Johann Wilhelm Krafft

Johann Wilhelm Krafft ( Ioannes Guilielmus Krafft ) (born March 11, 1696 in Allendorf an der Werra ; † November 25, 1767 in Marburg ) was a German Reformed theologian who belongs to the Orthodox branch of Reformed theology.

Life

His parents were Justus Krafft († 1704; pharmacist and syndic , church elder in Allendorf an der Werra ) and Agnes, b. Gille. These were in contact with Eva von Buttlar for a time . Agnes was the daughter of the businessman and trader and councilor Christoph Gille († 1685) and Maria. According to tradition, his great-grandson also had ancestors : Schilt Krafft († 1668 or 1705; mayor, church elder in Borken / Niederhessen ) and Conrad Krafft (1577–1665; church senior).

He began studying Protestant theology at the University of Marburg in 1712 and heard, among other things, the lectures of Franz Ulrich Ries , where he became a master of Protestant theology in 1716 , major in the Hessian Scholarship Institute in 1719 , second preacher in 1723 and first preacher in 1727 in the Reformed community of Marburg. In 1738 he was transferred to Hanau as consistorial councilor and preacher . In 1746/47 he became a full professor of Protestant theology in Marburg and Ephorus of the scholarship holders. In 1749 he was appointed Doctor of Evangelical Theology hc.

Around 1766 he involved Johann Rudolph Anton Piderit , who may have taught at the Collegium Carolinium in Kassel, in a conflict. In 1767, Piderit was punished for naturalism and fanaticism with a theological writing ban.

Marriage and offspring

In 1728 Krafft married Christiane Elisabeth b. Scheffer from an old Hessian family. His sons, who also became theologians and moved to the Rhineland, were:

• Justus Christoph Krafft (born January 2, 1732 in Marburg; † January 22, 1795 Frankfurt, M.) became a theologian in Frankfurt and is an uncle of Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling .
• Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Krafft (born November 8, 1742 in Hanau; † May 9, 1809 Duisburg) was Professor of Law at the University of Duisburg.
• Elias Christoph Krafft (* March 3, 1748 in Marburg, † October 21, 1798 in Duisburg) was a Protestant - Reformed preacher in Greveld . He married Johanna Ulricke (1752-1819), a daughter of Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost .
  • Christian Krafft (1784–1845) studied theology from 1803 at the University of Duisburg
  • Johann Gottlob Krafft (1789-1830); studied there from 1808 and became pastor and consistorial councilor in Cologne

Works

• Dissertatio Theologica inavgvralis De mysterio diei expiationvm, cvjvs explicatio ratione vtrivsqve hirci ex nova qvadam hypothesi… tentatvr… pro loco… et simvl svmmis in Theol. honoribvs rite conseqvendis… disqvisitioni svbmissa; Marburg / Lahn: Philipp Casimir Müller, 1749
• Observationum Sacrarum, quibus varia scripturae loca atque argumenta theologica illustrantur ; in 9 volumes; Marburg / Lahn: Philipp Casimir Müller, 1753–66
• De Mysterio Diei Expiationum ; Marburg / Lahn: Philipp Casimir Müller, 1749

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willi Temme: Crisis of the body: the partnership of the mother Eva (Buttlarsche Rotte) and ... ; Pp. 107/108, 125/126
2. ↑ List of the mayors of Borken (Hessen)
3. ↑ geneanet.org
4. ^ Wilhelm Rabe: The Crafft clan, Krafft from Borken in Hesse. In: News of the Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck ; Vol. 14 (1939) pp. 114-132.
5. ↑ Heinrich Meyer to Ermgassen:  PIDERIT, Johann Rudolph Anton. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 589-592.

literature

• Ernst Christian Achelis:  Krafft, Johann Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 356 f.