Johann Otto Glüsing

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Johann Otto Glüsing (* 1675/76 in Altenesch near Delmenhorst ; † August 2, 1727 in Altona , pseudonym: Tranquillo ) was a scholar, pietist and separatist who was expelled from Copenhagen and Oslo for sectarianism and stayed in the city of Altona Brand lost, was tried out of the city in Hamburg and died shortly afterwards in Altona. In addition to some sectarian writings and editorships, he also left a library that became the basis of the Christianeum high school library in Altona, which still exists today .

Live and act

Johann Otto Glüsing was born as the son of Johannes Glüsing (1627–1679), pastor in Altenesch, the exact date is unknown. His mother was Elisabeth, née Schumacher, daughter of a magistrate in Esens , East Frisia.

Glüsing studied theology in Jena from 1696 to 1700. His trace can then be found in Copenhagen, where he presumably worked as a tutor in 1705 and held collegia pietatis and thus left the first evidence of Pietism in Copenhagen. In 1706 he wrote a description of the life of the false apostle Homiletici , in which he satirically reprimanded the clergy. The satire resulted in his expulsion from the city of Copenhagen. He then worked again as a tutor in Oslo, where he continued his attacks on the church and had to leave this city again. In December of the same year 1706, the Danish King Frederick IV finally expelled him from his domain.

Biblia Pentapla , 1711. Title

Glüsing settled in Hamburg. When he was noticed by sectarian activity here in 1707, he left the city and moved to the neighboring, tolerant Altona. After the city of Altona was cremated in the so-called Swedish fire in 1713 , Glüsing moved back to Hamburg, where he worked as a translator of theological works until 1725. During this time he belonged to the so-called Angel Brothers , the Gichtelians , and became one of their leading personalities in Hamburg and Altona.

In 1710/12, Glüsing published his Biblia Pentapla , which, in addition to a Dutch version, contained four German translations (one each Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed and Jewish). In 1715 he published as co-editor a complete edition of Jakob Boehme's writings with the title Theosophia Revelata . Further works followed in 1720 and 1723.

Although Glüsing did not conduct any public attacks against the church during his time in Hamburg, he was questioned by Johann Christian Wolf in the 1720s and as a result experienced reprisals. In 1725 an investigation was carried out, first in Friedrichstadt , where Glüsing had visited several pietistic families on various occasions, and a process was initiated against him, which ended in a deportation order by the Hamburg Senate in 1726 . Glüsing went back to Altona, where he died on August 2, 1727.

Library

Johann Otto Glüsing lost his valuable library in the Swedish fire in 1713 . In the following years he built up a new book collection. During his lifetime he bequeathed this collection to the Friedrichschule, a Latin school established in 1721 in Altona. From this Latin school, which received the books after Glüsing's death in 1727, an academic high school emerged in 1738, which was named Christianeum in 1742 . This library was first mentioned in a publication by the institution in 1743.

Fonts

  • Life description of the false apostle Homiletici. Poor Lazarus. Jerusalem [Hamburg?] Undated (1706?)
  • Biblia Pentapla . Holle, Hamburg 1710/12
  • Catechism of the Holy Elder Fathers. 1714 ( digitized version )
  • Theosophia Revelata. Holle, Hamburg 1715
  • The first temple in Christ, or the chaste life of the old fathers, H. matrons and martyrs. Hamburg, 1720
  • Monumenta Apostolica. Hamburg 1723

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See data set of the German National Library ( DNB )
  2. ↑ A. Jantzen: Glüsing, Johan Otto . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 6 : Gerson-H. Hansen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1892, p. 113-114 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  3. ↑ Hans Haupt: Glüsing, Johann Otto. In: New German Biography. 6, 1964, p. 472 f.
  4. ^ Hans Haupt: The Altonaer sectarian Johann Otto Glüsing and his trial of 1725/26. In: Association for Schleswig-Holstein Church History : Writings of the Association for Schleswig Holstein Church History / 2. Neumünster, Wachholtz Volume 11. 1952, pp. 136-163.
  5. ↑ Hans Rothkegel: On the inventory history. Christianeum website (accessed November 16, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Glüsing, Johann Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tranquillo (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar, pietist and separatist
DATE OF BIRTH 1675 or 1676
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenesch near Delmenhorst
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1727
Place of death Altona