Gottfried Thomasius (theologian)

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the physician of the same name, see Gottfried Thomasius (Mediziner)

Gottfried Thomasius (born June 26, 1802 in Egenhausen , Middle Franconia , † January 24, 1875 in Erlangen ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Memorial plaque for Gottfried Thomasius at the house at Halbmondstrasse 2 in Erlangen

Gottfried Thomasius was a great-great-grandson of Christian Thomasius . He attended high school in Ansbach and studied theology and philosophy in Erlangen, Halle and Berlin from 1821 to 1825 . In 1822 he became a member of the Onoldia Corps . In 1829 he became pastor in Nuremberg , later at the same time a religion teacher at the local grammar school, and in 1842 a full professor of dogmatics and university preacher in Erlangen. He was one of the most influential representatives of Lutheran awakening theology and, alongside Johann von Hofmann, was the most respected head of the Erlangen school . He died on January 24, 1875 at the age of 72 in Erlangen.

In 1830 in Ansbach he married Caroline Sophie Christiane Julie Marie Lehmus, daughter of the dean and pastor at the St. Johannis Church in Ansbach Theodor Lehmus and Henriette Mohl. The marriage has two children: Henriette and Adelheid Thomasius. The latter marries August von Bechmann , who was a university professor in Munich.

Fonts

In addition to several collections of sermons, religious textbooks and works for church purposes, Thomasius' most important writings are:

• Origen . A contribution to the history of dogma in the 3rd century , Nuremberg 1837
• Contributions to ecclesiastical Christology , Nuremberg 1845
• The Confession of the Lutheran Church as a consequence of its principle , Nuremberg 1848
• Christ's person and work. Presentation of Evangelical Lutheran dogmatics from the center of Christology , 3 volumes, Erlangen 1852–61; 3rd edition, ed. by FJ Winter, 2 volumes, 1888
• The Lutheran Church's Confession of Reconciliation , Erlangen 1857
• The reawakening of Protestant life in the Lutheran Church of Bavaria. A piece of southern German church history 1800-1840 , Erlangen 1867
• The Christian history of dogma as the history of the development of the Christian concept of teaching , 2 volumes, Erlangen 1874–76; 2nd ed., Ed. von Bonwetsch and Seeberg, 1886–89
• Practical interpretation of Pauli's letter to the Colossians , Erlangen 1869

literature

• Paul Tschackert :  Thomasius, Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 102-104.
• Peter Aschoff : The Church in the Life and Work of Gottfried Thomasius (1802-1875). Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 1999, ISBN 3-579-00388-7 .
• Sebastian Renz: Reconciliation as the center of Christian life. Gottfried Thomasius (1802-1875). Development, significance and perspectives of a Lutheran theology . Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin (WVB), Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86573-258-3 .

Web links

Commons : Gottfried Thomasius  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Gottfried Thomasius  - sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Gottfried Thomasius in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910, 42/228.