Heinrich Wolff (theologian)

Heinrich Wolff (born November 15, 1733 in Krummenteich , † May 15, 1801 in Oldesloe ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Wolff received his training at the Johanneum in Hamburg . In 1755 he then moved to the University of Jena to study theology; two years later he moved to the University of Helmstedt . After he had passed the candidate examination in Hamburg three years later in Altona and Kiel in 1758 , he helped set up the Hamburg City Library . Finally, on June 1, 1762, he was appointed as a deacon in Wesselburen . He became chief pastor there in 1766. After the University of Kiel had awarded him the degree of doctor of theology in 1791 , he took up the post of chief pastor in Oldesloe the following year. Wolff died there in 1801 at the age of 67.

Works

• Thoughts together with the content of his recently delivered sermons (Hamburg 1762)
• Thoughts and content of his sermons on the epistles in 1782 (Hamburg 1783)
• About the field mice in Vorderdithmarschen (Hamburg 1786)
• Attempt to answer the question: Why people speak so little and so rarely about God in their dealings and in their societies, since their conversations cannot have any useful subject (Kiel 1792)
• Attempt to destroy the field mice (Kiel 1794)

literature

• Carsten Erich Carstens :  Wolff, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 33 f.