Philipp Johann Tilemann

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Philipp Johann Tilemann , also called Schenck (* 1640 in Bückeburg ; † 1708 ) was a German writer and Marburg theology professor for dogmatics .

The father was a member of the Schaumburg council and later a senator in Bremen . Here Tilemann went to school, then studied in Rinteln , Groningen , Franeker and Leyden , toured the Spanish Netherlands, France, Italy and England and obtained his doctorate in 1667 for Dr. theol. at the University of Franeker. As a preacher in the French congregation in Bremen, his talent as a writer of edification came to the fore for the first time as the author of the prayer book Daily Sacrifice of Christians in witty devotions and beautiful soul-touching prayers aimed at every morning and evening of the whole week (Bremen 1673). The book contains Old Testament ideas with a simple religious attitude. Without any dogmatics , he ties in with everyday situations. Occasionally Tilemann lets the soul appear, which, in the sense of the mysticism of the time, languishes for its bridegroom (Christ).

Tilemann's talent shows itself more strangely in the 1680 published Sixteen Stages of the Mercy Throne Jesus Christ, comprehending eight preparations and so many thanks for each day in the weeks before and after the custom of Holy Communion . Nevertheless, it saw 5 editions and was translated into Romansh in 1755 .

The now court preacher of Duchess Sophie Elisabeth von Braunschweig in Lüchau apparently used the mysticism in the 4th book of "tjo 0llrjsti" as a model: As there is a dialogue between Christ and the soul, but the union with Christ is only based on the forgiveness of the Sins related. The abundance of constantly changing images is astonishing, especially because, according to the preface, these observations were recorded in just 8 days.

From Lüchau Tilemann came to Hamm high school in 1676 , and in 1685 as professor of theology and preacher of the Reformed community in Marburg . Already in Hamm he wrote several exegetical and dogmatic dissertations. A treatise O Agapis (1690) and an outline of dogmatics and a commentary on the letter of Judas (1692) emerged from the lectures in Marburg . His writings are distinguished "by the elimination of everything superfluous and a precise summary calculated for practical use" [Beß]. As a dogmatist, he is a strict predestinatian, but with the practical tendency of Voetius (1589–1676) and influenced by Coccejan. In a dissertation "temporum mutatio ..." he advocates calendar reform ( Gregorian calendar ); against the preacher Johann Faes from Stade , he defends the sentence that Christ shared the Lord's Supper . In Marburg he fights with all means against the Cartesians, especially his colleague Georg Otho , who is even excluded from the Lord's Supper because of this dispute, but receives a warning from the Landgrave about compatibility (cf. Marburg University files A 17-1 / 11 in the local state archive) .

In 1691 Tilemann was elected rector of the Alma Mater Philippina in Marburg and has evidently proven himself. Because after his death on December 26th, 1708 the former opponent Otho dedicated a poem of praise to him . The author of the ADB contribution (see sources) was able to discover two funeral sermons given by Marburg professors in addition to the cited writings; in one of them the teachers of theology are celebrated as a divine institution. One of his fellow theology professors was Johann Georg Brand (1645–1703).

Philipp Johann Tilemann was married to Sybilla Christine, daughter of Baron Balthasar von Schrauttenbach, called Weitolshausen, from March 9, 1677 and, from August 24, 1693, to Susanne, daughter of the Palatinate resident in Frankfurt am Main, Abraham Schellecke.

His daughter Dorothea Eleonore was married to the university professor Johann Wilhelm Waldschmiedt since 1711

  • Tilemann called Schenck, Dorothea Eleonore, marriage 1711, daughter of Philipp Johann Tilemann called Schenck, 1640–1708, professor of theology in Marburg, and Dorothea Eleonore Schrauttenbach called Weitolshausen

Tilemann had a son from his second marriage, Johann , born in Marburg on March 18, 1691. In 1720 he became professor of ethics and politics there, but in 1747 he retired to an estate in Schiffelbach , which he owned by marriage a daughter or granddaughter of Lieutenant General Johann ufm Keller .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Basis for a Hessian scholar and writer story. Volume 16, pp. 201 f. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Tilemann, Philipp Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and theology professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1640
PLACE OF BIRTH Buckeburg
DATE OF DEATH 1708