Johann Gottlieb Töllner

Johann Gottlieb Töllner (born December 9, 1724 in Charlottenburg ; † January 26, 1774 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Töllner began to study at the University of Halle in 1741 , where he was a student of Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten and received his doctorate in theology in 1748.

In 1756 he became an associate professor of theology at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder and in 1760 a full professor of philosophy there.

Works

• A Christian and a hero, or some special news from the famous royal Prussian. General-Field Marshal Counts of Schwerin . Frankfurt / Oder: Kleyb, 1758.
• Outline of dogmatic theology. Frankfurt a. d. O. 1760.
• Outline of a proven hermeneutic of scripture. Züllichau: Costs of the Waysenhaus and Frommannische, 1765.
• The active obedience of Jesus Christ. Breslau: With Johann Ernst Meyern, 1768.
• My beliefs. Berlin: Mylius, 1770
• The divine inspiration of the scriptures. Mietau; Leipzig: Hinz, 1772.
• Attempt to prove the Christian religion for everyone. Mitau: Hinz, 1772.

literature

• Rudolf Schwarze :  Töllner, Johann Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 427-429.
• Erich Wenneker :  Töllner, Johann Gottlieb. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 258-260.
• Martin Pfizenmaier: Fides ratione formata believe with reason: the transformation of the doctrine of justification in the theology of the German Enlightenment, illustrated by the work of Johann Gottlieb Töllner (1724-1774) . Stuttgart: Calwer, 1986.

Web links

• Töllner . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 17 . Altenburg 1863, p. 669 ( zeno.org ).
• Review: Töllner, JG: Proof that God already leads people to salvation through the revelation of nature