Johannes Olearius (1639-1713)

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Johannes Olearius

Johannes Olearius (born May 5, 1639 in Halle (Saale) , † August 6, 1713 in Leipzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

The son of Gottfried Olearius (1604–1685) began after a private education in Halle in the summer semester 1657 to study philosophy at the University of Leipzig , was on April 9, 1659 Baccalaureus and on January 26, 1660 Master of Philosophy. After studying theology with Johann Hülsemann among others , he attended theological lectures at the University of Jena and the University of Wittenberg .

His teachers in Wittenberg included the then representatives of Lutheran orthodoxy Abraham Calov , Johann Andreas Quenstedt , Johann Deutschmann and Johannes Meisner . In Leipzig he became an assessor at the philosophical faculty in 1663 and professor of the Greek and Latin languages ​​in 1664 . In 1666 he became a member of the great college of princes . On April 9, 1659 he was accepted as a baccalaureus of theology in the theological faculty and was licensed to theology with the dissertation de stylo Novi Testamenti on October 17, 1668 . In 1677 he became professor of theology. Olearius was born on September 17, 1678 to the doctor of theology doctorate .

In his further development he rose to higher professorships, received a canonical in Zeitz in 1683 , was at the same time Ephorus of the electoral scholarship holders and died as a senior at the Leipzig University. Olearius had also taken part in the organizational tasks of the Leipzig University. In the philosophical faculty he was procurator in 1699 , two times dean , nine times dean of the theological faculty and in the summer semesters 1669, 1671, 1677, 1689, 1696, 1703 and 1705 as well as eight times rector of the alma mater in the winter semester 1682 .

Act

Although Olearius had had a strong theological training in Lutheran orthodoxy, he was more reluctant to confront the pietism of August Hermann Francke . He even harbored sympathy for his ideas, so that he was attacked even by his orthodox Lutheran comrades-in-arms. Nevertheless, he remained true to his beliefs and denied his opponents, who were contentious at the time, from any point of attack by continuing his life's work in an undemanding manner. Above all, he tried to sharpen his students' eye for practice in order to give them an objective basis for action in their later work at that time, and with his way of acting, he paved the way for Pietism in Leipzig.

family

Epitaph for Johannes and Anna Elisabeth Olearius, Paulinum - Aula and University Church St. Pauli (2017)

From his marriage on May 20, 1667, to Anna Elisabeth Müller (1649-5 November 1719), the daughter of the Leipzig mathematics professor and physician Philipp Müller (born February 11, 1585 in Hertzberg; † March 26, 1659 in Leipzig) apparently at least nine children, daughters and at least five sons, of which the theologians Gottfried Olearius , Georg Philipp Olearius and the lawyer Johann Friedrich Olearius also became professors. Known are the daughters Christiane Elisabeth Olearius, Anna Sybilla Olearius, Johanna Sabina Olearius, Christina Sophia Olearius, Anna Elisabeth Olearius, Gottfried Olearius I. Johanna Elisabeth Olearius, Christina Dorothea Olearius, Anna Sybilla Olearius, Anna Susanna Olearius and Johannes Olearius.

Works (selection)

Olearius wrote 61 philosophical and 106 theological dissertations . In addition, he achieved an excellent reputation in his time with the following writings.

  • De stylo Novi Testamenti Liber philosophico - theologicus. Leipzig 1668, Coburg 1721
  • Holy old age with its own personality. Leipzig 1690
  • Spiritual manual of the children of God. Leipzig 1692
  • Core of the whole bible. Leipzig 1704
  • Doctrina theologiae moralis. Leipzig 1708
  • Library ca scriptorum ecclesiasticorum. Leipzig 1711
  • Devout widower, widow and orphan. Leipzig 1714
  • Disputationes Veteris et Novi Testamenti. Hall 1730
  • Christian communion booklet, together with a hymn book. Leipzig 1739, 1740
  • Spiritual art of remembrance, which teaches how a person should believe correctly, live in a Christian way and die blessedly. Leipzig 1754
  • Christian death school. Leipzig 1755

literature

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References and comments

  1. ↑ after Epitaph in Paulinerkirche & DGB vol. 11, p. 199 f.
  2. ↑ cf. Franz Blanckmeister : Johann Gottfried Körner, doctor and professor of theology, canon, superintendent and pastor at St. Thomae in Leipzig, Theodor Körner's grandfather. In: Contributions to the Saxon church history. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1892, 7th issue and Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal writings for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Volume 8, p. 94
  3. ↑ * June 25, 1702 in Leipzig, married on June 25, 1725 to the theologian Johann Christoph Körner (* March 11, 1688 in Leipzig; † August 15, 1736 in Weimar), son of the brewer and beer grinder Johann Körner (* 1651 in Leipzig; † October 10, 1702 ibid.) And Barbara (née Münder, Müncher; * 1648 † July 16, 1720 in Leipzig), attended Nikolai and Thomas School in Leipzig, 1706 University of Leipzig, 1711 Mag. Phil. ibid., 1716 Privatdozent ibid., 1724 Substitute Stadtkirche St. Peter and Paul in Weimar, 1727 Diak. ibid, (five children, two sons and a daughter survived him); her sons are the Leipzig superintendent Johann Gottfried Körner (1726–1785), the merchant in Weimar Johann Christoph Körner and the daughter Christiane Sophie Körner († 1808 in Zerbst) was married to a certain Göldner in their first marriage and to the goldsmith in their second marriage Ayrer in Zerbst; her grandson is the theologian Christian Gottfried Körner ; her great-grandson is Theodor Körner (1791–1813); (Here, however, there are doubts. According to Michael Ranfft : Life and writings of all Chursächsischen Gottesschehrten ... Verlag Wolfgang Deer, Leipzig 1742, 2nd part, but she is said to be a daughter of Gottfried Olearius (1672–1715))
  4. ↑ married February 4, 1695 to the pedagogue, genealogist and lexicographer Johann Hübner (born April 15, 1668 in Türchau near Zittau; † May 31, 1731 in Hamburg), a son of the lawyer Johann Hübner II. († March 26, 1758 in Hamburg) cf. Johann Samuelersch and Johann Gottfried Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts 2nd Section, 3rd Part, p. 346 and a daughter Sophia Elisabeth Hübner (1698–1721) married the Leipzig bookseller Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (1688–1738) in 1719 cf. . New German biography . Volume 6, p. 440
  5. ↑ married the lawyer Johann Gottfried Zemisch (: Enlightenment, Verlag Felix Meiner, 2007, p. 343)
  6. ↑ † young before 1685
  7. ↑ m. November 19, 1689 with the theologian Paul Anton
  8. ↑ † young before 1685
  9. ↑ † young before 1685
  10. ↑ † young before 1685
  11. ↑ † young before 1685
personal data
SURNAME Olearius, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1713
Place of death Leipzig