Henricus Klugkist

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Henricus Klugkist (born March 5, 1681 in Eexta (near Scheemda ), † June 3, 1748 in Weener ) was a German Reformed theologian and preacher in Weener ( East Friesland ).

Life

Henricus Klugkist was born in 1681 as the son of the teacher Siwert Klugkist (* around 1643 in Eexta; † 13 September 1722 in Eexta) and by Trijntjen Wessels Linthuis (* around 1650 in Weener; † July 1709 in Eexta) in Eexta. He studied theology in Groningen and followed his brother Conradus Klugkist (1670-1740). Henricus Klugkist married on October 23, 1706 Winschoten Wubke Derks Mesting (1682 to 1751) from Winschoten. Her only son Sijwert (Sieverdus) (* 1709 in Weener; † November 13, 1750 in St. Georgiwold ) was a preacher in Rysum until 1735 and then in St. Georgiwold until his death. From 1706 to 1748 Henricus was pastor in the Evangelical Reformed Church in Weener, where he served the community for 42 years. Weener would remain his only job. He was influenced by Dutch pietism , the "Nadere Reformatie", and was close to the Emden preachers Johannes Alardin and Ernst Wilhelm Buchfelder. His exemplary way of life and his unfeigned faith had an authentic and convincing effect on many, so that congregation life flourished and the congregation was able to employ a second pastor. Under his influence, his younger colleague Wilhelmus Schortinghuis joined Pietism. With his proclamation, however, Klugkist not only made friends among the Weenerans, so that in 1725 the East Frisian Prince Carl Edzard felt compelled to forbid ridicule of the two pastors. Klugkist's little catechetical book Kort uittrecksel uit het grote catechesatie boek , which presumably summarizes the Great Emden Catechism (1546), has not survived . However, in his Geestelijke (1726) Schortinghuis wrote a song or a prayer for each of the 48 main parts of Klugkist's catechism.

Klugkist fought against moral vices in Weener. Bird shooting, which is popular in East Frisia, was controversial even before the rise of Pietism and was often banned, but only abolished in Weener under Klugkist and Schortinghuis. On Klugkist's grave there is an inscription: “With the speech of tremendous power, comparable to thunder, like Barnabas once, Mr. Klugkist awakened souls to faith, drew them to God and gave consolation to those who were sad. Enemy of the sinful world and friend of all the truly pious ”.

literature

  • Willem Balke: Het Pietisme in Oostfriesland . In: Theologia Reformata . Vol. 21, 1978, pp. 308-327.
  • Hinrich Geerdes, Egon Smid: St. Georgiwold. A village with many names. H. Risius, Weener 2014.
  • Heinrich Heppe: History of Pietism and Mysticism in the Reformed Church . EJ Brill, Leiden 1879.
  • Walter Hilbrands : On the history of the reformed church in Weener . In: Church council of the evangelical reformed community Weener (ed.): Festschrift 300 years of the Arp Schnitger organ . H. Risius, Weener 2010, p. 63-83 .
  • Walter Hollweg: The history of older Pietism in the Reformed communities of East Frisia from their beginnings to the great awakening movement (around 1650–1750) . Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1978.
  • Alex Klugkist: De Nadere Reformatie in Groningen en Oost-Friesland en de invloed hierop van de familie Klugkist . In: Bibliotheek, Wetenschap en Cultuur: Opstellen aangeboden aan mr. WRH Koops bij zijn afscheid as the library of the Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen . Universiteitsbibliotheek, Groningen 1990, pp. 464-488.
  • Aeilt Fr. Risius: From Weener's ecclesiastical past: testimonies to the thousand-year history of the local church . In: Festschrift for the commissioning of the renovated St. George's Church in Weener . 1972, pp. 17-28.
  • Menno Smid : East Frisian Church History . H. Risius, Weener 1974 (East Friesland in the protection of the dike, vol. 6).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geerdes, Smid: St. Georgiwold. 2014, p. 126.
  2. ^ Klugkist: De Nadere Reformatie , 1990, p. 482.
  3. ↑ Heppe: History of Pietism , 1879, p. 422.
  4. ↑ Balke: Het Pietisme in Oostfriesland , 1978, p 321st
  5. ^ Klugkist: De Nadere Reformatie , 1990, p. 484.
  6. ↑ Hollweg: History of the older Pietism. 1978, p. 119 f.
  7. ↑ Risius: From Weener's ecclesiastical past. 1972, p. 24. The Dutch original reads: “Weenders donder zoon en wecker / Barnabas en targeten trecker / s'Waerelds Vyand, vromen vriend / Was Heer Klugkists ware Print”.
personal data
SURNAME Klugkist, Henricus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1681
PLACE OF BIRTH Eexta
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1748
Place of death Weener