Gerhard Friederich

Gerhard Friederich (born January 2, 1779 in Frankfurt am Main , † October 30, 1862 there ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and writer .

Life

The son of a Frankfurt merchant attended the Lyceum Grünstadt , the Lyceum Wertheim and the municipal high school in Frankfurt . From 1797 to 1804 he studied theology in Jena , Marburg and Heidelberg . He returned to Frankfurt as a candidate and served there initially as an early preacher in the Kastenhospital , the municipal institution for the insane and epileptic . In 1806 the University of Giessen made him a doctorate in philosophy . In 1808 he became parish vicar at the Peterskirche , in 1812 pastor of the church in Bornheim . In 1816 he was appointed pastor in the Ministry of Preachers in Frankfurt, initially as an afternoon preacher at St. Peter's Church. In 1820 he became early preacher at the Weißfrauenkirche , in 1832 pastor of the Katharinenkirche .

To mark the 300th anniversary of the handover of the Confessio Augustana , the universities of Jena and Leipzig awarded him the honorary doctorate in theology in 1830 . In 1842 Friederich became a member of the Lutheran Consistory of the Free City of Frankfurt , and in 1851 its chairman. In 1857, as part of a reform of the Evangelical Ecclesiastical Constitution in Frankfurt , the Lutheran parish council raised him to senior position in the Ministry of Preachers, an office that had been suspended since Wilhelm Friedrich Hufnagel's retirement in 1823. On April 6, 1858, he celebrated his golden jubilee of ordination and retired at the end of the year.

Friederich had been a Freemason since 1808 and a member of the Frankfurt Freemason Lodge "Socrates for steadfastness". He was a grandmaster in the Frankfurt-based grand lodge Eclectic Bund .

Friederich was a prolific writer and published numerous works that he dedicated to ruling princes . His writings include sermons , popular edification books ( Heliodor , Serena ), morning and evening services, and two religious epic poems ( Luther , 1817 and Gustav Adolfs Heldentod , 1832). He published the magazine Der Protestant , initially alone, from 1827 together with Count Karl Christian Ernst von Bentzel-Sternau , a former minister of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt , who converted under his influence .

Friederich stood entirely in the tradition of theological rationalism . He demarcated himself sharply against “ mysticism ” and “ obscurantism ” and was close to the friends of light . From 1836 onwards, together with other clergymen, he published the magazine Der evangelische Lichtfreund , which advocated a rational Bible Protestantism and rejected pietism . He was considered an eloquent and witty preacher and belonged to the liberal bourgeoisie. During the pre-March period , he spoke and wrote for the equality of all citizens regardless of religion, including Jews. On April 2, 1848, he welcomed the members of the preliminary parliament , which had met on March 31, with an enthusiastic sermon from the pulpit of the Katharinenkirche.

Friederichs died in Frankfurt on October 30, 1862.

Works (selection)

The Jews and their opponents, a word to heart for friends of the truth, against fanatics. Frankfurt am Main, 1816
Speeches dedicated to religion and the fatherland. Frankfurt am Main, 1816
Luther. Frankfurt am Main, 1824
Gustav Adolf's heroic death for Germany's freedom. Historical poem in four songs. Stuttgart, 1832
Out of my life. Giessen, 1842
Brief description of the 50th anniversary celebration. 1848
The truth and biblical integrity of the evangelical church. 1852
The virgin after entering the world. For religiously educated daughters.

literature

Georg Eduard Steitz : Friederich, Gerhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 389 f.
Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . First volume. A – L (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 1 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-0444-3 , p. 221 .
Jürgen Telschow, Elisabeth Reiter: The Protestant Pastors of Frankfurt am Main (= series of publications of the Evangelical Regional Association Frankfurt am Main . No. 6 ). Evangelischer Regionalverband, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-922179-01-1 ( formally incorrect ) , p. 94 .

Web links

Works by and about Gerhard Friederich in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

^ Jürgen Telschow: History of the Evangelical Church in Frankfurt am Main . From the Reformation to the end of Frankfurt independence in 1866 (= series of publications of the Evangelical Regional Association Frankfurt am Main . Volume 1 , no. 40 ). Evangelical Regional Association, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-922179-53-5 , p. 393-94 .
↑ Telschow, Geschichte , pp. 437-438

personal data
SURNAME	Friederich, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tyretus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 2, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	October 30, 1862
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] Jürgen Telschow: History of the Evangelical Church in Frankfurt am Main . From the Reformation to the end of Frankfurt independence in 1866 (= series of publications of the Evangelical Regional Association Frankfurt am Main . Volume 1 , no. 40 ). Evangelical Regional Association, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-922179-53-5 , p. 393-94 .

[2] Telschow, Geschichte , pp. 437-438