Advert Description
Are you interested in this item? This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. J.F. Reuss – 1767 - Elementa Theologiae Moralis, quibus quae ad rectam pie beateque in Christo Jesu vivendi ratioem pertinent, generatim exponit D. Ieremias Frider. Reuss; Cancellarius Tubingensis; Tubingae Sumtu Bergeriano, MDCCLXVII [1767]
Red on snow. Old note on the first endpaper as well as an attribution from 1776 by N. Keinats (?) Beautiful woodcut after the title page as well as an elegant vignette. (viii) 616 (iv) Very fine half parchment binding, dimensions 17.5 x 11.5 x 3.8 cm.
Jeremias Friedrich Reuß was a German pastor and theologian who was born on December 8, 1700 in Horrheim in Württemberg. He studied theology at the University of Tübingen and was subsequently appointed pastor in the village of Horrheim. In addition to his religious activities, Reuß was also actively involved in the political and social developments of his time.
On the recommendation of Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, in 1732 he became chaplain to the Danish King Christian VI and professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen, where he published against the Pietism movement. He was also a member of the committee for the improvement of the Danish Bible translation. In 1739-1740 and 1748-1749 he was rector of the university.
Reuß was a respected and influential figure in his field and regarded as one of the greatest experts in practical theology and ethics. His most famous work is "Elementa Theologiae Moralis, quibus quae ad rectam pie beateque in Christo Jesu vivendi ratiom pertinent". Published in 1749, this book is a comprehensive guide to moral theology and the relationship between moral teaching and practice.
Reuß died on March 6, 1777 in Tübingen. His work influenced the theology and political and social developments of his time and remains relevant to this day. 67400407
