Nicolaus Staphorst (church historian)

Nicolaus Staphorst (1679–1731) (copperplate engraving by Christian Fritzsch )

Nicolaus Staphorst (born August 1, 1679 in Hamburg ; † July 7, 1731 there ) was a German pastor and church historian .

Life

Staphorst was a son of the businessman Albert Staphorst and received his education at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg, where he defended a dissertation under Sebastian Edzardus in 1699 . He studied theology in Rostock , where he received his master's degree in 1702 , and Wittenberg . In 1702 he became a candidate for the Ministry of Spirituality in his hometown. In 1705 he was appointed pastor at St. John's Church in Hamburg, and since 1720 he has also been a preacher at the Spinnhaus . He retained both offices until his death in 1731.

Act

In addition to his office as pastor, Staphorst mainly dealt with Hamburg's church history. He published an extensive work, Historia Ecclesiae Hamburgensis diplomatica, that is: Hamburg Church History , Hamburg 1723 to 1729. By the time of his death, five volumes had been published that deal with Hamburg's church history up to 1531 on the basis of documents ; further volumes were planned. Since the work reproduces many documents that have since been destroyed, it is still important as a source collection to this day.

family

His grandfather, Nicolaus Staphorst (1608–1652), was a pastor at St. John's Church and his great-grandfather, Nicolaus Staphorst (1577–1642), was a deacon at the main church of St. Petri .

On August 24, 1706 he married Margaretha Sillem (1683–1746), daughter of the councilor Hieronymus Sillem (1648–1710). The marriage resulted in a son and four daughters, of whom only two daughters reached adulthood. Catharina Margaretha (1715-1758) married in 1735 the first marriage professor at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums , Joachim Dietrich Evers (1695-1741), and in a second marriage 1748 of the rector Buxtehuder school , Lorenz Joachim Müller (1716 to 1771). The second daughter, Hanna Amanda (1718–1786), became the dominatrix of St. John's Monastery .

Works

• Dissertatio de Johannis clerici logicam. Praeside Sebastiano Edzardo ... Ad examen revocaturus est Nicolaus Staphorst, Hamb. Responsuro . Neumann, Hamburg 1699, OCLC 633091965 .
• "Mr. Joh. Schellhammers , weyland of the churches to S. Petri in Hamburg Pastoris, the E. Ministerii there Senioris and the schools Inspectoris, Geistige Schriften, As I. The Biblical Fundgrub, That is: correct instruction, as in all chapters of the V books Mosis the Lord Christ must be sought and found. II. Threefold sermons on the 91st Psalm, in which a thorough report of the plague, its origin and turning away, etc. overlooked, improved, and with the sixth necessary registers, also a preface increased by Nicolao Staphorst Hamb., Of the churches of St. Joh. In Hamburg Pastore, des seel. Auctoris from nepote ” . Love time, Hamburg 1710, OCLC 313485881 .
• "Directory of some documents belonging to the Hamburg church history, which parts from Rever. Ministerii Actis, partly from the local city library, partly from good friends, collected ” . Liebezeits Wittwe / Felginer, Hamburg 1720, OCLC 249922348 .
• "Historia Ecclesiæ Hamburgensis Diplomatica, that is: Hamburg church history, from credible and mostly still unprinted documents, such as imperial, royal, princely, counts, etc. as well as papal, arch-bishop, episcopal and other two clergy as secular persons respective letters of grace, freedom and confirmation, concessions, indulten, foundations, legacies, ordinances, statutes, contracts, contracts, comparisons and other such diverse writings, collected, described and put in order ” . Hamburg (1723-1731).
  • "The first part, first volume, in it the conversion of our ancestors to Christianity, the establishment of the local Ertz-Stifftes, the same increase through the union with the Bremen church, bit before its complete abolition and cession, therefore the times of Anno 811. to be illuminated in 1223 " . Theodor Christoph Felginer, Hamburg 1723, OCLC 643633140 ( digitized on the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - digitized on Google Books ).
  • "The first part, second volume, in which the history of the thirteen and fourteen centuries is taught and illustrated" . Theodor Christoph Felginer, Hamburg 1725, OCLC 643633147 ( digitized on the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - digitized on Google Books).
  • "The first part of the third volume, including the supplements left in the second volume, and by means of the same documents and reports from which churches S. Catharinæ, S. Nicolai, S. Petri, as well as from which memories are given in the cathedral" . Theodor Christoph Felginers Wittwe, Hamburg 1727, OCLC 643633181 ( digitized on the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - digitized on Google Books).
  • "The First Part, Fourth Volume, which contains the stories of the fifteenth century" . Theodor Christoph Felginers Wittwe, Hamburg 1731, OCLC 643633206 ( digitized on the pages of the Bavarian State Library - digitized on Google Books).
  • “The other part's first volume, in which the stories of the Reformation from An. 1521 to 1531, whereby at the end the annual form of the local E. Predigamt, the formula committendi, and the confessions of the Hamburg Church is put together ” . Theodor Christoph Felginers Wittwe, Hamburg 1729, OCLC 643633218 ( digitized on the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - digitized on Google Books).
• “The confessions of the churches in Hamburg in which contain: I. The three cities, Lübeck, Hamburg and Lüneburg confessions and declaration on the interim. II. EE Ministerii zu Hamburg Latin letter to the Theologos zu Wittenberg from those middle things. III. Their preachers in Hamburg and Lüneburg answer to D. Andreae Osiander's confession of the mediator Jesus Christ and the justification of faith in Latin. IV. Their preachers in Lübeck, Hamburg, Lüneburg and Magdeburg Declaration against D. Georg. Majorem in the doctrine of justification. And VEE Ministerii in Hamburg bad and right confession of the venerable sacrament of the body and blood of our dear Lord Jesus Christ, together with a faithful admonition and warning to the Christian community. M. Joachimi Westphali's translation of the above-mentioned Latin letter, along with the history of the golden calf interpreted at that time, is not less of the Wittenberg theologians' response to the letter sent to them by the preachers in Hamburg ” . Theodor Christoph Felginer's widow, Hamburg 1728, OCLC 246023246 .
• "Annual design of the Hamburg Predig-Ampt" . Theodor Christoph Felginer's widow, Hamburg 1728, OCLC 311475615 .

literature

• Hans Schröder : Staphorst (Nicolaus, (IV.) Mag.) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 3873 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on March 5, 2015]).
• Carsten Erich Carstens :  Staphorst, Nicolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 457.

Web links

Wikisource: Nicolaus Staphorst  - Sources and full texts

• Staphorst in the virtual Hamburg document book

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal (accessed on March 5, 2015).
2. ↑ Hans Schröder: Staphorst (Nicolaus, (II.) Mag.) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 3871 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on March 5, 2015]). Facsimile ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Hans Schröder: Staphorst (Nicolaus, (I.) Mag.) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 3870 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on March 5, 2015]). Facsimile ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Hans Schröder: Evers (Joachim Dietrich) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . Second volume. Dassovius - Günther, No. 956 . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1854, OCLC 165098713 ( facsimile on the website of the Hamburg State and University Library [accessed on March 5, 2015]). Facsimile ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.