Wilhelm Nagel (theologian)

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Wilhelm Nagel (born December 14, 1805 in Halle , † October 26, 1864 in Bremen ) was a German theologian and enlightener.

biography

Nagel was the son of the late doctor Ernst Nagel. He lived in an orphanage , but was allowed to attend Latin school. After graduating from high school in 1823, he studied theology. In Westphalia he worked from 1826 to 1828 as a private tutor for noble families. In 1832 he passed his exams in Bielefeld and was then assistant preacher with Superintendent Scherr at the Neustädter Church in Bielefeld. From 1838 to 1842 he was pastor in Heepen near Bielefeld.

On July 10, 1842, he was appointed pastor to the Rembertigemeinde Bremen . Nagel was a representative of church liberalism . On the occasion of a meeting of natural scientists in Bremen in 1844 he anonymously published the essay Some About the Influence of Natural Sciences on Religion and National Education in the Weser newspaper and triggered another church dispute with his orthodox opponents in Bremen who demanded his replacement. The conservative, reformed pastor Friedrich Ludwig Mallet was head of the so-called Spiritual Ministry of Bremen (total representation of the pastor). He ordered the "dear Mr. Nagel", criticized him heavily and described Nagel's "essays as lies and blasphemy against the Lord". The panel called for Nagel's expulsion.
His congregation stood up for him, as did the liberal pastor Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Paniel from the St. Ansgarii Church . Mayor Johann Smidt , who was a member of the Remberti community, and the Senate also support him with the declaration of 1845

"... that, since so-called religious courts do not exist properly in the Bremen Free State, no authority is allowed to raise themselves to it. Pastor Nagel cannot and should not be expelled from the Ministerio, and the Ministerio will not hold a meeting without inviting him. "

The Senate demanded that the pastors should now rest and "abstain from participating in the known public discussions in order to preserve the church's peace" ... "Each of the pastors only had to answer yes or no ..." all pastors meekly answered yes, the expulsion of Nagels was annulled. The freedom of the church in Bremen was thus clearly confirmed for other regions as well.

During the revolution of 1848/49 he supported liberal and social movements, but did not allow himself to be captured by the parties of the time. He remained in the pulpit as pastor.
His grandson Richard Nagel was born in 1857 and is considered an important ornithologist and painter of the bird world and landscapes of northwest Germany.

Works

  • Under the name Wilhelm Angelstern: The novels Das Testament and Thaleck . 1836.
  • For the further development of Christianity. A compilation of sermons as a contribution to the religion of the spirit. 1845.
  • Hours of edification. 1846.
  • On the essence of Christianity, as a continuation of the hours of edification. 1848.
  • The epitome of Christianity in its formation as an absolute religion. Basis for the confirmation lessons. 1848.
  • Tragedy Michael Servet. 1849.
  • On the religion of maturity, sheets in sermon form. 1851.
  • Christianity in its truth as the religion of the present. 1855.
  • Angelica. Tragedy. 1860.
  • Stories. 1863.
  • The sermon collections. Bremen 1883.
  • The nightwalker. Novella. 1887.
  • Thabor, collection of selected sermons. Bremen 1888.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joachim Seitz: The birds of Lower Saxony and the State of Bremen, in: Contributions to the history of ornithology in Lower Saxony and Bremen, Hanover 2012, p. 233 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Nagel, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Angelstern, Wilhelm (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1864
Place of death Bremen