Gregor Langemak

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Gregor Langemak (also: Gregorius Langemak (Langemack) ; born November 10, 1671 in Uetersen ; † June 1, 1737 in Stralsund ) was a German theologian .

Life

He was born as the son of Pastor Johann Langemak (1628–1685) and his wife Sophia Johanna on November 10th in Uetersen and spent his childhood and youth there. He later attended the Johanneum in Hamburg and received further training in Braunschweig . At the age of 20, he attended the University in Jena , until he 1696 Kiel the office of a tutor and tutor for the son of the famous theologian Johann Friedrich Mayer took that as a pastor in St. Jacobi Church in Hamburg worked.

In 1701 Johann Friedrich Mayer was appointed general superintendent for the Swedish Pomerania and Langemak followed him to Greifswald , where he accepted the position as vice principal at a school. There he met his future wife Dorothea, whom he married in 1703. In August 1703 he moved to Stralsund . In the same year he became a deacon and in 1714 began cataloging the library named after Henning Leve at the archive library at the city ​​archive in Stralsund. In 1717 he took the position of archdeacon at the St. Nikolai Church until he was appointed pastor on May 22, 1721.

In 1722 the theological faculty in Greifswald awarded him a doctorate. During this time he wrote several writings that were of great importance for the Pomeranian church history. In the Historia Catechetia he attempted for the first time to write a complete history of councilors and councils, thus laying the noteworthy foundation for a part of scientific-practical theology that received great attention in the 18th century. In 1722 he submitted, among other things, a curriculum for the Stralsund school, from which his theological and Latin education as well as a correct understanding of the requirements in the educational field emerged. Later other writings and publications followed, which received great attention in Germany.

Works (selection)

  • De Pontificibus uxoratis et filiis patrum in pontificatu successoribus. Reuther, Kiel 1699 ( digitized version ).
  • Dissertatio Fridericiana de hymno (Receive us Lord by your word ). Reuther, Kiel 1707.
  • Historia Catechetica or Collected News on a Catechetical History. Lochmann, Stralsund 1729–40 ( digitized, vol. 1 ; vol. 2 ; vol. 3 ).
  • Oratio de providentia divina circa reformation Sundensen Reformationem. Schindler, Stralsund 1723 ( digitized version ).
  • History of the Augspurgischen Conference. Which The Evangelical Ihro Käyserl. Surrendered to Majesty and all imperial estates on the imperial day in Augspurg, 1530. June 25th. Löffler, Stralsund / Greifswald 1730 ( digitized ).

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SURNAME Langemak, Gregor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Langemak, Gregorius; Langemack, Gregor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1671
PLACE OF BIRTH Uetersen
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1737
Place of death Stralsund