Georg Jakob Pauli

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Georg Jakob Pauli (born July 24, 1722 in Braunschweig , † February 23, 1795 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

The son of the theologian Hermann Reinhold Pauli and brother of Ernst Ludwig Pauli and Hermann Gottfried Pauli attended the reformed high school illustrious and studied theology at the University of Halle . After completing his studies, he was accepted into the seminary of the Berliner Domstift in 1745 .

In October of the next year, Pauli accepted the rectorate of a reformed grammar school in Halle to support his father. He took office on January 2, 1747 with his speech de initiis physicae et ethicae in scholis non negligendis . In 1750 he became the third preacher of the cathedral parish, the following year, after his father's death, a preacher in Berlin and then, in 1765, in Halberstadt , where he was also consistorial councilor and court preacher.

Finally, in 1774, Pauli was appointed the first preacher at Hallesches Dom while retaining these offices , and he also became a reformed church and community inspector in the Saalkreis .

Pauli died in 1795. He reached the age of 72 years. His second wife was Susanne Magdalene, née Dohlhoff.

Act

Pauli was considered a hardworking and popular preacher. As a theologian, he is described as a "rationalist eager to remove everything mystical".

Towards the end of the 1780s, Pauli published an appendix for the old Halle hymn book, which contained a hundred songs.

Shortly before his death in 1795, Pauli published a hymn book for the Halle community with the then second cathedral preacher Johann Karl Pischon, who later became court preacher at Potsdam . The hymn book was introduced on March 8; on this day Pischon also gave the memorial sermon for Pauli, who had died a few days earlier.

For this hymn book Pauli also composed some songs himself. Pischon said in his funeral sermon on Pauli that the improvement of the hymn book was largely due to him. One of his songs is come and eat the bread of the covenant . This was highlighted by the unknown author of the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie as the best hymn of Pauli, among other things it was still to be found in a Berlin hymn book in 1829. Pauli's other songs, however, were insignificant and quickly forgotten. In addition, he composed some of the older songs for his hymn book.

In addition, Pauli wrote sermons about the suffering and death of Jesus Christ , which appeared in three volumes and can be assigned to the edification literature. He is also the author of a draft of catechetical or popular theology that was intended for university lectures. He also wrote treatises on some important passages in the New Testament . Both works show Pauli as an enlightened religion teacher who did not want to lag behind the advances of his age .

In addition, Pauli wrote contributions to journals, such as the Berlin library , the general theological library , the Hallisches Wochenblatt and others.

Works

  • Progr. De occasione Psalmi XXXIV conscribendi (Hall 1747)
  • Progr. De condemnationis atque supplicii Christi tempore, ad concilianda loca Marc. 15, 25 et Joh. 19, 14 (Hall 1748)
  • Progr. De adolescente opulento (Hall 1748)
  • Progr. De auctoribus classicis, in Christianorum scholis caute tractandis (Hall 1749)
  • Progr. II de Jesu Christi sapientia in eligendis et praeparandis Apostolis conspicua (Hall 1749/1750)
  • Sermons about the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ (two volumes, hall 1768–1869, volume three hall 1780)
  • Inner and active Christianity, presented for private practice (Halle 1771)
  • The word of the Lord to rich and poor, spoken in his time (Halberstadt 1772)
  • Treatises on some important passages of the New Testament and answers to some questions from the life story of Jesus Christ (Riga 1773)
  • Draft of a catechetical and popular theology, dedicated to public lectures (Hall 1778, second edition Hall 1785)
  • Heidelberg Catechism, with short explanations and many testimonies from the Holy Scriptures (Halle 1781)
  • Extract from the Heidelberg Catechism (Halle 1783)
  • Sermons on selected passages from the scriptures; in addition to a consideration of scriptural sermons (Hall 1786)
  • Speech at the blessing of his son (Hall 1786)
  • Speech at the introduction of a new preacher at the cathedral parish (Hall 1786)
  • Jubilee of the German-Reformed cathedral community in Halle on April 20, 1788 (Halle 1788)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Schleiermacher et al .: Critical Complete Edition: Briefwechsel and biographical documents , Volume 2, 1988, p. 509, online
  2. ↑ For example in his entry in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .
  3. ↑ Quoting from Döring, p. 231

literature

personal data
SURNAME Pauli, Georg Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1795
Place of death Halle (Saale)