Johann Friedrich König (theologian)

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Johann Friedrich König , also: Köning (born October 16, 1619 in Dresden , † September 15, 1664 in Rostock ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Born as the son of the Dresden merchant Martin König († 1630) and his wife Martha, the daughter of the Saxon court councilor Friedrich Dantzgeschirr and his wife Anna Leyser, he was encouraged to educate himself at an early age. After the death of his father, his mother in particular pushed for further schooling, so that he was able to attend the University of Leipzig in 1636 after the examination by Johannes Hülsemann . There he studied philosophy and theology for eight years and, after reaching the age of 20, acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in 1639 .

Financially, he secured his livelihood as court master of the sons of the privy councilor von Miltitz, with whom he went to the University of Wittenberg in 1644 , where he himself began to give philosophical lectures. He was adjunct in humanities and further operational theological studies, which he lectures by Paul Röber , Jacob Martini , Johann Hülsemann and Wilhelm Leyser I visited. After he had turned down several appointments, he accepted an offer from Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie , the Swedish governor of Livonia , and was ordained on October 27, 1649 in Wittenberg.

He served at the Swedish governor's court in Riga for two years, then in 1651 he moved to Greifswald University as an associate professor of theology . There he attained the rank of 1652 licentiate in theology and a doctorate in common with Abraham Battus on 22 September 1653 to the doctor of theology. 1656 he was appointed by the Mecklenburg Duke Adolf Frederick I as successor to Hector Mithobius as superintendent for the Ratzeburgischen and the Mecklenburg district, and as preacher to the belonging to Mecklenburg Cathedral Ratzeburg appointed. In 1663, at the instigation of Duke Christian Ludwig I, he became Professor Primarius at the Theological Faculty of the University of Rostock and Consistorial Councilor, at the same time he remained Superintendent of the Ratzeburg and Mecklenburg districts. König is a representative of the Lutheran theology from Wittenberg and with his textbook “Theologia positiva acroamatica”, which was influential in European Lutheranism for over a century, an important representative of Lutheran orthodoxy . He died in 1664 and was buried in Rostock on September 27th.

On October 26, 1652, König married Magaretha, the daughter of the superintendent of Stralsund Balthasar Rhau II (also Rau). The twelve-year marriage resulted in the daughters Catharina König and Margaretha Elisabeth König, who were minors at the time of the king's death.

Selection of works

  • Ara Gratitudinis Henr. Hoepfnero consecrata. Leipzig 1642
  • Oratio Inauguralis De arcana Dei Voluntate, Actionum humarum disprensatrice. Rostock 1656
  • Christian nobility, chivalrous deeds and glorious coats of arms / From the revelation S. Johannis Cap. 3rd v. November 10th, 12th: Bey Hochadelicher Gräbnüß Der… Margaretha Schackin / Des… Dethloff von Bühlow / The high Stiffts-Kirchen near Ratzeburg / highly deserved Dechants / auff Hundtorff Erbgesessen / [et] c. Hertz beloved house honor / In a highly respectable crowd-rich gathering in mentioned Dohmkirchen on November 25th, anno 1658. Drafted / and now ready for printing. Lübeck: Schmalhertz 1659 ( digitized version )
  • Theologia Positiva Acroamatica. Rostock 1664, Greifswald 1668, Leipzig 1670, 1691, 1719, 1732 (new edition with translation: Tübingen 2006)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See also the entry of Johann Friedrich König's reception in the Rostock matriculation portal

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personal data
SURNAME King, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koening, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1619
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1664
Place of death Rostock