Johann Christoph Ungewitter

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Johann Christoph Ungewitter (born June 30, 1681 in Schwarzenhasel ; † January 14, 1756 in Kassel ) was a German Reformed theologian.

Life

The son of pastor Christoph Ungewitter and his wife Marten Elisabeth Ficinus (from Benhausen) had attended the grammar school in Hersfeld since 1696 and later continued his education at the grammar school in Bremen . After completing his academic career, Ungewitter received a job as a field preacher with the Hessian troops in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1705. He was there in the campaigns on the Rhine, in Italy and in the Netherlands. The then Hereditary Prince of Hesse and later King Friedrich I of Sweden and Landgrave of Hesse paid special attention to him .

Although he was not employed by the General Staff, he had to preach to that prince several times. After the peace came, he was second preacher of the Reformed congregation in Marburg in 1712 . At the University of Marburg , he had also obtained permission to hold theological lectures, but he never got around to it. Rather, he followed a call to Kassel in 1727, where he became court preacher and later assumed the character of a consistorial councilor. From 1732 he had supported the ailing superintendent Nicolaus Kürsner (1661–1735) as an official assistant. After Kürsner's death in 1735 he was superintendent of the Kassel diocese and chief preacher.

Ungewitter had gained a reputation as an excellent speaker in the pulpit in his day. His sermons, which appeared in two parts under the title Spiritual Speeches from 1743–1744 , had aroused much interest due to new aspects. In addition, his contemplations of the Lord's Supper, which he gave in 1737 under the title True Soul Shape of Worthy Table Fellows, attracted some attention.

family

In 1713 he had married Helene Christine, the daughter of the Hessian senior auditor Reinhard Christoph Scheffer. There were three sons and two daughters from that marriage. From the children we know:

  • Reinhard Christoph Ungewitter (1715–1784) also became an important theologian
  • Christine Elisabeth Ungewitter (* 1716; † March 14, 1756) m. January 28, 1738 with the Lambard director and cashier in Kassel Johann Peter Martin (* February 1674, † November 1750 as Kurköllnischer Oberbergrat)
  • Johann Sigmund Ungewitter (* 1722; † February 6, 1801) 1755 official school in Neukirchen, 1763 bailiff in Frauensee and Völkerhausen, 1765 council character, 1770 Hesse-Homburg and Waldeck court and chamber councilor.
  • Catherine Magdalene Ungewitter (born September 11, 1728)
  • Carl Ungewitter (* 1724, † August 16, 1801) 1755 Regional Court Assessor in Kassel, 1782 Councilor

Works

  • A short life, the best life, in a funeral ceremony, etc. Marburg 1720
  • The true bliss of old age and the diligent change of believers in their death; a funeral speech etc Marburg 1727
  • The blissful and therefore grateful Hessenland, on a major birthday of Landgrave Carl I. Kassel in 1727
  • Repentance and faith in their nature, strength and fruits; along with an encouraging memorial for the second anniversary of the Reformation. Presented publicly in a few speeches for improvement and edification. Kassel 1732
  • Funeral ceremony on 2 Chron. 24, 15, 16; at the death of Landgrave Carl von Hessen. Kassel 1743
  • True soul form of worthy b-table mates at the Lord's table, presented in seven reflections, together with a short explanation of the Lord's prayer. Kassel 1737
  • Spiritual speeches. Kassel 1743–1744, 2nd parts
  • The holy and worthy deeds of a great king and great war hero, crowned with a blessed death; in a mourning and memorial speech from Acts. 13, 36 on the death of King Frederick of Sweden, Landgrave of Hesse. Kassel 1751

literature

personal data
SURNAME Storm, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1681
PLACE OF BIRTH Black hazel
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1756
Place of death kassel