Johann Christoph Erdmann

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Johann Christoph Erdmann (born June 21, 1733 in Mühlberg / Elbe , † October 10, 1812 in Wittenberg ) was a German Lutheran theologian and church historian.

Life

The son of the town clerk and court clerk Johann Christoph Erdmann and his wife Johanna Sophia, the daughter of town and history clerk Juchtar, attended school in his hometown until he was fifteen. On May 20, 1748, he switched to the Saxon State School Pforta and in 1754 began studying theology at the University of Wittenberg . Here Karl Gottlob Hofmann , Joachim Samuel Weickmann , Christian Siegmund Georgi and Ernst Friedrich Wernsdorf became his theology teachers.

He also attended the lectures of Johann Daniel Ritter , Johann Georg Walther , Johann Friedrich Hiller , Johann Friedrich Weidler , Friedrich Immanuel Schwarz and Christoph Heinrich Zeibich . In 1757 he became tutor to the provost of Klöden, Karl Gottlob Clausnitzer (1714–1788), and on April 30, 1759 in Wittenberg acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. On January 7, 1761 he was ordained in Wittenberg as a deacon in Klöden . As the fourth deacon he moved to the town church of Wittenberg in 1763 , rose two months later to the third deacon and in 1767 became archdeacon, which he remained until the end of his life.

Erdmann dealt with the church history of the city of Wittenberg and gave many lectures on this topic. This resulted in the works he left behind, which earned him the name "Biographer of the Wittenberg Theologians".

family

Erdmann married Christiane Elenore on April 7, 1761 in Klöden, the daughter of the provost of Klöden Karl Gottlob Clausnitzer and his wife Christine Friederike Dieterici. There are three sons and two daughters from the marriage. Known by the children is:

  • Johanna Christiana Erdmann (born July 21, 1762 in Klöden)
  • Johann Gottlob Erdmann (born October 18, 1766 in Wittenberg; † August 9, 1826 in Hecklingen / Anhalt) became pastor in Königerode and Hecklingen
  • Karl Gottfried Erdmann (born March 31, 1774 in Wittenberg; † January 13, 1835 in Dresden) was a German physician and botanist
  • Johann Friedrich Erdmann (born July 18, 1778 in Wittenberg, † February 9, 1846 in Wiesbaden) was a German medic

Works (selection)

  • De Collegia amabili. Wittenberg 1768
  • Homage sermon. Wittenberg 1769
  • From the joy of righteous parents to the happiness of their parents. Wittenberg 1769
  • De curatore mulieris legitimo. Wittenberg 1771
  • Thoughts about the happy choice of a future wife, about I Mos. 24. Wittenberg 1771
  • Submission to the will of God, at the deathbed of the pious, to Rom. 14, 719. Wittenberg 1771
  • A dying teacher's final statement of faith on Timoth. 1, 12th 1774
  • Peace altar in two thanksgiving sermons that were given at the two Saxon peace thanksgiving festivals in 1763 and 1779. Wittenberg 1779
  • Memoria Diaconorum Wittenbergensium. Wittenberg 1789
  • News from the members of the spiritual ministry at the town and parish church, as well as plague deaconis in Wittenberg from the beginning of the 16th century to the present time, communicated from credible documents. Wittenberg 1801
  • Biography of all the provosts at the castle and university church in Wittenberg: from the beginning of the XVI. Century to the present time; from credible documents; e. Contribution to the Chursächs. Reformation and Church History. Wittenberg 1802
  • Preparatory sermon for the third centenary celebration of the University of Wittenberg, in the afternoon on the 17th Sunday after Trinit. Held in 1802 in the parish church, and a comment about the city of the foundation. Wittenberg and Zerbst 1803. ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
  • Biographies and literary messages from the Wittenberg theologians since the foundation of the university in 1502 until the third Säcularfeyer in 1802, from the Matrikulu and other credible documents. A contribution to the Chursächsische Reformation and church history. Wittenberg 1804 ( online )
  • Biblical Spruchbuch, after the main teachers of Christianity, for German city and country schools, also for use for catechism. . . New edition Wittenberg 1804
  • Johann Matthias Schröckh's historical concept of the religion of Jesus, edited for educated schools and confirmands. Leipzig 1805
  • Sermon of thanks on Psalm 28, 9. At the Saxon King's Festival, the Sunday Esto mihi 1807, etc. Wittenberg 1807
  • Supplements and corrections to the biography of the Wittenberg deacons from the beginning of the 16th century to the present day. Wittenberg 1808

literature

  • Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastors book of the church province of Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2004, ISBN 3374021344 , Vol. 2, pp. 469-470
  • Necrology of the Archdeacon M. Erdmann. In: Neues Wittenbergisches Wochenblatt, intended for local and provincial conditions, and for economy, industry and literature in general. Wittenberg, No. 45, November 7, 1812, p. 267
  • Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland, or lexicon of the now living German writers. Verlag Mayer, Lemgo, 1796, Vol. 2, p. 217, ( online ); 1808, Vol. 13, p. 335, ( online ); 1820, vol. 17, p. 517, ( online )
  • Friedrich August Weiz: The learned Saxony or directory of those in the Churfürstl. Saxon. and incorporated writers and their writings now living in countries. Verlag Carl Friedrich Schneider, Leipzig, 1780, p. 51, ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CFH Bittcher gatekeeper album: directory of all teachers and students of the royal family. Prussia. Pforta State School from 1543–1843. Publishing house Fr. Chr. Wilh. Vogel, Leipzig, 1843, p. 320, ( online )
  2. ^ Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 3; Halle (Saale), 1966, p. 135
personal data
SURNAME Erdmann, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlberg / Elbe
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1812
Place of death Wittenberg