Johann Konrad Pfenninger

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Johann Konrad Pfenninger

Johann Konrad Pfenninger (born November 15, 1747 in Zurich ; † September 11, 1792 there ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian , clergyman and hymn writer . He was a close friend of the enlightener Johann Caspar Lavater .

Life

Like Heinrich Pfenninger, Johann Konrad Pfenninger was a son of the Swiss writer Johann Kaspar Pfenninger, who had been pastor at Fraumuenster in Zurich since 1768. This is described as a strict person, a gift of character that Pfenninger's mother Anna Elisabeth Escher balanced. It was also she who made the decision for her son's education. Pfenninger decided early on for the clergy and studied philosophy and the older languages in addition to theology in Zurich . He suffered from weak nerves and migraines . When he reached his sixteenth year, he began teaching the youth.

In 1767 Pfenninger was ordained after graduation . For the next few years, however, he was still unemployed. He received the diaconate of the Zurich orphanage church in 1775, where he met Johann Caspar Lavater, who was then the first preacher . Lavater's mother Regula Escher was the aunt of Pfenninger's mother Anna Elisabeth Escher, which is why the two were first cousins ​​(once transferred). Pfenninger was given this office in 1778 when Lavater became a deacon at St. Peterskirche. In 1786 Pfenninger moved to St. Peterskirche as a deacon, where Lavater was now pastor.

In 1771 Pfenninger married Catharina Ziegler, daughter of Bailiff Adrian. She survived him. Of the eleven children she bore him, nine survived; six daughters and three sons. Pfenninger died of a fever on September 11, 1792 at the age of 44.

Act

Lavater had a great influence on Pfenninger's views. This spread and defended the views of his friend, which is why he had to endure shame.

Pfenninger's hymn You think you don't love God anymore was included in the Bremen Reformed hymn book in 1812 and was thus widely distributed.

Works

  • Five lectures, on the love of truth, on the influence of the heart on the mind, on incorrect and correct methods of studying the Holy Scriptures , Zurich 1773.
  • Appellation to common sense, certain incidents, writings and people , Hamburg 1776.
  • On popularity in preaching , 3 volumes, Winterthur 1777–1786.
  • Christian magazine , 4 volumes, Zurich 1779–1784.
  • Collections for a Christian magazine, not for learned but for experienced readers , 4 volumes, Zurich / Winterthur 1781–1783.
  • Sermons on the Beatitudes, according to Mtth. 5, 1-12 , Lemgo 1782.
  • Two sermons, arranged by Emperor Joseph's Edicte of Tolerance , Dessau 1783.
  • Jewish letters, stories, conversations etc. from the time of Jesus of Nazareth, or a Messiad in prose , 12 volumes, Dessau / Leipzig 1783.
  • Repertory for thinking Bible worshipers of all confessions , 2 volumes, Zurich 1784–1786.
  • Philosophical lectures on the so-called New Testament , 6 volumes, Leipzig 1785–1789.
  • About the parables of Jesus and their imitation, in sermons , Zurich 1786.
  • The questionable circular letters of the Protestant Joh. Conr. Pfenninger in kind; with necessary preliminary and follow-up memories , Breslau 1787.
  • Library for the von Oberau family, friends of the most diverse ways of thinking , 7 booklets, Zurich / Breslau 1790–1792.
  • Paul's praise of love, in 24 chapters on the 13th chapter of his first letter to the Corinthians , Breslau 1791.
  • Sermons on the Passion of Jesus Christ, based on the four evangelists , 2 volumes, Frankfurt / Leipzig 1791.
  • The Eden Family, or Christianism's Public Library for Friends and Adversaries , 5 Issues, 1792–1793.
  • Letters to non-musicians; on music, as a matter of humanity , Zurich 1793.

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personal data
SURNAME Pfenninger, Johann Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfenninger, Johann Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformed theologian, clergyman and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1792
Place of death Zurich