Friedrich Gottlieb Süskind (February 17, 1767 – November 12, 1829) was a German

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

born in

Neuenstadt am Kocher Neuenstadt, usually known as Neuenstadt am Kocher (; and until as late as 1800 also known as Neuenstadt an der großen Linde) is a town in Baden-Württemberg in south-western Germany with 9,600 inhabitants. It consists of Neuenstadt, the village ...

. In 1783 he began his theological studies at the Protestant seminar in

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, later embarking on an extensive journey throughout Germany (1790). Afterwards, he served as "pastor repentant" at

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, followed by a vicariate in Stuttgart (1795). From 1795 to 1798 he served as a ''Diakonus'' (deacon) in Urach. In 1798 he became an associate professor at the

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, and in 1805 returned to Stuttgart, where he was appointed ''Oberhofprediger'' and '' Konsistorialrat''.Wurttemberg State Library, Stuttgart
biographical sketchADB: Suskind, Friedrich Gottlieb von
@ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie In 1809 he was involved in the

liturgical Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...

reorganization in

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."Statement based on a translation of text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia". Süskind was a disciple of

Gottlob Christian Storr Gottlob Christian Storr (10 September 1746 – 17 January 1805) was a German Protestant theologian, born in Stuttgart. He was the son of theologian Johann Christian Storr (1712–1773) and the older brother of naturalist Gottlieb Conrad Christian ...

(1746–1805), and a prominent member of the so-called ''Ältere Tübinger Schule'' (conservative Tübingen theologians). Within this group he excelled in the field of dialectics. His work was primarily directed to the

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and

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tic fundamental questions of Christianity. During his career, he was in constant conflict with proponents of

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and Fichtean philosophies. With Johann Friedrich Flatt (1759-1821), he was editor of the "''Magazin für christliche Dogmatik und Moral''" (Magazine for Christian Dogmatics and

Morals Morality () is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong). Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of cond ...

Selected publications

* ''Über das Recht der Vernunft in Ansehung der negativen Bestimmung der Offenbarung'' (About the right of reason in view of the negative determination of revelation), (1797). * ''In welchem Sinne hat Jesus die Göttlichkeit seiner Religions- und Sittenlehre behauptet?'' (In what sense has Jesus the divinity of religious and moral claims?), (1802). * ''Über die Pestalozzische Methode und ihre Einführung in die Volksschulen'' (About the Pestalozzi Method and its introduction into elementary schools), (1810).

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