Johann Zacharias Hilliger

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Johann Zacharias Hilliger (born January 7, 1693 in Chemnitz , † January 16, 1770 in Seyda ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Hilligiger came from an influential Saxon family. He was born as the first son after five daughters of the superintendent Johann Wilhelm Hilliger (1643-1705) and his wife Anna Elisabeth (born January 31, 1658 in Wittenberg; † February 1, 1725 in Chemnitz). Anna Elisabeth was the eldest daughter of the Wittenberg fortress commander Erasmus von Engerland.

His father paid special attention to his upbringing. He was taught by private tutors at an early age and was able to use the Greek and Chaldean languages ​​at the age of eight. After the early death of his father, he attended the city school of Chemnitz at the age of eleven, where he acquired the skills needed to attend a university.

In 1710 he moved to the University of Leipzig , where he initially studied philosophy. Requested by Johann Georg Abicht , he acquired knowledge of the Old Testament through disputes, developed his knowledge of the Greek language and made himself familiar with French and English. Inspired by Gottfried Olearius for theology, he got to know the University of Jena and the University of Halle for a short fortnight . On October 17, 1713, he moved to the University of Wittenberg , where he was accepted into the house of his cousin Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier , and on April 30, 1714, he acquired the degree of Master of Arts in the Seven Liberal Arts .

In Wittenberg he obtained permission to read aloud for universities as a Magister legens in the winter semester of 1715, was accepted as an adjunct in the Faculty of Philosophy on May 29, 1718 , in 1724 he took up an extraordinary professorship in philosophy and was dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in the summer semester of the same year . On May 25, 1725, he was given a full professorship in poetics, but he did not take it up. One had him in mind for a theological office. On July 20, 1725 he was proposed as superintendent in Seyda, on the 25th of the same month he gave the trial sermon in Dresden, was for the trial sermon in Seyda on the 12th after Trinity and received confirmation from bailiff Packenbusch in the presence of Gottlieb Wernsdorf for the office.

He was ordained the following Sunday in Wittenberg and confirmed in Dresden on August 29th . In order to be able to fill this office in accordance with the church regulations, he acquired a licentiate in theology on November 9th, 1725 , took office on the 20th after Trinity and received his doctorate in theology on April 17th, 1727 . Although he was offered a theological professorship in Giessen in 1728, the superintendent of his hometown in 1734 and a theological professorship at the Wittenberg Academy in 1740, he remained in Seyda until the end of his life.

family

Hilliger married Johanna Christiana Juliane on October 29, 1725, the daughter of Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier . This marriage resulted in 9 children, 3 sons and 6 daughters. It is known of these children:

Johanna Juliane Hilliger (born July 15, 1726 in Seyda; † May 31, 1728 ibid)
Dorothea Christine Hilliger (born April 30, 1728 in Seyda) married. November 3, 1745 with Gottlieb Hermann Hahn (deacon in Mühlberg / Elbe), later senior pastor in Schneeberg
Johanna Elisabeth Hilliger (born March 6, 1730 in Seyda; † April 30, 1751 there as a bride)
Juliana Katharina Hilliger (born May 4, 1733 in Seyda; † January 11, 1734 ibid)
Johanna Sophie Hilliger (born June 10, 1734; † October 1, 1755) married. November 17, 1751 with Otto Andreas Woldeshausen (Pastor Gadegast) 2nd children
Johann Wilhelm Hilliger (born July 15, 1735 in Seyda; † August 27, 1807 ibid) senior pastor and superintendent ibid
Johanna Erdmuthe Hilliger (born May 16, 1737) married. on June 7, 1766 with Johann Ernst Hoppe (Pastors Leetza and Zalmsdorf)
Johann Zacharias Hilliger (* July 25, 1738 in Seyda; † September 30, 1738 ibid)
Johann Friedrich Hilliger (born March 30, 1744 in Seyda; † February 6, 1792 in Schneeberg)

Selection of works

  1. Diss. (Praes. C. O- Rechenberg) de statu, coniugali et servili. Leipzig in 1713 probably from the President
  2. Diss. (Praes. Abícht) de libro rectí (from the book dtr Honorable) ad Jos. X, 15th Leipzig 1714
  3. Diss. I – III de laceratione vestium apud Ebraeos usitata. Wittenberg 1716
  4. Diss. De psalmorum, hymnorum et odarum spirítualíum diserimiue, ad Ephes. V, 19. Wittenberg 1720.
  5. Diss. De vita, fama et scriptis Valent. Weigelii. Wittenberg 1721
  6. Diss. De subsidiis attentiouis merito et falso suspecta. Wittenberg 1723
  7. Diss. (Praes. Schroeero) de illuminationia gratiosae subiecto, secundum Scripturae S. stilura. Wittenberg 1723
  8. Diss. De plagia magnis Pharaonis, ad Genes. XII, 17th Wittenberg 1724
  9. Diss. De philosophia in genere. Wittenberg 1724
  10. Diss. (Praef. Schroeero) de Papae verbo divino non divino. Wittenberg 1724
  11. Progr. De studiorum barbarie non facile metuenda. Wittenberg 1724
  12. Institutiones logicae eclecticae, ex veterum et recentiorum scriptorum Log. monumentis studíose collectae, et brevíbus thesibus ac perspicus ectbesibus initructae, in usum lecrionum acadeniicarum. Wittenberg 1725
  13. Tentamina poëtica, Wittenberg 1725
  14. Progr. De nexu Philologiae cum Philosophia necessario. Wittenberg 1725
  15. The true longing of a priest for the clothes of salvation, to 2. Cor. V, i. (a funeral sermon), Leipzig 1726
  16. Institutiones pneumaticae eclecticae, ex veterum et recentiorum scriptorum monumentis studiose conquisitae, et brevibus thesibus ac perspicuis ecthesibus instructae, in usum lectionum academicarum. Wittenberg 1726
  17. Rhetorica ecclesiastica, ex veterum et recentiorum Homiletarum monumentis studiose conquisita, brev. thes. persp. ecth. exemplis largissimis et tota elaborata concione instructa; olim in usum Auditorum conscripta, nunc bono S. Ministerii Candidatorum publici iuris Sacta, cum gemino indice. Wittenberg 1728
  18. Schediasma de iusto dimensoque concíonum pro suggestu have therefore temporis spatio. Wittenberg 1728
  19. Progr. De canonica libri Esther auctoritate. Wittenberg 1729
  20. One Evangel. Teacher's adequate reward, about Matth. 25, 1. a funeral sermon, Wittenberg 1731
  21. Progr. De Augustana Confessione, norma conciouum facraruin secundaria. Wittenberg 1733
  22. Institutiones isagogicae in universam theologiam. Wittenberg 1734
  23. Progr. De Synodorum origine, progressu et fine. Wittenberg 1742
  24. Progr. De Synodorum praeside, adsessoribus, norma et disciplina in illis. observanda. Wittenberg 1746
  25. Progr. De Herrnhuthianorum secta speciosa, sed revera perniciosa. Wittenberg 1749
  26. Progr. De vitiis vocantis et vocati, vere et apparente talibus. Wittenberg 1753
  27. Oratio de meritis Germanorum in philosophiam, vindicatis contra Gallos. In: Actis Academiae Wittebergensis ...

literature

  • Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Leipzig, 1805, Vol. 5, 515 ( online )
  • Ed / Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . 2nd section, part 8, p. 186 ( online )
  • Otto Hübner: The Hilliger family. In: Messages from the Freiberger Altertumsverein with pictures from the past. 42nd issue (see also issue 40, p. 205), Freiberg (Sachsen) 1904
  • Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 3 ; Halle (Saale), 1966
  • Pastors' book of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony, Leipzig 2006, Vol. 4, 214

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erasmus von Engerland was the son of the High Elector Brandenburg architect from Ansbach Conrad von Engerland and his wife Kunigunde von Hutten, a descendant of Ulrich von Hutten . He was Oberstwachtmeister under Johann Georg I of Saxony and Johann Georg II of Saxony, in Wittenberg since 1646, married on November 14, 1654, 1655–1666 in command of Wittenberg, was raised to the nobility by the emperor because of his military merits buried on September 30, 1666 in Wittenberg
personal data
SURNAME Hilliger, Johann Zacharias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1770
Place of death Seyda