Johann August Olearius (1644–1711)

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Johann August Olearius (born December 12, 1644 in Halle (Saale) , † January 20, 1711 in Weißenfels ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Johann August Olearius was the son of the theologian Johannes Olearius (1611–1684) . He had received his previous education in schools in his hometown and was tutored by private tutors. In 1664 he moved to the University of Jena , then came under the Jena superintendent Christian Chemnitz (1615–1666) and in 1666 acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. Following the example of his ancestors, he devoted himself to theological sciences and attended the lectures by Johannes Musäus , Chemnitz, Johann Ernst Gerhard the Elder and Sebastian Niemann . In 1667 he went to Nuremberg to see the well-known theologian Johann Michael Dilherr .

From there he continued his journey to the University of Altdorf , the University of Tübingen , the University of Heidelberg and the University of Gießen , until he finally completed his theological studies with Sebastian Schmidt , Isaak Faust (1632–1702) and Balthasar at the University of Strasbourg Bebel intensified. Before the end of 1667, his father had called him back to Halle because of the imminent danger of war, but he then sent him on a trip to Lower Saxony to the University of Kiel with his brother Johann Christian Olearius . There he had heard the lectures of Paul Sperling (1605–1679) and Christian Kortholt the Elder . He continued his studies at the Dutch universities in Leiden , Utrecht , Franeker and Groningen .

Back in his homeland, Olearius completed a weekly sermon in Halle Cathedral under the eyes of Duke August von Sachsen-Weißenfels and was thus able to gain the prospect of a respectable theological position. At that time the superintendent in Sangerhausen offered itself , which had been completed shortly before by the death of the old superintendent. In Sangerhausen he therefore completed his trial sermon on November 12, 1671. However, he was instructed to acquire the doctoral hat to exercise the office. Therefore, under the chairmanship of Sebastian Niemann, he disputed in Jena in spring 1672 on the subject of de Alethologia infallibi, ex Joh. XVII. 17. for licentiate in theology, was ordained for the office in Leipzig on May 8, 1672 , gave his dress sermon on May 29, 1672 and was introduced by his father on July 2.

Together with three of his brothers , he received his doctorate in theology in Jena in 1674 . After thirteen years of service in Sangerhausen, his father and older brother Johannes Andreas Olearius died in quick succession . Since Duke Johann Adolf I of Saxony-Weißenfels wanted him to take up this post, he became court preacher, church councilor, consistorial assessor and general superintendent of the Principality of Querfurt in Weißenfels on July 18, 1685. In the office of the same bishop he was promoted to court preacher in 1690 and died after a short illness. In terms of works, he only published individual sermons, whereby only the birthday sermons for Duke Johann Adolph, which he gave from 1684 to 1689, are known.

family

Olearius was married twice. He had his first marriage in Halle Cathedral on October 28, 1672 with Justina Helena († March 9, 1703), daughter of the Halle councilor Johann Stützing. From this marriage there were five sons and two daughters. Except for the later superintendent of Sangerhausen, Johann Gottfried Olearius, the children all died young. After the death of his first wife, he went to Merseburg on November 18, 1704 with Magaretha Sophia, the daughter of the Merseburg court and judicial councilor Johann Ernst Noricus and his wife Helene (born von Ludwiger), the widow of the princely Saxon councilor and feudal secretary Georg Nahrendorff, his second marriage. This marriage remained childless.

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personal data
SURNAME Olearius, Johann August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1644
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1711
Place of death Weissenfels