Joachim Lütkemann

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Joachim Lütkemann at the age of 43
Portrait of Lütkemann

Joachim Lütkemann (born December 15, 1608 in Demmin , † October 18, 1655 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German Lutheran theologian and writer of edification .

Life

Joachim Lütkemann was a son of the Demmin pharmacist and mayor Samuel Lütkemann and his wife Katharina, born. Pikeperch. After attending school in Demmin, he went (1624) to the University of Greifswald, then (1626) to the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin . Then (1629–1634) he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Strasbourg. In Strasbourg he was shaped by the teachings of Johann Conrad Dannhauer and Johann Schmidt, who later also became the teachers of Philipp Jakob Spener. After a study trip through France and Italy, he went to the University of Rostock in November 1637 , where he completed his studies as a magister legens at the philosophical faculty in 1638 .

In 1639 he was elected deacon of the Rostock Jakobikirche and in the same year he succeeded the late Magister Zacharias Deutsch as archdeacon , whose widow Dorothea he married. In 1643 he became professor of metaphysics and physics at the University of Rostock. 1646 disputed He De natura et viribus gratiae at the University of Greifswald per licentia . From November 1646 he was allowed to hold theological exercises in Rostock and was elected rector of the university. In 1648 he was in Greifswald De baptismo a doctorate in theology doctorate .

In 1649 Lütkemann put up the assertion in a posting of theses that Jesus Christ was not a real person during the three days of his death ( tempore mortis ), since the connection of body and soul belongs to the real human being, but in death the soul leaves the body. Lütkemann's real intention was to assert the true death of the Son of God. This led to a controversy with the Rostock theologian Johannes Cothmann . After Lütkemann had been denounced as a false teacher, Duke Adolf Friedrich suspended him and demanded the signing of a revocation in order to lift the suspension. He was expelled from the country because he refused to sign as well as to provide a declaration that was required.

Joachim Lütkemann accepted the call to the court of Duke August von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , where he became court preacher and general superintendent. There he drafted new school regulations in 1651, which introduced compulsory schooling. From 1650 to 1653 he carried out a general visit. In 1653 he was appointed abbot of Riddagshausen Abbey .

In his last place of work he was very productive, although his writings on philosophical and dogmatic subjects were of little importance. On the other hand, his work “Foretaste of divine goodness”, first published in 1653, was one of the most popular edification books in Lutheran literature. In this, Lütkemann approached a mystical spiritualism, from which he sought to distance himself at the same time by calling the connection between the inner creed and the outer word necessary. The book, influenced by Johann Arndt's work " Four Books on True Christianity ", was highly valued by Philipp Jacob Spener and was part of the required reading in his first collegia pietatis . The edification writers Heinrich Müller , Christian Scriver and Theophil Großgebauer were influenced by Lütkemann's writings .

In September 1655 Lütkemann delivered his famous sermon for regents, in which he criticized the absolutist efforts of the rulers of his time and contrasted them with the concept of fear of God.

family

Joachim Lütkemann was married to Dorothea von Levetzow (1612–1666), the widow of Zacharias Deutsch , from 1639 . The marriage had twelve children, five of whom died early. His great-nephew Timotheus Lütkemann became general superintendent in Greifswald in 1734.

Fonts

  • The foretaste of divine goodness . 1653, 1667, 1673.
  • Regent sermon (of the highest virtue of high authority, on Psalm 37 v. 34). 1655.
  • Harpffe von Toe Seyten, That is: Thorough Explanation Toes of Psalms of David. 1658.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the entry of Joachim Lütkemann's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal


personal data
SURNAME Lütkemann, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and writer of edification
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1608
PLACE OF BIRTH Demmin
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1655
Place of death Wolfenbüttel