Jacob Axelsson Lindblom

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Jacob Axelsson Lindblom , also simply Jacob, Jakob or JA Lindblom (born July 27, 1746 in Skeda , Östergötland (today part of the Linköping municipality ), † February 15, 1819 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish philologist and Lutheran clergyman, most recently Archbishop of Uppsala . He was one of the leading enlightenment figures in Sweden.

Life

Lindblom, a son of the Lutheran pastor Axel Johan Lindblom, enrolled at Uppsala University in 1763 after attending grammar school in Linköping . The very next year he moved to Livonia as a tutor to a noble family , where he continued his private studies for two years. When he returned to Uppsala, he completed his studies in 1770 with a master's degree . His most important teacher and patron was the philologist Johan Ihr , who got him a job at the university library. Lindblom was promoted to vice librarian until 1776 and had also been teaching Latin from 1773 , which was converted into an extraordinary professorship in 1779. As a close collaborator of yours , he participated in its Lexicon Latino-Svecanum , which was not completed until 1790. After her death, Lindblom was given the prestigious Skyttean professorship for politics and rhetoric in February 1781 .

King Gustav III , who had attended Lindblom's lectures and disputations several times, appointed him (despite a lack of theological training) in 1786 as the successor to the Uno von Troil, who had been appointed archbishop, to the bishop of Linköping . After the ordination quickly made up for , Lindblom was able to take up office in early 1787. Through numerous measures (including the use of illegal distillery and for vaccinations and improved cultivation methods) he has since operated the program of neology , the German Protestant Enlightenment theology, which he also disseminated through translations (including works by Johann Joachim Spalding and Samuel Friedrich Nathanael More ). In the Journal för prester he founded in 1797, Sweden's first theological journal, he also advocated the philosophy of Immanuel Kant . As a member of the State Council , he signed the Unification and Security Act on behalf of the sick archbishop in 1789 , which guaranteed the king greatly expanded rights.

Despite resistance from conservative churchmen, King Gustav IV appointed Adolf Lindblom Archbishop of Uppsala after von Troil's death in March 1805 . He served as the highest dignitary of the Church of Sweden until his death . He saw the revision of the church books as the most important task, for which he made a proposal in 1809. First, in 1810, he submitted a new edition of Olof Svebilius' declaration of catechism . Although it was not made mandatory by the king, it was predominantly in use in the 19th century. He was also able to strongly influence the new agenda of 1811 in the sense of Enlightenment theology. His efforts to revise the translation of the Bible, which was only completed after his death, were less successful. King Charles XIII also followed suit in creating a new hymn book . not the draft of the committee headed by Lindblom; In 1819, however, King Karl XIV. Johann determined Johan Olof Wallin's draft as the official hymn book of the Church of Sweden. Lindblom was also represented here with his own poem and the translation of a song by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert .

After the death of Charles XIII. On February 5, 1818, Lindblom celebrated the coronation of the subsequent King Charles XIV in Stockholm.

Honors

Lindblom received his doctorate from the Theological Faculty in Uppsala in 1793. In 1801 he was accepted as an honorary member of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies , and in 1809 he was accepted into the Swedish Academy (chair 5). In 1818 he was the first clergyman to be awarded the Royal Order of Seraphines .

Fonts (selection)

  • Afsked till presterskapet i Linköpings stift af erke-biskopen ... Linköping 1806.
  • Om böcker hörande till den allmänna undervisningen och religionsvården. Memorial… uppläst i Högv. prest-ståndet June 9th 1809 ... Stockholm 1809.
  • Självbiografiska anteckningar från barndoms- och studieåren . Uppsala 1925

literature

predecessor Office successor
Uno from Troil Archbishop of Uppsala
1805–1819 		Carl von Rosenstein
personal data
SURNAME Lindblom, Jacob Axelsson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindblom, Jakob Axelsson; Lindblom, Jacob; Lindblom, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish philogist and bishop
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH Skeda
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1819
Place of death Uppsala