Hermann Alexander Roëll

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Hermann Alexander Roëll

Hermann Alexander Roëll (also: Röell; * 1653 on Gut Dölberg in Unna- Lünern ; † July 12, 1718 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and philosopher .

Life

Hermann Alexander Roëll was born as the son of the Brandenburg horseman Johann von Roell (1599–1656) and his wife Elisabeth, née Brüggemann. His mother died in the second year of his life, and his father died the following year. Roëll was trained in Hamm and Unna . In 1670 he began studying theology at the University of Utrecht and then at the University of Groningen . At an early age he had already decided to pursue a theological career later. Because of the war, however, he fled the Netherlands and continued his studies in Bremen , Marburg , Heidelberg and Zurich , then studied in Hamm and Leiden , before becoming a preacher in Cologne in 1677 . However, he never took up this position because a year and a half illness prevented him from doing so. After he had overcome the illness, he became court preacher of the Countess Palatine Elisabeth , the abbess of the Herford monastery .

When she died in 1680, Roëll privatized in Bremen and in the following year became court preacher to Albertine Agnes von Orange-Nassau . Since 1682 active as a preacher in Deventer , he was also appointed to the theology teacher at the local grammar school . He was also wanted as a teacher at the University of Groningen, but he turned down the offer and in 1685 moved to Franeker University as a full professor of philosophy and theology . At the same time he received his doctorate in theology and philosophy.

In 1685 he first gave his lecture De religione rationali in Franeker , which was published the following year in Dutch and Latin. This work, however, gave rise to heated discussions that followed. As early as 1686 a pamphlet appeared against himself and the Roëllians, De recta ratiocinatione . At first, the theologian Campegius Vitringa the Elder , who had studied with Roëll, wrote several pamphlets. Later other people also took part, for example the university professor David Hugvenius .

Soon, however, there was an agreement between the two parties in Franeker; both Roëll and his opponents promised to end the dispute, and Roëll went on to say that he would not spread his teaching through further writings or orally. In 1704 he was appointed to the University of Utrecht, where he was rector in 1706/07 . However, at this time the dispute flared up again, but this time neither Roëll nor his direct opponents were involved. Many synods were asked for their opinion, 20 rated the teaching as erroneous and extremely dangerous . In 1724, the theological faculty in Leiden published the text Judicium ecclesiasticum, quo opiniones quaedam Roellii synodice damnatae sunt , a detailed text on the dispute.

He married Cornelia Bailli, who came from Amsterdam . His son Dionysius Alexander Roëll, doctor of theology and philosophy, university professor and later mayor of Deventer, defended himself against the allegations against his father. For years after his death, the dispute had not died down.

Works

  • Oratio inaug. de Religione rationali. Franeker 1686
  • In the vorm eener dissertation (distincta in Paragraphis, additis a Gisb. Wessel Dukero lemmatibus) Franeker 1689, 1695, 1700, Herborn 1705, Utrecht 1713, 1705
  • Dissertationes duae de generatione Filii et Morte fidelium temporali. Franeker 1689 and 1690
  • Dissertatio philosophica de Mentis existentia.
  • Exercitationes theol. tres, ad 1 Tim. 1: 5. Franeker 1692
  • Dissertationes philosophicae, de Theol. naturali duae, de Ideis innatis una, G. de Vries Diatribae oppositae. Franeker 1700
  • Oratio funebris de vita et morte Philippi Matthaei, hou. Medicinae in Acad. Fris, professors. Franeker 1701
  • Disputatio theologica de sanctitate Dei et hominis. Utrecht 1706
  • Commentarius in principium Epistolae Pauli ad Ephesios. Leiden 1715

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SURNAME Roëll, Hermann Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Reformed theologian and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH 1653
PLACE OF BIRTH Gut Dölberg, Unna- Lünern
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1718
Place of death Utrecht