Johann Georg Walch

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Johann Georg Walch (born June 17, 1693 in Meiningen , † January 13, 1775 in Jena ) was a German Protestant - Lutheran theologian and lexicographer.

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Johann Georg was the son of the Saxon-Meiningischen general superintendent Georg Walch (born October 3, 1656 in Lengsfeld; † October 5, 1722) and his second wife Erdmuthe Margarethe Schmidt (* 1668 Schleusingen; † 1744) born. After attending schools and high school in Meiningen, he began studying at the University of Leipzig on February 11, 1710 . Here, among others, Ludwig Christian Crell , Christian Friedrich Börner , Johann Burckhardt Mencke , Gottfried Olearius , Karl Otto Rechenberg , Urban Gottfried Siber and Johann Friedrich Olearius became his teachers. In 1713 he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy, participated in the university's reading operations and wrote articles for the Acta eruditorum and the German Acta eruditorum , two early scientific journals in which mainly book reviews were published.

In 1717 he received a call to Jena, where in 1718 he became associate professor of philosophy and antiquity at the University of Jena . In 1719 he became a full professor for rhetoric, and in 1722 he took over the chair for poetry. In 1722 he received an extraordinary professorship in theology, received his doctorate in theology in 1726 and advanced to full professor of theology in 1728. In 1731 he became assessor at the consistory, was inspector of the Eisenach students and church council of Saxony-Eisenach. In 1737 he became inspector of the Anspach students and Anspach consistorial councilor. In 1741 he also received the inspection of the Meiniger students, with which he received the title of a Meiniger-Gotha church council and in 1742 the position of a church council of Coburg-Saalfeld.

He published extensive compilations of church and dogma history, especially the "Historical and theological introduction to the religious disputes of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church" (1730-39), the "Historical and theological introduction to the religious disputes, which especially apart from the Evangelical-Lutheran Church emerged ”(1733–36) and the“ Bibliotheca theologica selecta ”(1757–65). In a report written at the request of his sovereign in 1747, Walch dealt with the pietism of his time and took a position against the Moravian Brethren . 1740–53 he published Luther's works in German in 24 volumes .

Walch belonged to the academic self-government in Jena and was Rector of the University of Jena in the winter semesters 1728, 1732, 1736, 1740, 1744, 1748, 1750, 1754, 1758, 1762 .

His Philosophical Lexicon and his controversial pieces against Wolff's metaphysics are significant from the perspective of the history of philosophy .

family

Walch was married to Charlotte Katharina Buddeus (born October 26, 1700 in Jena; † June 4, 1766 there), the only daughter of the theologian Johann Franz Buddeus , since December 27, 1718 . There are nine children from the marriage:

  • Charlotta Henrietta (born January 5, 1720 in Jena; † October 5, 1723 ibid.)
  • Carl Georg Franz (born July 3, 1722 in Jena; † July 24, 1722 ibid.)
  • Carolina Wilhelmina (born January 15, 1724 in Jena; † November 11, 1724 ibid.)
  • Johann Ernst Immanuel , married December 27, 1753 to Wilhelmina Fides Friderica Hallbauer
  • Christian Wilhelm Franz , married May 23, 1762 to Eleonora Friderica Crome
  • Johann Franz Gottlob (born October 23, 1728 in Jena; † August 31, 1744 ibid.), Studied law
  • Adolph Friedrich (born January 25, 1731 in Jena; † February 19, 1746 ibid.)
  • Karl Friedrich (born September 22, 1734 in Jena; † July 20, 1799 ibid.), Legal scholar, married I. November 22, 1762 to Henrietta Amalia Tischer († April 17, 1772 in Jena), married II. April 19, 1774 with Magdalena Maria Eccard
  • August Georg (born April 28, 1738 in Jena; † February 7, 1744 ibid.)

Publications (selection)

  • Thought of a philosophical nature. 1723
  • Controversial pieces against Wolff's metaphysics. 1724
  • Philosophical Lexicon. 1726 ( digitized version ); . Edition 1733.
  • Historical and theological introduction to the religious disputes outside the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Jena 1733-1736
Jena 1733-36. Facsimile reprint in 8 volumes with an afterword by Dietrich Blaufuss: Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1972–1985, ISBN 978-3-7728-0288-1
  • Historical and theological introduction to the religious disputes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Jena 1733-1739.
Facsimile reprint in 8 volumes with an afterword by Dietrich Blaufuss: Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1972–1985, ISBN 978-3-7728-0287-4
  • Dr. Martin Luther's all writings. Volume I - XXIII in 25 volumes. Edited by Dr. Joh. Georg Walch. Jena 1740–1753
Reprint of 2nd revised edition, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Concordia Publishing House 1880–1910. Gross-Oesingen: Verlag der Lutherische Buchhandlung Heinrich Harms, 1986
  • Introduction to the theological sciences. Jena 1747
  • Theologia patristica. Jena 1770

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personal data
SURNAME Walch, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1775
Place of death Jena