Sigmund Christian Gmelin

Sigmund Christian Gmelin (born March 15, 1679 in Pfullingen ; † October 12, 1707 in Schwarzenau (uncertain)) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Sigmund Christian Gmelin was born as the first of four children of Johann Wilhelm Gmelin . In 1697 he was appointed master's degree and then in 1705 as a deacon (pastor in non-permanent service) in Herrenberg . Like his brother Wilhelm Christian Gmelin , he joined the Pietists . Under the influence of radical pietist literature, Sigmund Christian Gmelin sharply criticized the church and increasingly became a radical pietist. He caused the Baroness Amalia Hedwig von Leiningen to separate from the church and through her came into contact with separatists in Calw. Gmelin wrote his brother hymns .

Because of his radical views, the church leadership expelled him two years after his appointment as a deacon of the office and of the country. Together with his fellow sufferers, he moved to Schwarzenau, where he is said to have died on October 12, 1707 at the age of 28.

Works

• Apologetic Declaration (1708)

literature

• Moriz Gmelin :  Gmelin, Sigmund Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 274.
• Eberhard Fritz: "Many pious souls and cross-minds". The Ihinger Hof owned by the von Leiningen family as a place of communication between Pietists and separatists in the 18th century. In: Blätter für Württembergische Kirchengeschichte , Volume 111 (2011), pp. 161–191.