Johann Andreas Gleich

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Johann Andreas Gleich (born December 30, 1666 in Gera ; † August 1, 1734 in Dresden ) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian.

life and work

The son of the cantor and grammar school teacher Andreas Gleich and his wife Anna Dorothea Auerbach attended the grammar school in Gera from 1670 and matriculated on May 3, 1686 at the University of Wittenberg . Here he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy on October 15, 1687 and completed his habilitation on May 10, 1688 at the Wittenberg University. On March 5, 1690 he became a deacon in Torgau and on April 1, 1696 changed to the position of 2nd court preacher at the electoral court in Dresden. In this capacity he accompanied Elector Friedrich August I when he commanded the imperial army in the Great Turkish War in Hungary. On April 13, 1707 he was promoted to 1st court preacher and in 1722 also took over the office of senior consistorial councilor. On September 4, 1724 he earned a licentiate in theology and was on 8 September of that year at the University of Wittenberg Dr. theol. PhD.

In addition to academic writings, Immediately published numerous sermons, especially funeral sermons. He became known through his biographical work on the Saxon court preachers and court preachers until his time.

family

Immediately married on April 19, 1697 in Dresden Christina Margaretha Green (* around 1680; † September 27, 1742 in Leipzig), the daughter of the former court preacher Georg Green . The marriage resulted in several sons and daughters, most of whom died young. After Gleich's death, his wife married the legal scholar Johann Florenz Rivinus . From the children we know:

  • Johann Samuel Gleich (born April 17, 1706 in Dresden)
  • Johanna Friederika Gleich (born June 22, 1708; † September 29, 1721 in Dresden)
  • Christina Charlotte Gleich (born August 28, 1710 in Dresden)
  • Johann Gottlob Gleich (born June 9, 1712 in Dresden)

Fonts (selection)

  • Saxon Nineveh, Or Declaration of the Prophet Jonae, In XVI. Vesper sermons ... Dresden 1703 ( digitized version ).
  • Explanation of the Epistle Pauli To the Galatians / In eight and twenty sermons ... Dresden 1723 ( digitized ).
  • Annales Ecclesiastici, or: Thorough news of the Reformation history Chur-Sächß. Albertine Line ... Dresden; Leipzig 1730
    • First part / taking hold of the life descriptions and some credible news, all of which were electoral princes. Saxon Mr. Hoff-Preacher, in their order, from 1539 to 1613 . ( Digitized version )
    • The other part / In itself the descriptions of life and some credible news, all of which were electoral. Saxon Herr Ober-Hoff-Preacher in their order bit in our times . ( Digitized version )
    • Third part / taking hold of himself The descriptions of life and some credible news, of the rest of the Elector. Saxon Herr Hoff-Preacher, from Anno 1613. bit in our times . ( Digitized version )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series. Part 2; Halle (Saale), 1952, p. 135
  2. ↑ Michael Kohlhaas: Green Line , February 10, 2015 ( PDF file , accessed February 11, 2016)
predecessor Office successor
 
Johann Bartholomäus Free Life
Johann Bartholomäus Free Life 		Court preacher in Dresden
1696–1707
1707–1734 		 
Karl Gottfried Engelschall
Johann Jacob Stranz
personal data
SURNAME In a moment, Johann Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1734
Place of death Dresden