Samuel Schelwig

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Samuel Schelwig, engraving by Elias Hainzelmann after Andreas Stech

Samuel Schelwig (also: Schelgvig, Schelwigius ; * March 8, 1643 in Lissa ; † January 18, 1715 in Danzig ) was a German educator and Lutheran theologian.

Life

The son of the pastor of the same name of the evangelical parish in Gurau in Lower Silesia (* 1611 in Steinau; † April 10, 1658 in Sandewalde) and his wife Euphrosina Heermann, daughter of the pastor in Köben Johann Heermann, was born in Lissa, where his parents went before Dangers of the Thirty Years' War had fled.

Growing up in Gurau , he attended school in Groß Glogau from 1651 , from 1653 the high school in Lissa, from 1656 in Wohlau and in 1659 moved to the Maria Magdalenen grammar school in Breslau . After a trip that took him to Hamburg , Lower Saxony, Zerbst and Magdeburg , he enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1661 and switched to the University of Wittenberg on May 4th that same year . Here he completed a basic philosophical course with Michael Wendeler (1610–1671) in ethics, with Aegidius Strauch II in mathematics and history, with Heinrich Baumann (1634–1669) in metaphysics, with Ernst Backius (1632–1679) in logic Samuel Hentschel (1635–1690) in physics, with Johann Friedrich Horn (around 1625 / 1633–1665) in politics, with August Pfeiffer (1640–1698) in Hebrew, with Christoph Notnagel in astrology and with Simon Friedrich Frentzel (1636–1679 ) in chiromancy.

In 1662 he began studying theology with Strauch, Johannes Meisner , Johann Andreas Quenstedt and Daniel Spiegel. On April 27, 1663, he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy from Andreas Sennert , then gave private lectures, completed his habilitation in September, became tutor to some nobles and in 1667 became a Friday preacher in the Wittenberg Castle Church . On September 18, 1667 he was accepted as an adjunct in the philosophical faculty of the Wittenberg University. He took over as vice-principal on January 7, 1668, the high school professor of logic, metaphysics and poetry at the Gymnasium in Thorn and was 1,673 high school professor of philosophy in Gdansk and librarian of the public library. In 1675 he took over the extraordinary theological professorship there for three years. In 1681 he became a deacon of the Church of St. Catherine in Gdansk and in 1685 rector of the Academic Gymnasium as well as a full professor of theology and pastor at the Trinity Church in Gdansk.

In order to acquire the necessary academic degrees, he returned to the University of Wittenberg, was licentiate in theology on May 8, 1685 and received his doctorate in theology on June 25, 1685 . In Danzig Schelwig established himself as a vehement representative of Lutheran orthodoxy , who opposed above all the efforts of the Pietists around Philipp Jacob Spener . Schelwig had declined honorable appointments as pastor in Königsberg (Prussia), as professor in Wittenberg, as professor in Dorpat and the related position of general superintendent in Livonia.

Above all, he has appeared as the author of writings with a wide variety of philosophical, educational and theological content.

family

Schelwig was married twice.

His first marriage was on September 9, 1670 in Thorn with Regina († August 24, 1684), daughter of the pastor at St. Marienkirche Simon Weiss (1623–1688) and his wife Regina Hollfeld. From this marriage there were six sons and four daughters, of which two sons and a daughter survived the father.

His second marriage was on November 5, 1686 in Danzig with Adelgunda, daughter of the assessor at the Danzig court in the old town Simon Schröder and his wife Agatha again. From this marriage came a son and a daughter who died before their father.

Known by the children are:

  • Johann Schelwig Resp. In Danzig; Magister, October 30, 1695 University of Wittenberg, April 6, 1697 Adjunct d. philos. faculty in Wittenberg; Pastor Kösemark, 1705 deacon of the Trinity Church in Gdansk, pastor of St. John's Church in Gdansk
  • Gottlieb Schelwig (* June 8, 1683 in Danzig; † February 18, 1727 ibid) Gymnasium Danzig, September 28, 1702 studied in Wittenberg, April 27, 1703 Master's degree and University of Greifswald; Bacc. Theol .; Professor of the Hebrew Language, 1710 Professor of Logic, Metaphysics a. practical philosophy at high school in Gdansk and librarian;
  • Constantia Schelwig

Works (selection)

  • Draft of the doctrinal instructions for German Ticht-Kunst. Wittenberg 1671 ( GoogleBooks )
  • To primum et generale Concilium Novi Testamenti fuerit? Danzig 1676 ( online )
  • De Commate V. Danzig 1676 ( online )
  • Oratio Inauguralis, Cum, Philosophicae Professioni, De novo Doctore, Auspicato prospiceretur, In splendidissima Panegyri, the XXX. Iulii M.DC.XXCVI. Recitata. Danzig 1686 ( slub-dresden.de )
  • Itinerarium antipietisticum, that is a brief narration of some things, so he noticed on his ... 1694 trip of the Pietists in Germany because of ... , Stockholm: Volgenaw 1695

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roth 8956
  2. ↑ Liliana Lewandowska: Dr. Samuel Schelwig's "Itinerarium Antipietisticum" from 1695 . In: Johanna Kodzik / Anna Mikołajewska (ed.): Traveling, Perceiving , Communicating in the German-Polish Context in the Early Modern Age. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Prof. Dr. Włodzimierz Zientara , Bremen: edition lumière 2019, ISBN 978-3-943245-80-6 , pp. 99–118.
personal data
SURNAME Schelwig, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schelgvig, Schelwigius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1643
PLACE OF BIRTH Lissa
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1715
Place of death Danzig