Gottlob Friedrich Seligmann

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Portrait of Gottlob Friedrich Seligmann, 17th century copper engraving

Gottlob Friedrich Seligmann, also: Seeligmann (born November 21, 1654 in Hainewalde ; † December 24, 1707 in Dresden ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

Born as the son of the pastor and later archdeacon von Zittau and his wife Katharina, the daughter of the pastor in Gröditz, Caspar Thomä, Seligmann initially received his first training in his parents' house from his father. Soon he was able to attend high school in Zittau.

First time in Leipzig

He left Zittau with sufficient training in order to enroll at the University of Leipzig on June 1, 1674 . At first he was engaged in studies at the philosophical faculty, acquired the degree of a baccalaureus in 1675 and became a master of arts in 1676 . In the same year Seligmann found admission to the philosophical faculty and entered the preachers' college , where he gave various lectures. Through further disputations in 1678 and 1679 he got a respondent position with the famous Johann Benedict Carpzov II.

Rostock time

In 1680 he was commissioned to supervise a Holstein nobleman and went to Rostock because of the plague that occurred in Leipzig . There he stood out at the University of Rostock so that he received a professorship for physics and metaphysics . In 1683 he took over the position of archdeacon at the St. Jacobi Church in the Hanseatic city and in the same year became rector of the university there. On August 31, 1686, Seligmann obtained a licentiate in theology and went back to Leipzig.

Second time in Leipzig

In Leipzig, where he in 1686 at the Nikolai Church had accepted the position of a Deacon and a doctorate in theology at the November 9, 1692 doctorate , he was then archdeacon at St. Thomas Church . Since he had already become an associate professor at the theological faculty in 1698, he was given a full professorship in 1700 and transferred to the Great Princes College . In the winter semester of 1700 and 1706, he administered the office of rector of the University of Leipzig, in 1702 was a Leipzig deputy at the university jubilee of the University of Wittenberg, was dean of the theological faculty for the first time in 1704 and administered the grand provosty of the old villages for a year. For a short time in October 1707 he again accepted the deanery of the theological faculty.

Death in Dresden

On the first Sunday of Advent in 1707 he succeeded Samuel Benedict Carpzov as court preacher and senior consistorial councilor in Dresden. However, he delivered this sermon, which was held on December 4th, in a somewhat sickly manner; a stone disease accompanied by a fever set in, which the doctors initially got under control. However, there was a relapse on December 23rd and he passed away the following day.

On December 26th, his body was buried in the sacristy of the Sophienkirche and on December 30th a public memorial service was held. After an autopsy scheduled by the electorate , a stone was found that weighed six plumb bobs and three ounces . In the left kidney there were three stones the size of hazelnuts, which had caused the inflammation. Because of their unusual shape and form, they were brought to the royal-electoral natural history cabinet and kept there.

Family and descendants

His marriage to Anne Elisabeth, daughter of the Rostock council Ernst Sutzmann, in Rostock on May 8, 1683, resulted in four children, a son and three girls.

  • The eldest daughter, Johanna Katharina, born in Rostock, married Heinrich Pipping on April 19, 1700 , who later became the chief court preacher.
  • The daughter Margaretha Elisabeth, born in Leipzig, married Friedrich Friese, Doctor of Laws and later assessor of the law faculty of the University of Leipzig, in 1705.
  • The youngest daughter Christina Maria died early.
  • His only son Christian Gottlob studied law, married in Magdeburg and died there in January 1730.

His widow went back to Leipzig and then to Naumburg (Saale) , where she died.

Appreciation

His contemporaries describe him as a handsome, friendly and invigorating person who was rhetorically skilled and able to communicate with the young students. Thus he was also well versed in the beautiful sciences and was also open to innovations in the field of theology. He tried largely to stay out of the theological disputes of his time and left them to other theologians.

Doctorates under the chairmanship of Seligmann

  • Johann Fritzsch: Johannis Georgii I. Vitam breviter adumbratam . Georg, Leipzig 1676
  • Johann Konrad Glaser: De campana urinatoria . Uhmann, Leipzig 1677
  • De iis, qui in pacificationem se interponunt . Uhmann, Leipzig 1678
  • Ulrich Mente: Sententiam Dn. D. Alberti, quae est "Notitiam status integri naturalem non esse", superiorum indultu, contra Dr. Strimesium . Brand, Leipzig 1679
  • Heinrich von Qualen: De casu oblatis in sapientiam versis vertendis . Keilenberg, Rostock 1681
  • Johann Christoph von Lübken: Moralia in compendio ie Virtuosas actiones nostras ex amore, velut scaturgine, deductas . Rostock 1681
  • Salomon Spranger: De homnibus ένυδςοβίοις . Rostock 1681
  • Johannes Postel: Sciagraphiam virium imaginationis . Reichel, Rostock 1682
  • Joachim Lehmert: Exercitium Anticartesianum ie Theses non nullae contra ea quae sub initium philosophiae in dubium vocari posse creddidit Renatus Descartus . Rostock 1682
  • Leonhard Nikolaus Elvern: De cunctatore bono . Rostock 1683
  • Johann Büsch: De iis, in quibus philosophia dormitare vel haerere videtur . Reichel, Rostock 1683
  • Johann Heinrich Göttel: Ideam studiosi politices compendiose descriptam . Rostock 1683
  • Amandus Gotthold Fehmel: Mariam I., reginam Angliae, quibusdam politicis et moralibus observationibus illustratam . Rostock 1684
  • Joachim Otto: Theses anticartensianae miscellaneae . Rostock 1684
  • Daniel Albrecht: De philosopho conciliatore . Wepplinger, Rostock 1685
  • Gottlob Voltz: Ideam studiosi polymathesterii ad altiorem sapietiam aspirantis breviusculis thesibus . Reichel, Leipzig 1685
  • De baoscopiis . Rostock 1686
  • Justus Christoph Schomer: De pessimo heuremati sentiendi et credendi libertinismo . Wepplinger, Rostock 1686
  • Hermann Joachim Hahn : De iis, quae circa receptam de sabbatho doctrinam a non nemine nuper in dubiam vocata sunt . Stock, Leipzig 1703
  • Adolf Friedrich Dermann: Cultum defunctorum uti viget inter pontificios, et eo inprimis, de quo apud et ob Chinenses controvertitur . Tietze, Leipzig 1703
  • Johann Christoph Eibelhuber: De precibus earumque efficacia . Tietze, Leipzig 1705
  • Johann Möbius: De autoritate librorum symbolicorum non repudianda . Tietze, Leipzig 1706
  • Valentin Alberti: Fridericus fortis sive admosus, politicis quibusdam discursibus illustratus . Tietze, Leipzig 1675
  • Gottfried Nikolaus Ittig: Philosophica de fide . Wittigau, Leipzig 1676

Works

Latin

  • Amplissimaq (ue) Facultate Philosophica suffragante, De Baroscopiis . Rostochii 1686, online edition of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
  • Ea, sine quibus Exerceititium Concionatorium vix commode potst. Suscipi, breviter ac clare comprehensa, Leipzig 1688
  • Oratio Sacra or Collegium Pasterale, 1709
  • Orationes & Programmata varii argumenti, e museo Henrici Pippingii, Dresden 1712

German

  • The church devotions, Leipzig 1694
  • The praised bliss of God's churches, Leipzig 1708
  • The joyful courage in God, from Isa. XLI 10. by the corpse of the blessed D. Capzovin
  • The chosen ones in heaven, on Apoc. VII. 13
  • The dear Jerimias of our times, from Jer. XV. 19 at the corpse of the blessed D. Capzov
  • The most blessed mass, from Psalm XXXVII.
  • The most holy Christian joy of a pious and godly even of this time, from the words: Lord Jesus, I live to you etc.
  • The right Israelite and pious Christian in his suffering, from Psalm XXXIX
  • The sweet sight of the death of a believing and pious Christian, from Phil. I. 21
  • The righteous in his death, from Psalm CXVIII. 17. 21.
  • One in God soothed Jonah's most blessed consolation thoughts, from Psalm CXIX. 76
  • A pious soul, whose joy is that it holds itself to God, from Heb. X. 35. 36.
  • A pious Abraham of the city of Leipzig in his Abrahamic faith, from Hebr. XI. 17. 19 by the corpse of Mr. Wolff Abraham Burst
  • The excellent motto of a God-serene mind, from Matt. XXVI. 39. by the corpse of Mr. M. Albrecht Christian Rotth
  • The pious Maria Sophia of the city of Leipzig, who actually knew how to assert what her name brought with her, from Psalm LXXI. II. 19. 23 near the body of Mrs. D. Platzin
  • The honor and most glorious wisdom in a wise readiness for death from Joh. VI. 54

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predecessor Office successor
Samuel Benedict Carpzov Court preacher in Dresden
1707–1708 		Heinrich Pipping
personal data
SURNAME Seligmann, Gottlob Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seeligmann, Gottlob Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH Hainewalde
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1707
Place of death Dresden