Johann Faccius

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Johann Faccius , also Johannes (Andreas) Faccius , Latinized from Johann Andreas Fack (born November 29, 1698 in Witzelroda ; † November 27, 1775 in Weißenbrunn vorm Wald ) was a German Protestant theologian, philosopher and philologist.

Life

Johann (es) (Andreas) Faccius was born as the son of a schoolmaster in Witzelroda near Salzungen in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen . He attended the Casimirianum high school in Coburg and then studied at the universities of Jena and Halle . After his studies he worked as a teacher before he was called to Schottenstein as a pastor at the end of 1728 . There he married Johanna Christina Laudenbach († 1754), the daughter of his predecessor Johann Caspar Laudenbach (1668-1730). In 1736 he was appointed pastor to Weißenbrunn vorm Wald in the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld , where he stayed until his death.

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Faccius published several books, but only one under his own name. His first works appeared anonymously , from 1759 on he used the pseudonym Johann Baptista Silvester .
His first publication was an annotated translation of the famous Spinoza biography by Johannes Colerus . With her he secretly pursued the intention of protecting the philosopher Christian Wolff , who had been expelled from the University of Halle and with whom he had studied, against the accusation of Spinozism . He also dedicated his own defense paper to him, which appeared (also anonymously) under the title Reasonable and Modest Notes on the disputes against Wolff's philosophy (...) .
In his late theological work, Faccius dealt primarily with the interpretation of the Johannes apocalypse in connection with the Württemberg Pietist Johann Albrecht Bengel .

Fonts

  • (anonymous :) Life of Bened. von Spinoza, from which writings of this vested worldly wisdom and from the testimony of many credible persons who knew him particularly well, drawn and described by Johann Colero, former preacher of the Evangelical Community in Haag; Nunmehro, however, translated from French into High German, and supplemented with various comments. Frankfurt, Leipzig 1733 ( digitized version ). Reprint under the title The Life of Benedict von Spinoza. In the old German translation with introduction and notes ed. by Carl Gebhardt . Weissbach, Heidelberg 1952.
  • (anonymous :) Reasonable and modest remarks about the, against the Wolffian philosophy, and especially the metaphysics or main science, and disputes which have hitherto aroused with great violence. Frankfurt, Leipzig 1736 ( digitized ). Reprint in: Stefan Borchers (Ed.): Four writings at the end of Wolff's first teaching period at the University of Halle. Georg Olms, Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 2012 (=  Christian Wolff, Collected Works. Dept. III: Materials and Documents. Volume 130), ISBN 978-3-487-14321-7 , pp. 65–200.
  • Commentatio theologico-prophetica de magno ecclesiae Christianae incremento, nondum quidem imminente, attamen certe sperando. Georg Otto, Coburg 1756 ( digitized version ).
  • A detailed, exegetical as well as historical introduction to the knowledge, which is most necessary today, of the three great adversaries of Jesus Christ described in the high revelation, namely the beast from the sea and abyss, the beast from the earth and the great harlot Babylon; as well as the three angels who testify against them, together with an appendix of the two great courts of God that fall into our age, the harvest of the earth and the grape harvest, prepared and brought to light by Johann Baptista Silvester, servant of the divine word. Frankfurt, Leipzig 1759 ( digitized version ).
  • Prophetic tongues about the expected completion of God's joyful mystery, Revelation. X, 6.7. And many other miracle things related to it; for pious souls who love God's word, brought to light by Johann Baptista Silvester. Frankfurt, Leipzig 1761 ( digitized ).
  • Last occurrences of the world: from the divine revelation recited by Johann Baptista Silvester. Frankfurt, Leipzig 1762 ( digitized version ).
  • Heavenly gifts: Or written and rational thoughts of the eternal bliss of the elect in heaven, with many edifying applications brought to light by Johann Baptista Silvester. Frankfurt, Leipzig 1763.

literature

  • Johann Georg Meusel : First addendum to the scholar Teutschland des seel. Prof. Hambergers. Meyer, Lemgo 1774, p. 62 ( digitized version ).
  • Johann Georg Meusel: The learned Teutschland or lexicon of the German writers now living. 3rd edition Meyer, Lemgo 1776, p. 1459 ( digitized version ).
  • Johann Gerhard Gruner : Historical-statistical description of the principality of Coburg, S. Saalfeldischen Antheils, together with a document book and a map of this principality. [Part 1] Ahl, Coburg 1783, p. 309 ( digitized version ); Correction to this in Part 3, ibid. 1793, p. 133 ( digitized version ).
  • Johann Christoph Adelung : Continuation and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jöcher's general scholarly lexico, in which writers of all classes are described according to their most distinguished living conditions and writings. Vol. 2: C-J. Gleditsch, Leipzig 1787, Sp. 998 ( digitized version ).
  • Johann Georg Meusel: Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Vol. 3. Fleischer, Leipzig 1804, p. 270 ( digitized version ).
  • Curt Hoefner (edit.): The register of the Gymnasium Casimirianum Academicum in Coburg 1606-1803. [Main volume]: Schöningh, Würzburg 1958; Supplementary booklet: Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1976 (=  publications of the Society for Franconian History , Series 4: Matriculations of Franconian Schools , 6 and 6A).
  • Wilhelm Dannheimer, Wilhelm Zahn, Georg Kuhr: Ritterschaftliches Pfarrerbuch Franconia. Arranged by Georg Kuhr. Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1979 (=  individual works from the church history of Bavaria , 58), p. 75, no. 585.
  • Michael Czelinski-Uesbeck: The virtuous atheist. Studies on the prehistory of the Spinoza Renaissance in Germany. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2007 (=  series of publications of the Spinoza Society , 13) ( limited preview in the Google book search ).
  • Stefan Borchers: “A preacher in Coburg.” The Franconian scholar Johann Faccius (1698–1775) . In: Yearbook of the Coburger Landesstiftung 61 (2017), pp. 145–168 (with personal bibliography).
  • Stefan Borchers: Johann Faccius (1698–1775) - Christian Wolff's anonymous defender from 1736. In: Das Eighteenth Century 41 (2017), no. 1, pp. 46–69 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  • Stefan Borchers: The first German edition of Johannes Colerus' Spinoza biography and its anonymous translator. In: Yearbook for Book and Library History 3 (2018), pp. 207–211.
  • Stefan Borchers: Faccius, Johann. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 40: Supplements XXVII . Bautz, Nordhausen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95948-426-8 , Sp. 205-215.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ According to Borchers: Ein Prediger im Coburgischen , p. 160, note 34, the date of birth cannot be determined unequivocally, since the corresponding church book is considered lost. Faccius himself once gave his date of birth as November 19, 1698 (old style), which corresponds to November 29 of the Gregorian calendar . In any case, the date given in the chivalrous parish book of Franconia (January 19, 1698) is wrong .
  2. ↑ The name “Faccius” is the Latinized form of the German name “Fack”, ie not a variant of the family name “Facius”, which is widespread in Franconian, and is derived from “Bonifacius”.
  3. ^ Matriculation on August 23, 1714 according to Hoefner (edit.): The matriculation of the Gymnasium Casimirianum Academicum zu Coburg 1606–1803 , [main volume ], p. 100; Supplement, pp. 81, 241 and 247.
  4. ↑ Enrollment in Jena on April 4, 1720 according to Reinhold Jauernig, Marga Steiger (edit.): The matriculation of the University of Jena. Vol. 2: 1652 to 1723. Weimar 1977 (=  publications of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena ), p. 249; Matriculation in Halle on October 3, 1720 according to Fritz Juntke (edit): Matriculation of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Part 1: 1690-1730. Halle 1960 (=  works from the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt in Halle ad Saale , 2), p. 140.
  5. ↑ See Czelinski-Uesbeck: Der virtuous Atheist , pp. 54–58 and 65–68.
  6. ↑ See Borchers: The first German edition of Johannes Colerus' Spinoza biography .
  7. ↑ See Borchers: Johann Faccius (1698–1775) - Christian Wolffs anonymous defender of 1736 .
personal data
SURNAME Faccius, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faccius, Johannes Andreas (full name); New Year's Eve, Johann Baptista (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, philosopher and philologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH Witzelroda
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1775
Place of death Weißenbrunn in front of the forest