Gottfried Petri

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Gottfried Petri (born January 16, 1713 in Eppenrod ; † May 5, 1781 ) was a German clergyman .

Life

Gottfried Petri was a son of the consistorial councilor Johann Daniel Petri. After his first school education in Eppenrod, which at that time belonged to the Anhalt-Bernburg County of Holzappel , he attended high schools in Herborn and Bremen from 1729 to 1731 . He devoted himself to the study of theology and, after first stepping into the pulpit in 1732, was accepted as a candidate for the office of preacher in Bremen in 1734. After the ordination he received there, Prince Viktor Amadeus Adolf von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym appointed him his court preacher in March 1737. At the same time he took over the religious instruction of Prince Karl Ludwig and Franz Adolf. In November 1739 he became chief preacher in Hoym in the Anhalt-Bernburg region. He held this position until his death in 1781 at the age of 68.

In the writings of the Anhalt German Society, of which Petri was a member, there are several treatises and essays by him, including:

  • Writing for the benefit of reprimand (1st vol., 1st St., p. 90 ff.)
  • Second letter for the benefit of the censure (1st vol., 3rd St., p. 163 ff.)
  • Investigation of the question of whether it is an art for a German to speak German? (1st volume, 6th St., p. 431 ff.)
  • Continued investigation of this question (2nd vol., 1st St., p. 44 ff.)
  • Talk of the obligation of a scholar to rely on the correctness and purity of the German language (2nd vol., 3rd St., pp. 208 ff.)

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personal data
SURNAME Petri, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH Eppenrod
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1781