David Hollatz, Lutheran dogmatician; born at Wulkow

Ulikowo

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, near Stargard

Stargard Szczecinski

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 (34 km ESE of Stettin), in Pomerania

Pomerania

Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...

, 1648; died at Jakobshagen (24 km E of Stargard) April 17, 1713. He studied at Erfurt

Erfurt

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 and Wittenberg

Wittenberg

Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a city in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Elbe. It has a population of about 50,000....

, and became preacher

Preacher

Preacher is a term for someone who preaches sermons or gives homilies. A preacher is distinct from a theologian by focusing on the communication rather than the development of doctrine. Others see preaching and theology as being intertwined...

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

Rector

The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...

 in Colberg in 1684, and pastor

Pastor

The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....

 in Jakobshagen in 1692.

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 systems of dogmatics

Dogmatic theology

Dogmatic theology is that part of theology dealing with the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and his works, especially the official theology recognized by an organized Church body, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Dutch Reformed Church, etc...

 in the era of Lutheran orthodoxy

Lutheran Orthodoxy

Lutheran orthodoxy was an era in the history of Lutheranism, which began in 1580 from the writing of the Book of Concord and ended at the Age of Enlightenment. Lutheran orthodoxy was paralleled by similar eras in Calvinism and tridentine Roman Catholicism after the...

. Hollatz knows Pietism

Pietism

Pietism was a movement within Lutheranism, lasting from the late 17th century to the mid-18th century and later. It proved to be very influential throughout Protestantism and Anabaptism, inspiring not only Anglican priest John Wesley to begin the Methodist movement, but also Alexander Mack to...

, but does not mention it, although he refutes mysticism

Christian mysticism

Christian mysticism refers to the development of mystical practices and theory within Christianity. It has often been connected to mystical theology, especially in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions...

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

Antithesis

Antithesis is a counter-proposition and denotes a direct contrast to the original proposition...

, 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.

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
• The order of evangelical grace in the economy of salvation

External links

• Studium Excitare: Biography of David Hollaz by Kirk E. Lahmann

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