Sebastian Edzardus

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Sebastian Edzardus ( also: Edzard ; * August 1, 1672 in Hamburg ; † June 10, 1736 in Hamburg) was a German philosopher, Lutheran dispute theologian and missionary.

Life

Entry in the register of Edzardus in May 1736, shortly before his death ( Johann Friedrich Behrendt register ): “If you want to avoid fanaticism, avoid pietism; and whoever wants to avoid atheism, avoid Wolff's philosophy. "

Born as the son of Esdras Edzardus , he matriculated on July 14, 1694 at the University of Wittenberg . Here he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree on April 29, 1695 and was accepted as an adjunct at the philosophical faculty on March 15, 1698 . In the last year he returned to his hometown to receive a professorship in logic and metaphysics at the academic high school in 1699 . He served in this post for life and was elected rector of the institution five times .

Edzard also appeared as a representative of Lutheran orthodoxy and wrote a large number of writings in Latin, High and Low German. With these writings he also took part in the faculty dispute between the Lutheran Orthodox universities and the representatives of Pietism at the University of Halle . Some of his critical work got out of hand and he was punished for it, and some of his books were burned. Edzard had polemical writings follow in order to expose the "pietistic intrigues".

Thereupon he was suspended for three years in 1733, sentenced to a large sum of money and had to stop his writing. During the theological debates, he is said to have won over 50 Catholics and Reformed people for Lutheran doctrine and brought countless Jews to Christianity.

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SURNAME Edzardus, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edzard, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, Lutheran dispute theologian and missionary
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1672
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1736
Place of death Hamburg