Melchior Gottlieb Minor

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Melchior Gottlieb Minor, copper engraving by Johann Martin Bernigeroth

Melchior Gottlieb Minor (also: Maleki ; * December 28, 1693 in Zülzendorf ; † September 24, 1748 in Gutschdorf ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Minor came from a family of Silesian pastors who originally came from Bohemia and actually bore the name Maleki. His great-grandfather Thomas Maleki had settled in Breslau as a wine distiller. His grandfather Melchior, once a deacon in the Silesian region, had Latinized his surname Maleki (Slavic: "Small") in the scholarly name Minor . Three of his sons also became preachers. Among other things, the father Melchior Gottliebs, Melchior Minor († October 3, 1721), who had married Juliane Elisabeth von Netz († February 1, 1698). From that marriage came Melchior Gottlieb, who received his first lessons from his father, who had worked as a pastor in Zitzendorf, in Ekebrecht and in 1717 in Praus.

In 1703 he got a private tutor and in 1705 he attended the school of the orphanage in Halle (Saale) , where Matej Bel was his teacher. Here he laid the foundations of the Latin, Greek and Hebrew languages. In October 1709 he attended the grammar school in Zittau and began studying at the University of Wittenberg in 1712 . Here Johann Wilhelm Jahn , Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen and Georg Friedrich Schröer were his teachers. After a short time he switched to the University of Halle , where he familiarized himself with the English and French languages. He attended the lectures on natural law with Nikolaus Hieronymus Gundling and familiarized himself with canon law with Justus Henning Böhmer . At the University of Jena , he continued his studies with Michael Förtsch (1654-1724), Johann Franz Buddeus and Jesaias Friedrich Weißenborn (1673-1750). With Johann Friedrich Wucherer (1682–1737) he heard ethics and homiletics , with Georg Albrecht Hamberger (1662–1716) mathematics and with Johann Reinhard Rus (1679–1738) expanded his knowledge of Hebrew and the oriental languages.

In 1715 he had completed his studies and became court master of several noble families in Schweidnitz in his home country . Through their connections, after he had been ordained on September 12th in Liegnitz , on September 29th, 1720, he was sent to a parish in Tepplinwoda . In 1722 he went as a deacon to the Gnadenkirche in Landeshut , where he rose to senior pastor in 1727 and received his first position in the church ministry. He turned down an offer in 1734 as Pastor Primarius of the Peter and Paul Church in Görlitz and in 1739 as main preacher at the Nikolaikirche in Hamburg. Instead, he was appointed royal Prussian senior consistorial councilor of Landeshut-Bolkenhain in 1746 and inspector of churches and schools in the Schweidnitz district in 1748. He died of a heart attack on a trip to Wroclaw.

The ascetic, celebrated pulpit speaker and writer had earned an excellent reputation as a writer of theological works. In addition to various articles in journals, he has published quite a few books.

From his marriage to Anna Amalia, the daughter of the royal lawyer of the principalities of Schweidnitz and Jauer Johann Siegismund von Benisch, four daughters were born. Christiane Elisabeth Minor is known (* March 24, 1728; † January 1, 1792; married. 1751 Fischer)

Works

  • The very important office of an ambassador for Christ, a sermon on the gospel on the 20th Sunday after Trinity. Landshut 1722.
  • Life in Suffering, a funeral sermon on Psalm 42, March 2, 1723.
  • The necessary knowledge of a Christian. Jauer 1723.
  • The sermon of penance, as the right guide to bliss, on Acts 3, 19, 20, 1725.
  • Kurtze message from the altars of the Jews, Gentiles and Christians, with a description of the altar built in the Gnadenkirche in front of Landshut. Landshut 1725.
  • The main sum of Christian teaching. Landshut 1726.
  • The best wisdom of the living, a funeral sermon on 2 Corinthians 5, 1 ... 1727.
  • The first letters of Christian teaching for children who want to go to Holy Communion. 1727.
  • Collection of some edifying house and church devotions. Landshut 1727.
  • Lessons of Penance. Landshut 1727.
  • The well-founded hope of believers for eternal bliss; a sermon on 1st Thessal. 5, 9, 10. 1729.
  • The pure evangelical faith; a sermon on the Gospel on the 3rd Sunday after Trinity. Landshut and Leipzig 1730.
  • The Augsburg Confession, with a brief historical report of the same. Jauer 1730.
  • The picture of a Christian who is always ready for the same death. A sermon on Timoth. 1, 12th 1732.
  • The secure and firm anchor of souls. A sermon on John 3, 16. 1733.
  • The best rest of the believers. A sermon on Heb. 4, 9, 10. 1734.
  • The last hours of the old. A sermon on the gospel of the feast of the purification of Mary. Breslau and Leipzig 1734.
  • Help at the right time. A sermon on Psalm 94:29, 1735.
  • The bloody choice place of a good warrior of Jesus. A sermon on Revelation Joh. 3, 10. 1735.
  • The beautiful figure of a Christian cross-bearer, via Revelation. Joh. 7, 14
  • The voice of God in the water, a sermon, on the occasion of a great water binge, the 8th after Trinity. Held in 1736 on the ordinary epistle. Leipzig and Breslau 1736.
  • The glory of God at the harmful effects of great floods, a sermon on Habakkuk 4, 8, 9, 10 held on September 24, 1736, in memory of the extraordinary pouring of water, together with news of the same. Leipzig and Breslau 1736.
  • The Improvement of Man, as the Best Means for Improving the Troubled Times, a sermon given in 1737 on Jerem. 6, 8. Landshut 1737.
  • Voices of eternity, as they have been recited in various sermons about particular sayings of the Holy Scriptures under divine worries. Leipzig and Breslau 1737.
  • The memory of a respected teacher in the church, whom Schweidnitz received from Landshut, during the change of Mr. Gottfried Langhausen, who was called by the Conrectorrat in Landshut as protector to the Protestant school at the Church of the Holy Trinity in 1738 ... 1738.
  • Jesus in the Heart: On the Feast of the Purification of Mary 1738. From the Evangelio Luc. II. 22, 23 presented with the assistance of Jesus. ( Online )
  • The life of Enoch Bartsche, former pastor and church and school inspector in Schweidnitz, described by Melchior Gottlieb Minor. Landshut 1738.
  • Evangelical encouragement to faith and divine walk in various sermons. Leipzig and Breslau 1776, 2nd edition. 1776, 2nd parts
  • Spiritual speeches and treatises. Leipzig and Breslau 1752.
  • Sacred reflections on the Gospels. Leipzig and Breslau 1756.
  • Voices of repentance in various sermons on the proverbs of the scriptures. Leipzig and Breslau 1757.
  • Holy contemplation on the passion of Jesus. Leipzig and Breslau 1757.
  • Voices of eternity in sermons. Leipzig and Breslau 1776 2nd parts

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personal data
SURNAME Minor, Melchior Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maleki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH Zülzendorf
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1748
Place of death Gutschdorf