Johann Christoph Pfaff
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Johann Christoph Pfaff (born May 28, 1651 in Pfullingen , Duchy of Württemberg ; † February 6, 1720 in Tübingen , Duchy of Württemberg) was a Lutheran theologian and dean of the University of Tübingen .
Life
After attending the monastery schools in Hirsau and Bebenhausen , he was matriculated in Tübingen in 1670, master's degree in 1673 and then repetition for six years . After his diaconate in Urach in 1683, in 1685 at St. Leonhard in Stuttgart , in 1690 at the Tübingen collegiate church , he became a full professor of philosophy (logic and metaphysics) in 1697, extraordinary professor of theology in 1699 and dean in Tübingen in 1707.
family
Pfaff was married to Anna Maria Aulber, a granddaughter of the Swabian reformer Matthäus Aulber , and had two children: his daughter Johanna married the Tübingen professor Johann Christian Klemm († 1754), his son Christoph Matthäus Pfaff became chancellor of the University of Tübingen.
Works
Pfaff's main subjects were explanations of the Old and New Testaments, dogmatics and theological polemics. Among other things, he published dissertations on the Gospel of Matthäi , comments on the synopsis of the Tübingen theologian Theodor Thumm , a " Sylloge controversiarum ", treatises de theologia mystica , de ubiquitate , but in particular a proof of the truth of the Protestant church teaching from canon law ( "Dogmata Protestantium ex jure canonico comprobata “ , 1712).
literature
- Julius August Wagenmann: Pfaff, Johann Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 591 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfaff, Johann Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lutheran theologian and dean of the University of Tübingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1651 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pfullingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1720 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |