Johann Christian Stemler

Johann Christian Stemler

Johann Christian Stemler (born October 12, 1701 in Kopitzsch ; † March 29, 1773 in Leipzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Stemler came from a widespread family of scholars and was born as the fourth son of pastor David Stemler (born September 1, 1671 in Kopitzsch; † 1724 ibid.) And his wife Maria Katharina Zinßmann. He attended elementary school in his father's branch and was educated by private tutors with noble children. He then attended school in Neustadt an der Orla , in 1716 the high school in Arnstadt and in 1717 the electoral state school in Pforta . In 1721 he began to study philosophical and theological sciences at the University of Leipzig , where he lectured by Georg Philipp Olearius , August Friedrich Müller , Christian August Hausen the Younger , Johann Christoph Gösgen, Christian Ludovici , Johann Gottlob Carpzov , Johann Burckhardt Mencke , Salomo Deyling , Urban Gottfried Siber , Christian Friedrich Börner , Heinrich Klausing , Johann Schmid and Johann Gottlob Pfeiffer .

During that time he trained in disputing, practiced sermons and worked as a tutor. In 1727 he became a Baccalaurus and in 1728 a master's degree in philosophical sciences. In the same year 1728 he also obtained the permission to hold lectures as a Magister legens at universities, became rector of the city school of Sangerhausen , 1730 rector of the council school in Naumburg , 1732 subdeacon at the Wenzelkirche in Naumburg and 1739 superintendent in Torgau . During that time he completed on February 7, 1741 Leipzig, the licentiate in theology and a doctorate there on February 9, 1741 to the doctor of theology . In 1742 he became the court preacher of Duke Johann Adolf II of Saxony-Weissenfels , consistorial councilor in Weißenfels and general superintendent of the Principality of Querfurt, and from 1743 he held the high school professorship at the Illustre high school in Weissenfels .

After the Duke's death, he went to Plauen as superintendent in 1746 . 1748 he was by Friedrich III. Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg as consistorial councilor and general superintendent of the Principality of Altenburg . He went to the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig as a pastor on January 1, 1751 , became professor of theology at the University of Leipzig in March of the same year , so that he was canon in Zeitz, who was introduced as superintendent of Leipzig on April 29, 1756 Assessor at the consistory, second professor of theology, thus canon in Meißen and Decemvir at the Leipzig University. Stemler's theological standpoint was that of moderate Lutheran orthodoxy , but without contentiousness.

Works (selection)

• Concilatio Petri et Pauli in articulo de magistratibus politicis. Leipzig 1727
• De sacris gentilium quibus se suamque vitam pro salute principum devoverunt. Leipzig 1728
• De odio clericorum in capellas et earum conditores ex historia medii aevi. Leipzig 1728
• Pietas christianorum erga principes et magistratus profanos, precibus pro eorum salute declarata. Leipzig 1729
• Num constituendi sint Romanorum censores in republica christiana. 1729
• Prudentia piorum ecclesiae nostrae confessorum Augustana confessione conspicua. Naumburg 1730
• Of the merits of legal scholars for the Christian religion. Naumburg 1731
• From historical little things. 1731
• De indignis praeceptorum scholasticorum praemiis. Naumburg 1732
• Allen Allerley, in some spiritual speeches. Leipzig 1739
• Monument to the goodness of God ... Leipzig 1740
• Commentatio I de ἁκριβείᾳ in sacri muneris administratione nostra imprimis aetate necessaria. Torgau 1740
• De interpretationibus scripturae sacrae… Diss. Prior pro Licentia supremos in Theol. honores consequendi. 1741
• Dissertatio posterior quum Theologiae Doctoris gradum legitime capesseret. Leipzig 1741
• Ways of God in Christ, in a withdrawal sermon at Torgau, suit sermon at Weißenfels and investiture sermon at Heldrungen. Leipzig 1742
• History and leadership of the life of Johann Martin Schamelii ... Leipzig 1743
• Programma de aucta aetate nostra studii theologici difficultate. Weißenfels 1743
• Five sermons. Leipzig 1746
• The memory of the Gräflich Seckendorf'schen Jubelwitz zu Meuselwitz. Altenburg 1749
• Last speeches he made when he left Altenburg. Altenburg 1750
• First speeches he ... held in Leipzig. 1751
• Memorial of the Leipzig jubilation in memory of the Peace of Augsburg. Leipzig 1756
• De meritis Philippi Melanchthonis in academiam Lipsiensem. Leipzig 1760
• Synodi Tridentinae de celebrandis diebus festis decretum expensum. Leipzig 1762
• Programma de cavendis historiae Reformationis corruptelis. Leipzig 1770
• Programma de minuendis festorum dierum in ecclesia multitudine. Leipzig 1770

literature

• Erdmann Hannibal Albrecht: Saxon Evangelical-Lutheran church and preaching history, from its origin to the present time. Leipzig 1799, p. 95 ( books.google.de )
• Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 1838, Volume 4, pp. 359–366 ( books.google.de )
• Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Publisher Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig 1813, pp. 353–359 ( books.google.com )
• Veronika Albrecht-Birckner: Pastors' book of the church province of Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-374-02140-6 , Volume 8, p. 383
• Stemler, Johann Christian. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 39, Leipzig 1744, column 1794 f.
• Paul Tschackert :  Stemler, Johann Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 42 f.

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Christian Stemler  in the German Digital Library
• Portraits in the digital portrait index