Karl Christian Tittmann

Karl Christian Tittmann (born August 20, 1744 in Großbardau ; † December 6, 1820 in Dresden ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian.

Life

As the son of pastor Karl Christian Tittmann, he attended the Princely School in Grimma in 1756 and matriculated at the University of Leipzig in 1762 . With the support of Johann August Ernesti , he acquired the degree of master's degree in 1766 . In the following year he took a position as a catechist at the Peterskirche in Leipzig and in 1770 a position as a deacon in Langensalza .

During his practical ecclesiastical work he immersed himself in theological research and in 1773 wrote the “Tractatus de vestigiis Gnosticorum in Novo Test. Frusta quaesitis “(Leipzig). Because of his writing activities, he was noticed at the University of Wittenberg and on June 3, 1775 he was appointed professor at the theological faculty. At the same time he took over the office of provost at the Wittenberg Castle Church and was a member of the Wittenberg consistory as a consistorial councilor .

After he had been rector of the university in the winter semesters of 1776 and 1780 , he was promoted to first professor in 1784, senior pastor at the town church and general superintendent of the Saxon spa district . In 1789 he followed a call to the Saxon court as senior consistorial advisor. From 1803 until his death he was pastor and superintendent of Dresden and because of his merits, like his sons Karl August Tittmann and Friedrich Wilhelm Tittmann later, he was buried in the council crypt of the Elias cemetery.

Theologically anchored in the time of the Enlightenment , he wrote his writings significantly influenced by Ernesti and Abicht. In addition, he began to rearrange hymn books in his mind. The sons Johann August Heinrich Tittmann , Friedrich Wilhelm Tittmann and Karl August Tittmann , who came from his marriage to Caroline Schleußner (1749-1824), also gained respect. Tittmannstrasse in the Striesen district of Dresden was named in honor of the family, not an individual.

Fonts

• Tractatus de vestigiis Gnosticorum in NT frustra quaesitis. Leipzig 1773
• Diss. De noxis et inscitia linguarum doctrinae christianae illatis. Leipzig 1775
• Progr. De theologis veterum. Wittenberg 1775
• Progr. I. II de vocabulis oeconomiae salutis. Wittenberg 1776
• Progr. De opere Christi salutari. Wittenberg 1778
• Progr. Jesus, Deus et seruator in evangelicum Iohannis demonstratur. Wittenberg 1778
• De resurrectione mortuorum beneficio Christi. Wittenberg 1779
• Christian Morals , 1783, 1785, 1794
• Wittenberg hymn book , Wittenberg a. Zerbst 1788, 1792, 1796
  • Prayers and devotional exercises, 1788, 1792
• Dresden hymn book , Dresden 1797
  • Prayers and devotional exercises, Dresden 1797
• Prayers for use in public and domestic services , Dresden and Leipzig 1811
• Church book for the Protestant church service of the Royal Saxon Lands, published on the highest orders , Dresden 1812–1813, 2 parts (2 parts also with the title “New Saxon Church Agendas”, Dresden 1813)

literature

• Paul Tschackert :  Tittmann, Karl Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 387 f.
• Johann Christoph Erdmann : Biography of all proves at the castle and university church in Wittenberg . Wittenberg 1802
• Fritz Juhnke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis, Halle 1966
• Johann Gottlieb August Klänke: Newly learned Dresden or news from Dresden scholars, writers, and artists who are now living; Libraries and art collectors. Leipzig 1796 pp. 168-169
• Heinrich Doering : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Verlag Johann Karl Gottfried Wagner, 1835, Neustadt an der Orla, vol. 4, p. 493 ( online )
• Friedrich August Weiz : The learned Saxony or directory of those in the Churfürstl. Saxon. and incorporated countries of contemporary writers and their writings. Verlag Carl Friederich Schneider, Leipzig, 1780, p. 251