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Georg Jakob Schwindel (also: Theophilus Sincerus ; * February 7, 1684 in Nuremberg ; † August 14, 1752 in Wöhrd ) was a German Protestant theologian and historian .

Life

The son of the Nuremberg tailor and councilor Georg Schwindel and his wife Esther (née Taubenmerk) were designated by his parents for the office of theologian. In 1698 he attended the Holy Spirit School in his hometown and continued his education at the Aegidianum . In 1703 he moved to the University of Altdorf , where Magnus Daniel Omeis , Daniel Wilhelm Moller and Gustav Georg Zeltner were his teachers, and in 1707 he obtained the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. In 1708 he moved to the University of Jena , where, in addition to his theological studies, he also attended private lectures.

After an educational trip that took him to the universities of Leipzig , Halle and Wittenberg , Berlin and Stargart and other German places, he was accepted as a candidate for the ministry in the Nuremberg seminary in 1712. In 1714 he became a deacon at the Heiligengeist Church in the hospital in Nuremberg and in 1723 received the inspection of the hospital's school for the poor . In 1730 he became a midday preacher at St. Catherine's Church and in 1732 a senior of the college there.

However, in 1739 he got into a critical phase due to defamation. He had been accused of adultery, heresy , blasphemy, sorcery and association with the devil. He was then arrested and released from his office. After proving his innocence, he went to Vienna to clarify the legal situation. He fell ill, returned to Nuremberg, worked for some time as a researcher of church history and died.

Act

Schwindel had a very thorough knowledge of various branches of theological knowledge, but especially of church and literary history. His biographical and bibliographical works stand out among his works, but unfortunately not all of them appeared in print. For example, he had put together a biographical collection in 15 volumes, which contained the material on the biographies of famous theologians in alphabetical order. This manuscript was undoubtedly intended for printing, as the preprinted title shows, which has the following wording: “M. Ge. Jac. Scotomii, Nurinb. Pandectae Theologico-Literariae; or general scholarly priestly lexicon, including almost every Theologi Vita et Scripta, many of them collected memorabilia, elogia, judicia, whose icones, etc., can be found in alphabetical order. Collected with incredible effort and expense. In addition to an accurately made copious Indice Rerum, which immediately indicates what kind of Auctores have written something of this or that theological matter and given it to the light. 1728. "

However, it was more than a priestly lexicon, since it contained not only the biographies of theologians but also other scholars. In particular, Schwindel had gathered news here from learned Nuremberg residents and good Nuremberg families. He also published: “Brief message from the Scriptoribus Lutheri uitam illustrantibus” and wrote “Historical messages from the Scriptoribus Aug. Confessionis including a preliminary report from the Nuremberg-Schwabach and Torgau articles”, which were supposed to come out in 1730 but were not printed.

Works

  • Believer Christian's heavenly key, or prayer book; in addition to Joseph Hall's writing, concerning the question: what kind of thoughts we should have from God in our prayer and in our spiritual meditation. Nuremberg and Altdorf 1707
  • Exercitatio critico - literaria in duas sectiones distincta, quarum prior D. Danzii Literatorem Ebraeo-Chaldaeum modeste examinat; posterior autem Grammaticas neo non Lexica Ebraea ex parte recenset, addita fere ubivis epicrisi etc. Freistadt 1708
  • Eloquentiae ecclemsticae artificium in usum collegii privati. 1710
  • Compendious priest library. Jena 1711, 1743
  • Complete and real priest library. Nuremberg and Leipzig 1721
  • Bibliotheca exegetico-biblica. 1721 ( online )
  • Theophili Sinceri News of all kinds of old and rare books. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1731-1732, 6th item, 1 item ( online )
  • Theophili Sinceri new collection of old and rare books and writings. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1733-1734 6th piece; 1st piece ( online ), 1736 ( online )
  • MGJ Schwindelii Bibliotheca exegetico-biblica. Frankfurt 1724
  • Theophili Sinceri Bibliotheca historico-critica librorum opusculorumque variorum et rariorum, or Analecta litteraria of all kinds of old and rare books and writings. Nuremberg 1736
  • Thesaurus bibliothecalis; That is, an attempt at a general and select library, in which there is not only an accurate register of all kinds of old and new, on trips and otherwise, in the most excellent and famous libraries, books that are well respected, but also of every author and book at the same time Sufficient, and as much as possible, thorough news, along with important information from the Fontium, where to find more of it, together with many other Observationibus litterariis, learned letters from manuscripts, and what only hits the Historiam litterariam, is faithfully communicated. Placed in the light for much use and pleasure of the book lover. (from the year 1450-1570) Nuremberg 1738-1739 4th vol., 1st vol. ( online )
  • Golden jewel of the children of God; or three very edifying treatises on true Christianity; communicated anew by one who seeks God more and more. Nuremberg 1738
  • Own rules of life, suggested as healing means to those who want true Christianity to be serious. Along with some exquisite Christian songs. Nuremberg 1738
  • Notitia librorum veterum rariorumque omnis generis historie-literaria. 1747, Vienna 1753 ( online )

literature

personal data
SURNAME Dizziness, Georg Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theophilus Sincerus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1684
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1752
Place of death Woehrd