Heinrich Muhlius

Heinrich Muhlius (born March 7, 1666 in Bremen , † December 7, 1733 in Kiel ) was a German Protestant theologian and general superintendent in the ducal Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf .

Life

Heinrich Muhlius was born in Bremen on March 7, 1666 and initially studied at the University of Kiel . The University of Leipzig awarded him a master's degree in 1690 . He was then placed as a professor at Kiel University for Greek and Oriental languages, for poetry and for rhetoric . In 1695 he only taught theology, at the same time he was appointed inspector of Schleswig-Holstein schools. Two years later he was appointed as the successor to his father-in-law Gabriel Wedderkop as the main pastor of the Nikolaikirche in Kiel, although the magistrate allegedly did not agree. That is why he gave up his office in the same year, but in return became both ducal Gottorpschen general superintendent, Oberhof preacher and senior consistorial councilor and provost . In addition, he held a position as an honorary professor at the university, received his doctorate in theology in 1699 and, with Magnus von Wedderkop, also worked as a visitor to the university from 1706 . From 1708 he held the post of theology teacher at the university again. Shortly afterwards, after the fall of Magnus von Wedderkop, he had to give up the office of visitor, inspector and court preacher, but he remained general superintendent and professor. After Muhlius became a senior at the university in 1724 .

Heinrich Muhlius had already acquired the Muhlius Chapel in the Bordesholm monastery church during his lifetime , where he was buried after his death in December 1733.

Muhlius is one of the heads of pietism in Schleswig-Holstein and was involved in several controversies, including a. he defended his predecessor Caspar Hermann Sandhagen against the accusation of his colleague Josua Schwartz of attaching a heresy.

Works

• Brief display of false accusations Dr. J. Schwarzens against him. (Schleswig 1702)
• Discussion of various issues that are currently aroused, along with a preliminary report by Dr. J. Schwarzen's recently published treatise on Chiliastic Preludes, etc. (1705)
• The unadulterated meaning of our dear father D. Martini Lutheri, examined in the disputed doctrine of the true bliss of the believers here in this life and appropriately compiled from all his writings (Kiel 1708)
• De eo quod iustum est circa religionem et libros nos symbolicos (1713)
• Dissertationes historico-theologicae (Kiel 1715)
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church, vilified after the image of its head and Savior, and again defended by some blasphemies (Hamburg 1720)
• Forced defense and salvation of the Evangelical Lutheran Truth (Hamburg 1721)

literature

• Carsten Erich Carstens :  Muhlius, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 481 f.
• Wolfgang Bauch: The hereditary burial of the Muhlius family from Kiel in the Bordesholm collegiate church. In: Communication from the Society for Kiel City History , Volume 89, Issue 2, pp. 76–89
• Manfred Jakubowski-Tiessen : The early Pietism in Schleswig-Holstein. Origin, development and structure. Göttingen 1983

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Bauch: The hereditary burial of the Muhlius family from Kiel in the Bordesholmer collegiate church. In: Communication from the Society for Kiel City History, Volume 89, Issue 2, pp. 76–89

predecessor	Office	successor
Caspar Hermann Sandhagen	General superintendent for Holstein, ducal share 1698 - 1733	Georg Heinrich Reimarus
Caspar Hermann Sandhagen	General superintendent for Schleswig ducal share 1698 - 1714 (1713/1720 Schleswig ducal share was added to the royal share)	Theodor Dassov (as general superintendent for all of Schleswig)