Johannes Scharff

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Johannes Scharff (also: Scharf, Scharfius, Scharffius; born June 13, 1595 in Kroppenstedt , † January 6, 1660 in Wittenberg ) was a German Lutheran theologian and philosopher.

Life

Born as the son of the lawyer Janus Scharf and his wife Margaretha, the daughter of the Kroppenstedt mayor Heinrich Vogler, he lost his parents at the age of nine months. He came to relatives who encouraged him to study so that he could attend St. Martins School in Halberstadt . From there he moved to the grammar school in Berlin , switched to the school in Brandenburg an der Havel and to Eisleben . Sufficiently trained, he went to the University of Wittenberg on September 8, 1617 , where he first completed a course of study at the Faculty of Philosophy and was guided by Jakob Martini , among others .

In addition, he attended the public lectures of the theologians Friedrich Balduin , Balthasar Meisner , Nikolaus Hunnius and Wolfgang Franz . On September 26, 1620 he acquired the highest academic degree at the philosophical faculty at the time, that of a master's degree in the liberal arts. Subsequently he held many philosophical lectures, and since he was useful in them, he was appointed October 18, 1623 as an adjunct in the philosophical faculty. In 1627 he became professor of metaphysics and logic and published a large number of writings, which also found great interest outside of Wittenberg and were introduced at various universities.

In addition to philosophy, he was constantly concerned with theology and in 1627 received permission to give lectures at the theological faculty. In 1635 he became a licentiate in theology and in 1639 professor of ethics. On March 23, 1640 he was appointed associate professor of theology by the Elector of Saxony, and after receiving his doctorate in theology in 1647 , he became a full professor of theology on February 16, 1649. In addition, as Ephorus, he was given the management of the electoral scholarship holders. After the death of Martini and he took over the post of provost at the Wittenberg Castle Church in the same year . Scharff administered the deanery of the theological faculty six times , four times that of the philosophical faculty and was three times rector of the Wittenberg alma mater . Theologically he participated as a representative of Lutheran orthodoxy in the denominational disputes against Georg Calixt .

Selection of works

  • Metaphysica exemplaris . Wittenberg 1623 and more
  • Pneumatica seu scientia spirituum naturalis . Wittenberg 1656
  • Istitutiones logicae . Wittenberg 1656

family

Scharff was married twice. He concluded his first marriage at the end of October 1632 with Maria, the daughter of the Magdeburg canon at St. Nicolaikirche, Martin Praetorius. But she died after nine months, so that this marriage remained childless. On September 1, 1635 he went his second marriage to Anna Catarina († November 2, 1662 in Wittenberg), the daughter of Veit Pelshöfer. From this marriage two sons and one daughter were born. The children were Johann Veit Scharff (* July 23, 1636 in Wittenberg, † September 14, 1637 in Wittenberg); Anna Sabina Scharff (born July 28, 1637 in Wittenberg, married Johann Andreas Quenstedt on August 12, 1656 ; † October 1, 1700 in Wittenberg, buried in the castle church) and Johann Friedrich Scharff (born April 20, 1639 in Wittenberg; † 23. March 1710 in Wittenberg).

literature

personal data
SURNAME Scharff, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharp, Johannes; Scharfius, Johannes; Scharffius, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1595
PLACE OF BIRTH Kroppenstedt
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1660
Place of death Wittenberg