Friedrich Spanheim

Friedrich Spanheim the Younger

Friedrich Spanheim (born May 1, 1632 in Geneva , † May 18, 1701 in Leiden ) was a German church historian .

Life

The son of Friedrich Spanheim the Elder , studied at the University of Leiden , where he obtained the degree of Master of Philosophy on October 17, 1648 under the chairmanship of Abraham Heidanus . He then completed theological studies under Jacobus Trigland the Elder , Claudius Salmasius , Abraham Heidanus (1597–1678) and Johannes Coccejus . After he had received a call to the University of Heidelberg as a professor of theology in 1655 , he received his doctorate in Leiden with the treatise Dissertatio theologica de quinquarticulanis controversiis pridem in Belgio agitatis as a doctor of theology.

In 1656 he followed the call to Heidelberg, where he took office on October 26 with the introductory speech de divina Scriptuarum origine et authoritate contra profanos . In 1660 he also took over the rectorate of the university in Heidelberg. In 1670 he followed an appointment as professor of theology in Leiden, where he also taught church history in 1671. From 1672 to 1701 he was also the librarian of the Leiden University Library . Spanheim also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was Rector of the Alma Mater in 1673/74, 1680/81, 1687/88, 1692/93 . After a serious illness hit him in 1695, he finally died in 1701.

Spanheim was the teacher of the later coronation bishop Friedrich I of Prussia , Benjamin Ursinus . Spanheim was married three times. His first marriage was in June 1657 with Elisabeth Bilderbeek († 1668). He concluded his second marriage in 1669 with Catharina du Fay († 1679) and his third marriage in 1680 with Ursula von Heimbach († 1683).

With the exception of those written in French, his works were published in 3 volumes (Leid. 1701–1703).

Works (selection)

Sermo academicus pro commendando studio sacrae Antiquitatis, recitatus in Academia Leidensi cum praelectiones Historicas auspicaretur Anno 1672.
Geographia Sacra Ecclesiastica s. Introductio ad Geographiam sacram. Leiden 1679, Leipzig 1704.
Chronologia Sacra. Leiden 1683 with Historia Ecclesiastica Veteris et Novi Testamenti , previously published under the title: Introductio ad Historiam et Antiquitates Sacras Leiden 1672 and Introductio ad Chronologiam et Historiam Sacram, praecipue christianam, ad tempora proxima Reformationis, cum necessariis castigationibus Caesaris Baronii. Suffering 1683.
Summa Historiae Ecclesiasticae a Christo nato ad Saeculum XVI inchoatum, Praemittitur Doctrina temporum cum Oratione de Christianismo degenere. Leiden 1689.
Historia Jobi, sive de obscuris ejus Historiae commentarius, cum Appendice de voto Jephtae. Geneva 1670, Leiden 1672.
Tractatus de Autore Epistolae ad Hebraeos, cui accedit Exercitatio Academica de Historiae Evangelicae scriptoribus et sigillatim de Marco Evangelista. Heidelberg 1659.
Dissertatio De Apostolis duodecim et Apostolatu scricte dicto.
Dissertatio De conversionis Paulini Epocha, deque Pauli Historia et nomine.
Dissertatio De ficta profectione Petri Apertoli in urbem Romam, de que non una Traditionis.
Desquisitio Tripartita de traditis antiquissiomis conversionibus Lucii Bretonum Regis, Iuliae Mammeae Augustae et Philippi Imperatoris, Patris et Filii.
Dissertatio De sensu canonis sexti concilii Nicaeni primi, deque juribus veterum Metropoleôn et Romani Patriarchatus.
Dissertatio De Ecclesiae Graecae et Orientalis à Romana et Papali in hunc diem perpetua dessensione, adversus Allatium, Arcudium Echellensem etc.
De ficta collatione Imperii in Carolum Magnum per Leonem III Romanum Pontificem contra Baronium et nuperas Hyperaspistas.
De Papa foemina inter Leonem IV et Benedictum III, Disquisitio Historica. Leiden 1691, (Amsterdam) 1694, 1720.
Historia imaginum restituta praecipue adversus Ludovicum Maimburgium et Natalem Alexandrum. Suffering 1680.
De ritu impositionis manuum in Ecclesia, ac degenere ejus usu, Diatriba.
De ritibus quibusdam, praecipue sacramentalibus, in Ecclesia vetere ac praecatoriis, Diatriba, ducens ad prudentiam Christianam circa eorum in Protestantium Ecclesias dissonantium.
De novissimis circa res sacras in Belgio dessidiis. Suffering 1677.
Epistola ad amicum de Praefationis Frisiae accusationibus, cum animadversionibus necessariis ad Censaras, Fictiones et Contumelias famosae scriptionis Johannis van der Wayen. Utrecht 1684.
Animadversiones de Ecclesiarum Politia varia et libera deque Anglicano Episcopatu, adversus fictiones nuperi criminatoris. Suffering 1634.
Judicium expetitum super dissidio Anglicano, et capitibus, quae ad unionem, seu comprehensionem faciunt met een brief van zijn vader aan Daniël Buchananas, over hetzelfde onderwerp.
De divina scripturarum origine et auctoritate contra Profanos oratio. Heidelberg 1657.
De Doctore Theologo.
De auditoriis veterum.
De dissidiis theologorum eorumque causis. Heidelberg 1660.
Super excessu Elisabethae, Palatini Electoris Matris Regiae.
De Prudentia Theologi.
De sacrarum Antiquitatum praestantia.
De erigendis animis in hac Reip. Batavae constitutione oratio. Suffering 1672.
Oratio de Belgicae restitutae admirandis. Suffering 1674.
De Cometarum et naturae totius admirandis.
Oratio funebris in obitum Antonii Hulsii, in Academia Lugduno-Batava Graecae linguae Professoris.
De Bibliothecae Lugduno-Batavae novis auspiciis oratio.
De degenere Christianismo oratio. Suffering 1688.
Allocutio ad Wilhelmum Britauncae Regem et Mariam ejus Conjugem. Leiden 1689.
De corruptis emendandisque studiis oratio.
Laudation funebris Mariae, Reginae Britanniae.
Dedicationes et Inscriptiones vindiciarum Biblicarum, sive examinis locorum controversorum veteris Testamenti Libri tres. 2nd volume Heidelberg 1663, 1st volume Leiden 1685.
Exercitatio Academica in capat septimum Epistolae Pauli ad Romanos.
Diatriba de veterum propter mortuos Baptismo in 1 Cor. XV: 21. Suffering 1673.
Observationes in Leviticum Historiae, Typicae et Morales Selectarum de Religione Controversiarum, etiam cum Graecis et Orientalibus, et cum Judaeis nuperisque Anti scripturariis Elenchus Historico-Theologicus. Leiden 1687, Amsterdam 1694, 1701, Basel 1714.
Specimen stricturarum ad libellum nuperum Episcopi Condomiensis, cum Praefatione supplemento. Accedit de praescriptionis jure adversus novos Methodistas, Exercitatio Academica. Suffering 1681.
Xenia Romana-Catholicoram justo pretio aestimata, et Xeniis Protestantium pari affectu relata. Auctore Timotheo Philaletho.
Lettre à un Ami sur les Motifs, que ont porté un Reformé à se rendre de la communion de Rome, ou l'on repond aux illusions d'une nouvelle Méthode.
Disputatio Inauguralis de Quinquarticulanis controversiis pridem in Belgio agitatis.
Collegium Theologicum (Theses).
Decades Theologicae octo (Theses).

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Cuno: Spanheim, Friedrich the Younger . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 60 f.
Erich Wenneker : Spanheim, Friedrich d. J .. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 885-887. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Otto Thelemann, Sietse Douwes van Veen: Spanheim, Friedrich (the elder) . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 18, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1906, pp. 574-576.
Killy: Literature Lexicon. 2nd Edition. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-022040-7 , vol. 11, p. 87, (online sample)
Handbook of the scholarly culture of the early modern period. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-016069-2 . Vol. 1, p. 623 (online reading sample)
D. Nauta: Biographical Lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands Protestantisme. Uitgevers Maatschappij JH Kok, Kampen 1983, ISBN 90-242-2332-6 ; Vol. 2, p. 411, (online)

Frederik Samuel Knipscheer: SPANHEIM (Frederik) (2) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 10. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 955–956 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1937, reprinted unchanged).

Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem 1874, vol. 17, part 2, p. 886, ( online , Dutch)

Barend Glasius: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederlandsche Godgeleerden. Muller Brothers, 's-Hertogenbosch 1856, Vol. 3, p. 385, ( online , Dutch)

personal data
SURNAME	Spanheim, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Spanheim, Friedrich (the younger); Spanhemius, Fridericus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German church historian
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1632
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	May 18, 1701
Place of death	Suffer