Frantz Vogt

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Frantz Vogt, also: Franz Vogt (born October 19, 1661 in Dortmund , † March 31, 1736 in Lennep ) was a German Lutheran theologian and poet.

Life

Vogt attended school in his hometown and studied theology for two and a half years at the University of Kiel under Christian Kortholt the Elder, among others . Then he was a private tutor in Stormarn for a year and a half , where he devoted himself to poetry, influenced by the local pastor and poet laurus Johannes Langemack. On March 25, 1686 he was appointed rector in Lennep because of his lyricism , where he was busy developing the school. Recognized in this activity, he was given the second pastor's office in Lennep on February 10, 1690, and after the death of the first pastor, he took over his position on June 27, 1710, which he carried out until the end of his life. He was married to Elisabeth Ursula, a daughter of General Superintendent Johannes Scheibler , and left five sons and a daughter.

Theologically Vogt was completely caught up in Lutheran orthodoxy , but still came to terms with the representatives of Pietism . He draws his theological tenor from inner contemplation and is closely based on the self-examination of people - as with Paul Gerhardt  . Vogt made a name for himself as the editor of the Bergisches Gesangbuch, which he enriched with six of his own songs.

As a humanistically educated schoolmaster and pastor who put his poetic training entirely at the service of his community and subordinated it to it, he seems a bit homely, especially with his own poems, and occasionally gives his sermons a legal-moral train. But that is also their strength. His sermons apparently arrived and were heard. They shone not so much through their education and rhetoric as through their pastoral and practical intent, in whose service he also put his poetic talent. As the multiple editions show, his hymnbook was very popular.

Works

Fonts

  • Mr Jochen, who is more mocking himself than protecting himself
  • Glaucapocrusticon or the destructive night owls
  • Contemplation in oneself, from which regular Sunday Gospels are recited. Lemgo 1732

Songs

  • Thrift, befitting Christ,
  • On the examination of doctrine and caution in religion
  • How beautiful the morning star shines

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Frantz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vogt, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian and poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1736
Place of death Lennep