Samuel Crell

Samuel Crell (* 25. March 1660 in Kreuzburg ; † 12. March 1747 in Amsterdam ; pseudonyms: Lucas Mellierus and Artemonius ) was a Unitarian preacher , theologian and writer , who with the spread of Socinianism helped.

Life

Samuel Crell was born as the son of Christopher Crell-Spinowski (Polish: Krzysztof Crell-Spinowski ), who was the pastor of the Polish Brothers . He began studying at the Remonstrant Theological Seminary in Amsterdam . He then worked as a preacher in small Unitarian parishes in the Mark Brandenburg , in Silesia and, for the longest, in Königswalde near Frankfurt an der Oder . He traveled several times to the Netherlands and England . In 1727 he moved to Amsterdam and became a theological writer. Crell maintained numerous contacts with intellectuals in England, Germany and the Netherlands, among others he corresponded with John Locke and is considered an important author of the German socinian catechism and a representative of socinianism.

Works

under the pseudonym Lucas Mellierus: Fides primorum Christianorum ex Barnaba, Herma et Clemente Romano illustrata. London 1697.
anonymous: Cogitationum novarum de primo Adamo s. de ratione salutis per illum amissae per hunc recuperatae compendium. Amsterdam 1700.
under the pseudonym Artemonius: Initium evangelii S. Joannis Apostoli ex antiquitate ecclesiastica restitutum, ididemque nove ratione illustratum. 1726.

literature

Gabriel Wilhelm Goetten : Europe now living. Volume 3, Braunschweig 1737.
Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel : Historical-critical news from deceased scholars and their writings. Volume 3, Part 1, Köthe / Dessau 1757, pp. 25–34 ( digitized in the Google book search).
Hermann Schüssler: Crell, Samuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 408 f. ( Digitized version ).
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Samuel Crell. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1158. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Web links

Publications by and about Samuel Crell in VD 17 .

Individual evidence

^ The Correspondence of John Locke. Vol. 6, 1981, p. 459

personal data
SURNAME	Crell, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lucas Mellierus (pseudonym); Artemonius (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Unitarian preacher, theologian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kreuzburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 12, 1747
Place of death	Amsterdam

[1] The Correspondence of John Locke. Vol. 6, 1981, p. 459