Samuel Benedict Carpzov

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Samuel Benedict Carpzov

Samuel Benedict Carpzov (born January 17, 1647 in Leipzig , † August 31, 1707 in Dresden ) was a German poet and Lutheran theologian.

Life

Samuel Benedict Carpzov was a son of Johann Benedikt Carpzov I. He grew up in Leipzig, attended the St. Thomas School and enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1663 . There he was promoted by his brother-in-law Martin Geier . In 1664 he acquired the bachelor's degree and on January 23, 1666 the philosophical master's degree . On August 20, 1668 he moved to the University of Wittenberg and continued his studies.

He devoted himself to church history and morality under Aegidius Strauch II and became an adjunct of the philosophical faculty. In February 1670, despite extensive competition, he applied for the professorship for poetics . After a complicated selection process, he was chosen in April of the same year and he took up the full professorship for poetics.

However, he did not see his goal in poetics. Already influenced by his father, he wanted to devote himself to more theological questions. This was influenced by his contact with Abraham Calov , in whose house he lived, but whose Lutheran orthodoxy he was reserved about. In 1674 he was given the opportunity to do so and accepted a call to Dresden as second court preacher.

There he became superintendent in 1680 and associated pastor at the Kreuzkirche . In order to be able to meet the increased theological demands in an academic context, he completed further studies. On April 27, 1681, he obtained the academic degree of licentiate in theology, the following day he received his doctorate in theology . In the same year he was appointed to the senior consistory.

In this function he arranged, among other things, the appointment of the Pietist Philipp Jakob Speners as senior preacher at the Dresden court in 1686 . However, after his brother, Johann Benedict Carpzov II , led the opposition of the Pietists from 1688 , Samuel Benedict took his side and against Spener. After Spener's withdrawal from Dresden, Samuel Carpzov took over his position in 1692.

Appreciation

As an opponent of Pietism, he held back as far as possible from theological debates, but tried to prevent efforts to unify the different views. In the tradition of his time, his rhetorical skills are praised at the sermon. His writings, however, were less distinguished by their outstanding quality, but should be interesting in the context of modern research on pietism in the Saxon region.

Family and descendants

From his marriage on March 3, 1674 with Anna Maria Ostermann (born June 29, 1657 in Wittenberg; † July 5, 1729 in Dresden), the daughter of Wittenberg professor Johann Erich Ostermann , they had six sons and two daughters. The children of these are Johann Friedrich, Johanna Sophia (* January 20, 1682 in Dresden; † March 30, 1682 ibid.), Samuel Gottfried (* March 2, 1683 in Dresden; † April 1, 1686 ibid.), Friedrich Gottlieb ( * July 7, 1685 in Dresden; † February 26, 1686 ibid.) And Samuel died in childhood. The sons Johann Gottlob Carpzov and Johann Benedict Carpzov III. and the daughter Johanna Elisabeth survived him. The daughter married the royal Saxon Vice Chancellor Georg Gottlieb Ritter .

Works

  • " Summos in utroque jure honores (...) ", Leipzig 1667. (Congratulations to August Benedict Carpzov, November 9, 1667; digitized version of the SLUB Dresden )
  • Malenii noua praxis orthodaxam fidem discernendi & amplectendi , Wittenberg 1670.
  • “ Greening bones / or sermons of the dead. Bey Hohen Standes- and Hoch-Adelicher / as well as other noble and Christian persons funeral / held before and printed individually / now ... searched together / look through / improved some places / and published with necessary registers ”, Vol. 1, Leipzig 1696. ( digitized version of the ULB Halle )
  • together with Johann Fecht: “ Responsa Theologica. From which it appears that Frau Abbatiszin Hoch-Fürstl. Pass through to the recent and Dero Käyserl. Freyen Stifft Qvedlimburg never heard arduous Accise (...) could not agree ", sl 1701. ( digital copy of the ULB Halle )
  • The Fruitful Society of Christians , Dresden 1711.
An extensive bibliography can be found in Michael Ranfft : Life and writings of all Chursächsischen divine scholars (...) , Leipzig 1742.

literature

Funeral papers

  • “ The all too early, but most blessed step out of this temporality of the great Chur-Saxon Theologi, Hn. D. Samuel Benedict Carpzovens (...) complained on the day of his funeral in the following lines a traveler ", Dresden 1707. ( Digital copy of the SLUB Dresden )
  • Georgius Henricus Mahler: “ Immensi Doloris Flebile Monumentum, In Funere Luctuosissimo Viri Sum Reverendi, Magnifici ... Samuelis Benedicti Carpzovii ... the XI. Septembr. Anno MDCVII. ... erectum a minist. Ecclcsiast. & Colleg. Scholast. Dresden. ", Dresden 1707. ( Digital copy of the SLUB Dresden )
  • Siegmund Schmied: “ The office resigned by a Samuel blessed with great gifts, Alß the Theologus Highly Deserved for the Church of Christ ... Samuel Benedictus Carpzovius ... August 31st. 1707 ... different, From the incumbent devotion to ... Magnificenz and the noble Leyd-bearing family wistfully designed the flourishing Preacher Collegii on behalf of the churches of St. Sophia in Dreß , Dresden 1707. ( Digital copy of the SLUB Dresden )
  • Urb. Frid. Kummer: “ Immortal memory of the honorable, Magnifici, honorable and well-learned gentleman, Mr. Samuel Benedict Carpzovs ... became the most guilty of the Andes on September 2nd of the 1707th year on the day of ... the death of the corpse ... erect ", Freiberg 1707. ( digital copy of SLUB Dresden )
  • Christian Kühne: “ The Divine Call to Heaven, Which The Venerable, Magnificus and Highly Learner Mr. Samuel Benedictus Carpzovius ... d. August 21st ... 1707 ... received: and then the 31st eiusd. early ... the same followed ", Dresden 1707. ( Digital copy of SLUB Dresden )
  • Johann Benedict Carpzov / Johann Gottlob Carpzov: “ Childlike Tears, Which Bey the Grave of the Reverend, Magnifici and Highly Learned Hn. Samuelis Benedicti Carpzovii ... On the day of his abundant corpses begging, September 11th, 1707 ... were shed ", Dresden 1707. ( Digital copy of the SLUB Dresden )

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predecessor Office successor
Georg Green Court preacher in Dresden
1692–1707 		Gottlob Friedrich Seligmann
personal data
SURNAME Carpzov, Samuel Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1647
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1707
Place of death Dresden