Johann Friedrich Cotta (theologian)
Johann Friedrich Cotta (* 12 / 13. May 1701 in Tuebingen , † 31 December 1779 ibid) was chancellor and professor of theology at Tübingen primarius.
Live and act
Johann Friederich Cotta's first office was in 1733 as professor of philosophy in Tübingen. In 1735 he went to Göttingen as a professor of theology. In 1739 he returned to Tübingen as associate professor of theology and full professor of history, poetry and eloquence. It was not until 1741 that he held the full teaching post of theology there.
reception
Johann Friedrich Cotta was a Lutheran theologian who, adhering to the orthodox church system, stayed away from the pietistic current, but was not hostile to pietism. He expressed his rationalistic thoughts e.g. For example, in a lecture that he gave when Duke Karl attended the University of Tübingen in his presence on the legio fulminatrix : In it, he reduced the tradition to simple natural processes, which, however, had a providential significance. As an actual result of the investigation, he mentioned praise for the power of prayer and said that he would never stop praying for the Duke.
In his dissertations, e.g. Much learned material is amassed, for example, De angelis and De sede inferni , but the results are meager. In retrospect, it is difficult to understand why such a learned man struggled with such earnestness to examine on which of the six days of creation the angels were created, or to refute the opinion that the hell room is in the sun.
He has lectured on a wide variety of philosophical and theological subjects. In the course catalog of 1734 he offered to present everything that the students could wish for in philosophy, Hebrew language and church history. In literary terms, apart from an incomplete work on church history of the New Testament , which was not epoch-making for science , he has made a name for himself through an edition of Johann Gerhard's Loci theologici that has been carefully compiled and provided with explanations and additions .
family
He was Johann Friedrich Cotta 's paternal great-uncle .
literature
- Christian Palmer: Cotta, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 526 f.
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| SURNAME | Cotta, Johann Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cotta, Johannes Friedrich; Cotta, Johannes Fridericus; Cotta, Ioannes Fridericus; Cotta, Joannes Fridericus; Cotta, Johann Friderich; Cotta, Johann F .; Cotta, Johannes F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian, chancellor and professor primarius of theology in Tübingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1701 or May 13, 1701 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tübingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1779 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |