Severin Walther Slueter

Severin Walther Slüter (also Sluterus or Schlüter ) (born January 12, 1646 in Hamburg , † December 31, 1697 in Lauenburg / Elbe ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, pastor and general superintendent .

Live and act

Severin Walther Slueter was a son of the Hamburg lawyer and mayor Johann Slueter (1616–1686). After studying in Rostock (1662), Jena and Altdorf, Slueter received his doctorate in theology in Rostock in 1672 . He was first ducal full-time extraconciliar professor of theology in Rostock (1673–1674) and then court preacher to the Danish queen mother Sophie Amalie for ten years .

Slueter was appointed pastor of the Maria Magdalenen Church in Lauenburg / Elbe and general superintendent of the Duchy of Lauenburg in 1684 by Duke Julius Franz ; he signed the Lower Saxony Church Ordinance on December 19, 1684.

During his tenure, as a representative of Lutheran orthodoxy , he fought pietistic influences in the duchy. On June 4, 1694, after tough theological disputes, he expelled Bartholomäus Crasselius , who worked as a private tutor for the Pfeifer family in Lauenburg / Elbe and later became known as the poet of the chant “Dir, dir, Jehovah, I want to sing”, from the country .

Slüters 1680 published in the printing unit Proplaeum historiae Christianae ... was by decree of the Roman Catholic Congregation on the 21 November 1695 index set.

Works

Johann Meyer, Johann Slueter, Lorenz Beger, Severin Walter Schlueter , Johann Lyser: Pyrrhonii und Orthophili discussion of the contemplation of the holy marital status founded in natural and divine law, especially so far from the same, which came next year under the name Daphnaei Arcuarii Severin Walther Schlüters / Royal. Hoff-Predigers in Dennemarck ... Rebenlein, 1680.

Severini Waltheri Sluteri Ecclesiarum ad inferioris Saxoniae Ducatum Leoburgicum pertinentium generalis Superintendentis: Proplaeum historiae Christianae: sistens enarrationem methodicam scriptorum veterum atque recentiorum ... & Casparis Sagittarii ... introductioni posthumae in historiam ... Apud Jo. George. Lipper., 1696.

Christian Thomasius, Jakob Thomasius, Johann Konrad Amman, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Severin Walther Slüter, Jean Claude, Kaspar Schoppe: Historia sapientiae et stultitiae, collecta a Christiano Thomasio, ... Tomus I, continens januarium, februarium et martium anni 1693 .. . [Tomus II, continens aprilem, majum et junium anni 1693. Tomus III, continens sex menses posteriores anni 1693.] Sumptibus C. Salfeldii, 1693.

literature

Hermann Augustin (Ed.): Country, hear the word of the Lord. Ev.-luth. Church and churches in the Duchy of Lauenburg , Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1984, p. 315.
Johann Friedrich Burmester : Contributions to the church history of the Duchy of Lauenburg , self-published, Ratzeburg 1832, p. 82. ( online ); 2nd ed. 1882.
Eckardt Opitz (Ed.): Biografisches Lexikon Herzogtum Lauenburg , Husum 2015, ISBN 978-3-89876-778-1 , p. 363.
Benjamin Hein: Die Propsteien / Kirchenkreise in Nordelbien (Writings of the Landeskirchlichen Archiv der Nordkirche, Volume 2) , Landeskirchliches Archiv, Kiel 2016, p. 18 ( PDF - online ).
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 9478 .
Slueter, Severin Walther. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 38, Leipzig 1743, column 65 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Entry on Severin Walter Schlüter in the Rostock matriculation portal .
↑ Georg Heinrich pipe Dantz: Bartholomaeus Crasselius. A contribution to the Lauenburg church history. In: Archives of the Association for the History of the Duchy of Lauenburg 1884, S, 40-49 ( full text )
↑ Jesús Martínez de Bujanda , Marcella Richter: Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600–1966 . Médiaspaul, Montréal 2002, ISBN 2-89420-522-8 , pp. 841 (French, Google digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Friedrich Nicolai	General Superintendent of the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg 1684 - 1697	Johannes Elers

personal data
SURNAME	Slueter, Severin Walther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sluterus, Severinus Waltherus; Schlueter, Severin Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and general superintendent
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1646
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1697
Place of death	Lauenburg / Elbe

[1] Entry on Severin Walter Schlüter in the Rostock matriculation portal .

[2] Georg Heinrich pipe Dantz: Bartholomaeus Crasselius. A contribution to the Lauenburg church history. In: Archives of the Association for the History of the Duchy of Lauenburg 1884, S, 40-49 ( full text )

[3] Jesús Martínez de Bujanda , Marcella Richter: Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600–1966 . Médiaspaul, Montréal 2002, ISBN 2-89420-522-8 , pp. 841 (French, Google digitized version ).