Thomas Ittig

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Thomas Ittig, copper engraving by Christian Romstet

Thomas Ittig (Ittigius), (born October 31, 1643 in Leipzig ; † April 7, 1710 ibid) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

The son of the physician and professor in Leipzig Johannes Ittig and his wife Sabina Elisabeth, the daughter of the theologian Thomas Weinrich , had attended the Leipzig Nikolaischule . In 1660 he moved to the University of Leipzig , became a baccalaurus in philosophy and continued his studies at the University of Rostock for a while . On January 20, 1663, he became a master of philosophy in Leipzig . On August 20 of the same year he completed his habilitation at the university in his hometown.

In 1664 he went on an educational trip to the University of Strasbourg . From 1666 he worked as a private tutor in Dresden for two years . In 1670 he became an assessor in the philosophy faculty at the Leipzig University. On December 30, 1670 he was called to preacher at the Johanneskirche , for which he was ordained and introduced on January 30, 1671. On May 25, 1674 he went as a subdeacon to the St. Thomas Church , in 1675 became a deacon and Vespers preacher and in 1685 a deacon and Friday preacher.

On October 28, 1697 he became associate professor and on March 3, 1698 full professor of the theological faculty at the University of Leipzig. On November 22, 1699 he became pastor and superintendent in Leipzig, for which he received his doctorate in theology on November 9, 1699 . He was also assessor of the Leipzig consistory and canon in Meissen . He was also dean of the theological faculty in 1702 and 1706.

Ittig married Sophie Elisabeth († December 19, 1686) on May 16, 1685. The marriage remained childless.

His wife was the widow of the bailiff in Schleusingen Johann Sigmund Sulzberger. Sophie Elisabeth was the daughter of the electoral Saxon councilor and city syndic in Leipzig and hereditary lord in Sietzsch, Greidenitz and Kyhna Anton Günter Bötschen.

Act

Ittig was certainly the most prominent scholar in the field of church history research at the time. His works were read, appreciated and quoted far beyond the borders of the empire. These include bibliographic manuals such as the treatise De bibliothecis et catenis patrum (Leipzig 1707). By far his most important work is an important work on the history of heresy, De haeresiarchis aevi apostolici & apostolico proximi, seu primi & secundi a Christo nato seculi dissertatio (Leipzig 1690), a treatise. Ittig also gained importance in the terministic dispute . As a theologian of Lutheran orthodoxy, he was open to the pietistic endeavors and got into a theological dispute with Adam Rechenberg over the question of whether man was given a permanent period for conversion from God . In doing so, he defended the Lutheran thesis that the door of mercy is open to all sinners until death .

Works (selection)

  • Bibliotheca Patrum apostolicorum graeco-latina. 1699 ( online )
  • Operum supplementum. 1699 ( online )
  • De synodi carentorensis à Reformatis in gallia Ecclesiis A. 1631 celebratae dissertatis theologica-historica. 1705 ( online )
  • De Montium Incendiis. 1671 ( online )
  • De bibliothecis et catenis Patrum. 1707 ( online )
  • Historiae Ecclesiasticae… A Christo Nato Seculi Selecta Capita: Praemissa Est Ejusdem De Scriptoribus Histori Ecclesiastic ̨Recentioribus Dissertatio. 1709 vol. 1, ( online )

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SURNAME Ittig, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1643
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1710
Place of death Leipzig