Johann Gottlob Werner

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Epitaph in the Doberlug monastery church

Johann Gottlob Werner (also: Wernher ; born September 24, 1719 in Korgitzsch ; † January 6, 1781 in Dobrilugk ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

The son of the farmer Gottfried Werner attended high school in Torgau and studied at the University of Leipzig from May 19, 1740 . Werner moved to the University of Wittenberg in 1743 , where on October 17, 1743 he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. Then he pursued an academic career, on January 19, 1745 passed the examination for reading permission at universities as a Magister legens and on August 20, 1746 was accepted as an adjunct in the philosophical faculty of the Wittenberg University.

After he became an associate professor of antiquities in 1750 , he pursued a theological path according to his inclinations and in 1753 became the first pastor and superintendent in Jüterbog . For this purpose, he completed his licentiate in Wittenberg on September 24, 1755, and on the following day he received his doctorate in theology .

From 1761 he was pastor primarius and superintendent at the castle church in Doberlug . He died in Doberlug and was buried in the castle church (former Cistercian monastery church ), where his tomb and a portrait are located. The inscription on his tomb reads:

“This is for the holy Lord / D. Johann Gottlob Werner. / The same was d. September 24th Born 1719 in Korgitzsch near Belgern / and after he finished the schools in Belgians a. Torgau freqventirt / also at the universities of Leipzig and Wittenberg / dedicated to theology, 1750 Professor Philosophiae / Extraordin. zu Wittenberg, 1755 Doctor Theologiae and / 1761 Pastor Prim. Schloß-Prediger u. Superinten- / dent to Dobrilugk, wherever on January 6th, 1781 in his / Savior gently u. fell asleep peacefully; and so is his age / 61 year 3 months 3 weeks. / dedicated by JS Wernerin, W. "

Selection of works

  1. Diss. I et II de falsis barbaricae philosophiae fontibus. Wittenberg 1745
  2. Diss. De Collyridianorum secta. Wittenberg 1745
  3. Diss. (Praes. Hofmanno) de demonstratione exegetica. Wittenberg 1748
  4. Diss. De summa proroissionis Evangelicae constantia ex immutabilitate voluntatis Divinae, ad Galat. III, 20th Wittenberg 1749
  5. Progr. De vera iustitiae divinae notione. Wittenberg 1752
  6. Diss. Inaug. de peccato in Spiritum sanctum. Wittenberg 1755

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Erler: The younger matriculation of the University of Leipzig 1559-1809 . Volume 3
  2. ^ A b Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 3; Halle (Saale), 1966 p. 503
personal data
SURNAME Werner, Johann Gottlob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wernher, Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1719
PLACE OF BIRTH Korgitzsch
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1781
Place of death Dobrilugk