Johann Gottfried Körner

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Johann Gottfried Körner

Johann Gottfried Körner (born September 16, 1726 in Weimar ; † January 4, 1785 in Leipzig ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Johann Gottfried Körner was the son of the clergyman at the St. Peter and Paul Church in Weimar Johann Christoph Körner (born March 11, 1688 in Leipzig, † August 15, 1736 in Weimar) and his wife, a daughter of the theologian Gottfried Olearius . He attended high school in Weimar and began his studies at Leipzig University in 1743 . There he first began to study philosophical sciences and passed the examination for a master's degree in philosophy in 1748 . Since he had operated theological studies, he was Vespers preacher at the in the same year University Church , 1749 at the same cachet, 1752 sub-deacon of St. Thomas Church and on January 1, 1756 sub-deacon of St. Nicholas Church .

In 1761 he rose to the position of deacon at the Nikolaikirche, received his doctorate in 1768 at the University of Wittenberg as a licentiate and in 1770 as a doctor of theology. Thereupon he became archdeacon at the Thomaskirche in 1775, in 1776 he became first pastor, superintendent , full professor of theology at the Leipzig University and assessor in the Leipzig consistory . In 1782 he became canon of the bishopric in Meissen . From his marriage to Sophia Magaretha Stirner, the children Christian Gottfried Körner and Johanna Sophia Körner († early) emerged. As a theologian he was a mildly rational supernaturalist who drew his views from Christian Friedrich Boerner's textbooks .

Selection of works

  • Erasmi sententia de Symbolo apostolico ex Rufino defensa. Leipzig 1749
  • Diss. De auctoritate canonica apocalypseos Johannis from Alogis impugnata et from Epiphanio defensa. Leipzig 1751
  • Diss. Gratulatoria de Metropolitanorum in ecclesia veteri auctoritate. Leipzig 1751
  • Sermon of thanks for a rich harvest. Leipzig 1757
  • Collection of several sermons. Leipzig 1759
  • Letter from a friend of the truth regarding Mr. D. Teller's textbook. Leipzig 1764
  • Diss. De imagine ditina. Leipzig 1768
  • Epitome controversiarum theologicarum. Leipzig 1769
  • The salvation. Font. 1st part, which contains the historical books of the OT, with annotations and a preface published, Leipzig 1770 2nd part which contains the other canonical books of the - OT together with the apocryphal books. 1771, 3rd part, which contains all the books of the NT. 1773
  • Diss. Ieiunium Christi nec legem esse nec exemplum propositum. Leipzig 1776
  • Orato de serinonibus Chrifti. Leipzig 1776
  • Progr. De libertate conscientiae restituta eiusque indole rectoque usu. Leipzig 1778
  • Progr. De die natali feriatoris. Leipzig 1778
  • Progr. Quot Paschaea Christ post baptismum celebraverit? Leipzig 1779
  • Progr. De cyclo Jobela'eo. Leipzig 1779
  • Diss. De restutione et compensatione damni illati non temere urcenda. Leipzig 1779
  • Progr. Quo vindicatur auctoritas Augustanae Confessionis in libro concordiae editae. Leipzig 1781
  • Progr.quo explicatur Jocus Irenaei adversus Haeret. V, 19th Leipzig 1781
  • Progr. Specimen I de allegorica interpretandi ratione. Leipzig 1782
  • Progr. II ad locum Jobi XIX, 23-27. Leipzig 1782
  • Progr. De loco Jobic. XXIX, 18th Leipzig 1782
  • On the celibacy of the clergy. Leipzig 1784
  • Tractatus de provocatione ad sedem Romanam. Leipzig 1785

literature

  • Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, Leipzig 1808, Volume 7, p. 225
  • Fritz Jonas:  Grains Johann Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 713 f.
  • Franz Blanckmeister: Johann Gottfried Körner, doctor and professor of theology, canon, superintendent and pastor at St. Thomae in Leipzig, Theodor Körner's grandfather. In: Contributions to the Saxon church history. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1892, 7th issue
  • Erdmann Hannibal Albrecht: Saxon Evangelical-Lutheran church and preaching history, from its origin to the present time. Leipzig, 1799, p. 103 ( online )
  • Friedrich August Weiz : The learned Saxony or directory of those in the Churfürstl. Saxon. and incorporated countries of contemporary writers and their writings. Verlag Carl Friederich Schneider, Leipzig, 1780, p. 137

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personal data
SURNAME Körner, Johann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1785
Place of death Leipzig