David Hollatz (dogmatician)


David Hollatz, in Pomerania, 1648 - Jakobshagen was a German Lutheran theologian. He studied at Erfurt and Wittenberg, and became preacher at Pützerlin near Stargard in 1670, at Stargard in 1681, rector in Colberg in 1684, and pastor in Jakobshagen in 1692.

Works

His principal work is his Examen theologicum acroamaticum. The work is the last of the strict Lutheran systems of dogmatics in the era of Lutheran orthodoxy. Hollatz knows Pietism, but does not mention it, although he refutes mysticism. The system is divided into quaestiones, which are explained by probationes; these are followed by antitheses, against which the different instantia are brought forward. Hollatz also published Scrutinium veritatis in mysticorum dogmata ; Ein gottgeheiligt dreifaches Kleeblatt ; a collection of sermons; and other works.

Translated Works

From Examen Theologicum Acroamaticum
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