Philipp Ernst Kern

Philipp Ernst Kern (born November 24, 1716 ; different date 1719 in Niedernhall ; † February 20, 1776 in Hildburghausen ) was general superintendent in Hildburghausen.

Life

Philipp Ernst Kern was the son of Georg Heinrich Kern, mayor of Niedernhall and his wife Eva Maria Elisabeth, a daughter of mayor of Niedernhall, Johann Caspar Fischer.

He attended the grammar school in Ingelfingen and the grammar school Schwäbisch Hall and studied theology at the University of Jena , the University of Leipzig , the University of Halle and at the University of Helmstedt and after his studies first became a pastor in Dörrenzimmern and then in Schäftersheim .

In 1748 he became court preacher in the castle community of Erbach ; there he was also consistorial councilor and pastor . Four years later, in 1752, he was appointed superintendent in Weikersheim . In 1758 he came to Hildburghausen and followed Siegmund Basch (1700–1771) in 1759, who was senior court preacher and general superintendent in Weimar , as senior court preacher and general superintendent and Ephorus of the schools in the Duchy of Saxony-Hildburghausen .

In addition to his theological writings, he was also active as a hymn poet and wrote the Passion of the Lamb of God Jesus Christ in 1765 and the song Lord, whom all heavens honor in 1768 in the Hildburghausen Hymnbook and in the Evangelical Hymn and Prayer Book, Meiningen 1862-1919 .

Georg Philipp Kern had been married to Eva Magdalena, a daughter of the butcher Johann Jacob Bühler, in Ingelfingen since September 1, 1744. Together they had several children who were tutored by the private tutor Johann Georg Pfranger .

Fonts (selection)

• Johann Lorenz von Mosheim ; Philipp Ernst Kern: Dissertatio theologica de blasphemia in Spiritvm Sanctvm gravissima, On the serious blasphemy against salvation. Spirit = Of the heavy blasphemy against salvation. Mind . Helmstadii Drimborn 1739.
• Farewell speech on the eloquence of the body filed in German society on September 20, 1738 . Jena Marggraf 1739.
• Two sermons on the inequality of men in death and on wise retribution on the day of judgment . Frankfurt; Leipzig, 1741.
• Sacred Thoughts of God and His Attributes, formulated in bound speech . Nuremberg, 1744–1746.
• The suffering Jesus, or the story of the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, accompanied by a bound speech with edifying reflections and useful comments . Hamburg, 1760.
• The dead live because Jesus rules in heaven . Hanisch State Library in Berlin - Prussian cultural property 1762.
• Triumph from the bed of the dead . Hildburghausen, 1764.
• The scholarship in the death chamber placed in front of the coffin of the former Hochwohlgebohrnen Lord, Mr. Johann Sebastian Kobe von Koppenfels, ducal-Sachßen-Hildburghäusischen ducal secret-also court- and consitorial-council, who finally on November 20, 1765 the immortal spirit surrendered into the hands of Jesus Christ before . Hildburghausen: Pentzold, 1765.

literature

Philipp Ernst Kern . In: New Historical Hand Lexicon. Or brief biographical and historical news of famous patriarchs, kaysers, kings, princes, great generals, statesmen, popes, archbishops and bishops, cardinals, scholars of all sciences, painters, sculptors, artists and other remarkable people of the beyderley family, especially of recent times: A - K . Stettin, 1800. p. 878.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ines Schwamm: Schildburghausen - Hildburghausen hymn poet. Retrieved May 9, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Scholastic address calendar: on d. Year 1760: in it, along with other important news, the names a. Positions of all currently living teachers of the knight academies a. High schools in u. located outside of Germany. 1760 . P. 49. Kammerer, 1760 ( google.de [accessed on May 9, 2019]).
3. ↑ Hildburghäusisches hymn book for church and domestic devotion. In: p. 425. Retrieved on May 9, 2019 .