
- Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Hess, Felix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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| SURNAME | Hess, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss reformed theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1742 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1768 |
| Place of death | Zurich |