Johann Marcus Constantin Tarnow

Johann Marcus Constantin Tarnow , also: Hermann Protestant , Friedrich Gutehr (born October 23, 1766 in Rostock ; † April 29, 1828 ibid) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian.

Life

The son of the master at the Holy Spirit Hospital Julius Michael Tarnow had attended the school in his hometown and moved into the University of Jena at Easter 1787 . In 1789 he returned to Rostock, acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy on September 10, 1789 and then held philosophical and theological lectures. He became a bachelor of theology on December 29, 1791 , then lectured on popular dogmatics, the history of literature and the arts. In 1800 he got a job as second preacher at the St. Marienkirche in Rostock, then devoted himself to literary work and continued his private studies. In 1810 he was appointed fourth full professor of theology at the University of Rostock , which he remained until the end of his life.

Act

Tarnow had not only dealt with theology. In possession of a library of almost 16,000 volumes, he had devoted himself to theological and philosophical studies. He had dealt a lot with the new philosophical system of Immanuel Kant . This also determined his appearance. So he was good-natured towards the poor and needy, on the other hand he developed a severity towards human weaknesses. His celibate life may have contributed to this. According to his own insurance, he had not been able to decide to marry because he believed he had not found a woman who would have agreed with his sometimes paradoxical views of freedom, truth and law. Most clearly he expressed these views, which involved him in several literary feuds, especially with Samuel Gottlieb Lange (1767–1823), in his work published in 1793: “Ueber Protestantismus, Katholicismus etc.”.

Works

• About Protestantism, Catholicism, secret societies, the relationship between the state and religious societies and the religious oath of Protestants; or answering a few questions raised about this in 1771, which are extremely important for everyone who is dear to religion, and especially in our day. From Herrmann Protestant. Along with an attachment. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1793 (with a new title page and the addition: 2nd edition. Germania 1798; 4th edition (under the title: About Protestantism, Catholicism, Papism, Jesuitism, etc. )) Frankfurt and Leipzig 1818
• List of titles, authors, and in part the main content of all the books, of which the library consists which is built by the Roftock Reading Society, which is united for the promotion of the good and the true, the useful and the beautiful. 1st piece, plus a necessary preface. Rostock 1794
• About good general education and freedom of thought. A word for the present time. From a happy country. Rostock 1794 (is the preface to the previous work)
• About the current political situation in Europe, along with an appendix, To all the well-meaning. Schleswig 1794
• Bold judgment of a Protestant theologian about a completely new, highly alarming incident in one of the most distinguished Protestant states in Germany, especially concerning freedom of religion. Printed in a happy country and available everywhere. 1795
• Moral writings by Friedrich Gutehr. 1. Booklet: On the general peace of writers and on its relation to the general peace of the states. Cosmopolitan city 1799 (Also under the title: On the general peace of writers.)

literature

• Friedrich August Schmidt: New necrology of the Germans. Verlag Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, 1830, Ilmenau, 6th year, 1st part, p. 356, ( online )
• Heinrich Doering : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Verlag Johann Karl Gottfried Wagner, 1835, Neustadt an der Orla, vol. 4, p.
• Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland, or lexicon of the now living German writers. Verlag Meyer, Lemgo, 1800, 5th ed., Vol. 8, p. 3, ( online ); 1803, Vol. 10, p. 735, ( online ); 1812, vol. 16, p. 3, ( online ), 1827, vol. 21, p. 7, ( online )

Web links

• Literature about Johann Marcus Constantin Tarnow in the state bibliography MV