Johann Samuel Diterich

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Johann Samuel Diterich (born December 15, 1721 in Berlin ; † January 14, 1797 there ) was a German hymn poet .

Life

Diterich was born the son of a pastor . He studied in Frankfurt an der Oder and in Halle . In Berlin he was appointed court master in 1744 and in 1748 a deacon at his father's church. A little later he became a field preacher with the Counts Hackescher Regiment . In 1751 he became archdeacon and finally in 1754 pastor of the Marienkirche in Berlin , in which his father was previously a pastor. 14 years later he became senior consistorial advisor . In 1780 he was one of the three editors of the hymn book for worship use in the Royal Prussian Lands , which is also known as Mylius after its publisher August Mylius and in which numerous songs were edited or re-recorded in the spirit of rationalism and Enlightenment theology and which soon became known as Mylius Prototype of the Enlightenment hymn books was considered. Because of its strong intervention in traditional songs Diterich later received by August Nelle nicknamed the Geiserich among the hymnal vandals in the Protestant hymn book of his songs is no more; On the other hand, his Ascension Song You Christians Highly Joyful was included in a Catholic hymn book as early as 1807 and (after several changes) is still in praise of God today .

Works (selection)

  • You Christians are very happy ( GL 229)
  • Cogitationes philosophicae (1742)
  • Devotions for Christians who attend Holy Communion (1775)
  • Teaching about happiness according to the teaching of Jesus. New probable edition, Berlin: Friedrich Nicolai 1782

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  1. ↑ Quoted from Geistliches Wunderhorn (Lit.), p. 374.
personal data
SURNAME Diterich, Johann Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1797
Place of death Berlin