Johann Wilhelm Baier (theologian)

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Johann Wilhelm Baier

Johann Wilhelm Baier (born November 11, 1647 in Nuremberg , † October 10, 1695 in Weimar ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

The son of the Nuremberg businessman of the same name studied philology and philosophy at the University of Altdorf when he was 17 . After three years he had acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy, he moved to the University of Jena in 1669 and became a student of his future father-in-law Johannes Musäus . He also tried to incorporate the thoughts of Johannes Musaeus into his theological understanding and thus pursued a balancing theological line, whereby he distanced himself from the efforts of Lutheran orthodoxy as well as from the position of the Pietist.

In 1673 he obtained a licentiate in theology, got a position as theological professor for “community history” at the University of Jena on June 2, 1674 and received his doctorate in theology on August 25 the same year. He held this theological professorship until 1694. Baier also took part in the organizational tasks of the Jena Salana and was rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semesters of 1677, 1683 and 1689 . That year he was appointed professor of theology at the theological faculty of the newly founded university in Halle . As the first prorector of the institution , Baier had problems and arguments between himself, the Orthodox Lutheran , and his colleague August Hermann Francke , who was inclined to pietism , from the start . Therefore he moved to Weimar at the beginning of 1695.

There he worked for a few months as court preacher and general superintendent until he fell ill in the summer and died on October 10, 1695 at the age of 48 in Weimar. In his last years Baier also emerged as a hymn poet; among others Who is the Lord who does all miracles?

Johann Wilhelm Baier had married Anna Katharina Musaeus. From this marriage the sons Johann Wilhelm (1675–1729), Johann Jakob Baier (1677–1735) and Johann David Baier (1681–1752) are known.

Works

  • Compendium theologiae positivae. 1686, Jena 1708, 1712, 1717, Leipzig 1750.
  • Compendium theologiae moralis. Jena 1697.

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SURNAME Baier, Johann Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1647
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1695
Place of death Weimar