Johann Gottlob Marezoll

Johann Gottlob Marezoll (born December 25, 1761 in Plauen ; † January 15, 1828 in Jena ) was a German theologian , preacher and university professor .

Life

Marezoll grew up in poor conditions and was only able to attend the grammar school in Plauen and finally start studying with the support organized by his mother . From 1775 he studied at the University of Leipzig . There he was influenced, among others, by Samuel Friedrich Nathanael More , Georg Joachim Zollikofer and Christian Felix Weisse . After graduating in 1783 and passing the candidate exam in Dresden , he initially worked as a tutor and began to publish.

His writings brought him in 1789 a reputation for a position as a university preacher at the University of Göttingen one. In 1790 he also became an associate professor of theology and director of the local preachers' seminary . In Göttingen he was ordained as a preacher and in 1794 by the University of Helmstedt he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD .

In the same year he followed a call to Copenhagen as chief pastor at the German Petrikirche . However, the climate there didn't suit him and he returned in 1803 through Johann Gottfried Herder's mediation and became consistorial advisor, superintendent and pastor in Jena . In addition, he became honorary professor of theology at the University of Jena , he resigned the professorship a year later and concentrated on his ministry.

Marezoll was already celebrated as a preacher in Göttingen, and his reputation continued in the following places of activity. Many of his sermons were printed, and his devotional book for women appeared in multiple editions and has been translated into Danish, Swedish and Dutch. The work on the determination of the pulpit speaker is considered representative of the homiletics of the Enlightenment theology .

The legal scholar Theodor Marezoll was his son.

Publications (selection)

• Christianity without history and clothing , 1787.
• Devotional book for the female sex , Leipzig 1788.
• Sermons Regarding the Spirit and Needs of the Age , Göttingen 1790–1792.
• Proven about the truth of Christianity from its agreement with natural law , 1793.
• About the determination of the pulpit speaker , Göschen, Leipzig 1793.
• Sermons on all festive days of the year , Bran, Jena 1821.

literature

• Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: New Nekrolog der Deutschen . Volume 6 on that year 1828, Voigt, Ilmenau 1830, pp. 42-48.
• Julius August Wagenmann :  Marezoll, Johann Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 316 f.
• Sabine Doering:  Marezoll, Johann Gottlob. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 939-942.
• Konrad Hammann: University service and enlightenment sermon. The Göttingen University Church in the 18th century and its place in the history of the university church service in German Protestantism. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2000, pp. 307-330.
• Bernd Schröder :  Marezoll, Johann Gottlob . In: Religion Past and Present (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 5, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2002, Sp. 792.

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Gottlob Marezoll  in the German Digital Library