Johann Friedrich Petersen (the younger)

Johann Friedrich Petersen the Younger, also F. Petersen (born June 28, 1799 in Lübeck , † August 27, 1853 ibid) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and publicist.

Life

Petersen came from a pastor's family; he was the grandson of the main pastor of the Jakobikirche in Lübeck, Peter Hinrich Petersen († 1799) and son of the main pastor at the cathedral, Johann Friedrich Petersen . He studied Protestant theology at the University of Göttingen like his father and was elected preacher at Lübeck Cathedral on November 2, 1827 . On August 19, 1845, he succeeded his father as the main pastor of the cathedral.

Together with Johann Carl Lindenberg and Johann Aegidius Funk, he belonged to a generation of theologians in Lübeck who Wolf-Dieter Hauschild characterized as a restorative reformer .

In the spring of 1827, still as a candidate for the Ministry of Spiritual Affairs , he was one of the founders of the reform-oriented Lübeckische Blätter , which, however, had to stop publishing after just one year. In the anniversary year of the Augsburg Confession in 1830 he called for a return to the Reformation foundations and moved in November of the year in a well publicized lecture at the Society for the promotion of community service , citing the Reformed Church Order of Lübeck by Johannes Bugenhagen consequences for a sweeping reform of ecclesiastical constitution. He strove for a detachment from the sovereign church regiment and self-administration of the communities, from which a necessary internal stimulation should arise. In the discussion about the introduction of a new hymn book he took an active part in journalism.

In 1830 he published the Chronicle of Reimar Kock as an eyewitness and promoter of the Reformation .

Petersen retired at Michaelis in 1852 for health reasons and died the following year.

Petersen was married to Wilhelmine Dorothea, née Brauer (born June 30, 1808 in Northeim , † March 27, 1864 in Lübeck). From the marriage came the sons Eginhard Friedrich (1834-1909), who was also chief pastor at Lübeck Cathedral, and Carl (1835-1909), who worked as an association official and agricultural writer.

Works

• Commentatio theologica qua exponitur Quid ecclesiae Christianae notio et in catholico et in nostro systemate valeatin certamine literario civicum acad. Georgicae Augustae ... Gottingae: Dieterich 1822
• Why do we celebrate June 25, 1830 in Germany and especially in Lübeck? : Answered by a historical account of the German and Lübeck church reformation up to 1530. Lübeck: von Rohden 1830
• Wishes for a future church constitution: A lecture given in the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities on November 16, 1830. Lübeck: Rohden 1830
• Detailed history of the Lübeck Church Reformation from 1529 to 1531: from the diary of an eyewitness and promoter of the Reformation. Lübeck: Rohden 1830

Digitized ; Digitized version (Harvard)

• The holiness and righteousness of God are the most glorious revelations of divine love. Lübeck 1835 (on the 50th anniversary of his father's office)
• Also a word on the hymn book thing ... dedicated to Mr. Heinrich Brehmer . Lübeck: Rahtgens 1836
• Remarks on the life of Jesus in relation to human life in general. Lübeck: Asschenfeldt 1838
• Two time sermons on Michaelmas day and on October 18th, 1843 held in the cathedral church in Lübeck. Lübeck: von Rohden 1843

literature

• Wolf-Dieter Hauschild: Church history of Lübeck. Christianity and the bourgeoisie in nine centuries. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 1981 ISBN 3-7950-2500-1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Horst Weimann (ed.): 800 years of Lübeck Cathedral. Lübeck 1973, p. 74
2. ^ Hauschild (lit.), p. 409
3. ↑ Hauschild p. 391
4. ^ Therese Frentz: Petersen, Carl . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 10. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1994, p. 294.