David Hollatz (1648 – 17 April 1713) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Born in 148, in Wulkow, near

Stargard Stargard (; 1945: ''Starogród'', 1950–2016: ''Stargard Szczeciński''; or ''Stargard an der Ihna''; ) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2021 it was inhabited by 67,293 people. It is situated on ...

(34 km ESE of

Stettin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major seaport, the largest city of northwestern Poland, and se ...

), in

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. He studied at

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and

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, and became

preacher A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who Open-air preaching, preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach com ...

at Pützerlin near Stargard in 1670, at Stargard in 1681 (in 1683 also conrector), rector in Colberg in 1684, and

pastor A pastor (abbreviated to "Ps","Pr", "Pstr.", "Ptr." or "Psa" (both singular), or "Ps" (plural)) is the leader of a Christianity, Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutherani ...

in Jakobshagen in 1692. He died at Jakobshagen (24 km E of Stargard) on 17 April 1713.

Works

His principal work is his ''Examen theologicum acroamaticum'' (Rostock – afterward Stockholm – and Leipzig, 1707; 7th and 8th eds. by Romanus Teller, 1750 and 1763). The work is the last of the strict

Lutheran Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

systems of dogmatics in the era of Lutheran orthodoxy. Hollatz knows

Pietism Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christianity, Christian life. Although the movement is ali ...

, but does not mention it, although he refutes

mysticism Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute (philosophy), Absolute, but may refer to any kind of Religious ecstasy, ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or Spirituality, spiritual meani ...

. The system is divided into ''quaestiones'', which are explained by ''probationes''; these are followed by ''

antitheses Antithesis (: antitheses; Greek for "setting opposite", from "against" and "placing") is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introdu ...

'', against which the different ''instantia'' are brought forward. Hollatz also published ''Scrutinium veritatis in mysticorum dogmata'' (Wittenberg, 1711); ''Ein gottgeheiligt dreifaches Kleeblatt (Leidender Jesus)'' (1713); a collection of sermons; and other works.

Theology

Hollatz believed in

conditional election In Christian theology, conditional election is the belief that God chooses for eternal salvation those whom he foresees will have faith in Christ. This belief emphasizes the importance of a person's free will Free will is generally underst ...

: "Predestination is the eternal decree of God to bestow eternal salvation upon all of whom God foresaw that they would finally believe in Christ."

References

Citations

Sources

Translated works

From ''Examen Theologicum Acroamaticum''
The Restoration and Resurrection of the Dead (Part I)
Tr. by Kirk E. Lahmann
The Restoration and Resurrection of the Dead (Part II)
Tr. by Kirk E. Lahmann
The Highest Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity in the Old Testament
Tr. by Nathaniel J. Biebert
Baptism and the Means of Salvation
Tr. by Nathaniel J. Biebert

External links

Studium Excitare: Biography of David Hollaz
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