Johann Benedikt Carpzov I.

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Johann Benedikt Carpzov I, copper engraving by Christian Romstet
Johann Benedikt Carpzov I.

Johann Benedikt Carpzov I (born June 22, 1607 in Rochlitz , † October 22, 1657 in Leipzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Johann Benedikt was born as the son of Benedikt Carpzov the Elder and his second wife Christina Selfisch in Rochlitz, because his parents had sought refuge there from the plague . He grew up in Colditz and enrolled with three of his brothers on July 1, 1618 at the University of Wittenberg , where he acquired the degree of Master of Philosophy on September 25, 1627 .

In 1628 he went to the University of Leipzig and, after completing his studies, became a pastor in Meuselwitz in 1632 . In 1637 he returned to Leipzig as a deacon at the Thomaskirche , in 1640 he obtained a licentiate in theology and later a doctorate . Thereupon he was appointed associate professor of theology in 1641 and full professor at the University of Leipzig in 1646, rose to archdeacon at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig in 1647 and died as such in 1657.

Appreciation

Carpzov, as a theological witness of the Thirty Years' War, was involved in the subsequent theological disputes of Lutheran orthodoxy and associated with Georg Calixt , Gerhard Titius and others in this context . He took a cautious position in an effort to reach an agreement between the parties. However, due to his teaching activity, he was largely prevented from doing so, so that especially his works found attention in posterity.

family

Carpzov married Elisabeth (* around 1600) on February 22, 1636, the daughter of the Leipzig trader David Wrieffpenning (also Wurffpfennig) and his wife Catarina Schmidt from Goslar. Their 21-year marriage has six children:

The daughter Christine Elisabeth is an ancestor of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands .

See also: Carpzov

Works

  • Systema theolog. Leipzig 1653
  • Isagogue in libros ecclesiarum Lutheranum symbolicos; opus posth. a J. Oleario continuatum . Leipzig 1665, 1675, 1699 , 1725
  • Hodegeticum brevibus aphorismis olim pro collegio concionatorio conceptum et nunc revisum . Leipzig 1636, 1656

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personal data
SURNAME Carpzov, Johann Benedict I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carpzov, Johann Benedict I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochlitz
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1657
Place of death Leipzig