Valentin Alberti | |
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Born | 15 December 1635 |
Died | 15 September 1697
Leipzig, Germany | (aged 61)
Occupation(s) | Logician, philosopher, and theologian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Leipzig |
Doctoral students | Christian Thomasius |
Known for | Defending Lutheran orthodoxy |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Lutheran |
Valentin Alberti (1635–1697) was a Lutheran, orthodox philosopher and theologian from Silesia and was the son of a preacher. [1]
He is known for defending Lutheran orthodoxy against the natural law views of Hugo Grotius, Samuel von Pufendorf and Christian Thomasius, [2] and being an active polemicist against Roman Catholicism.
He began his studies at the University of Leipzig in 1656, obtaining the Magister degree in 1656. By 1663 he was already a professor of logic and metaphysics and in 1672 he became an associate professor of theology as well. [3] Alberti was one of the principal representatives of Christian natural law Juris Naturae Orthodoxae Compendium Theologiae Conformatum [1] [4] and Samuel von Pufendorf's main opponent.
In 1665, he married the daughter of the Leipzig city judge Johannis Preibisi.
Alberti supervised the thesis of Christian Stridtbeckh on the possibility of a pact with the devil. They published in 1690 [5] [6] and 1716 in Latin, and in 1723 in German. He held theological opinions maintaining the possibility of reincarnation of souls from purgatory.
Valentin Alberti | |
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Born | 15 December 1635 |
Died | 15 September 1697
Leipzig, Germany | (aged 61)
Occupation(s) | Logician, philosopher, and theologian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Leipzig |
Doctoral students | Christian Thomasius |
Known for | Defending Lutheran orthodoxy |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Lutheran |
Valentin Alberti (1635–1697) was a Lutheran, orthodox philosopher and theologian from Silesia and was the son of a preacher. [1]
He is known for defending Lutheran orthodoxy against the natural law views of Hugo Grotius, Samuel von Pufendorf and Christian Thomasius, [2] and being an active polemicist against Roman Catholicism.
He began his studies at the University of Leipzig in 1656, obtaining the Magister degree in 1656. By 1663 he was already a professor of logic and metaphysics and in 1672 he became an associate professor of theology as well. [3] Alberti was one of the principal representatives of Christian natural law Juris Naturae Orthodoxae Compendium Theologiae Conformatum [1] [4] and Samuel von Pufendorf's main opponent.
In 1665, he married the daughter of the Leipzig city judge Johannis Preibisi.
Alberti supervised the thesis of Christian Stridtbeckh on the possibility of a pact with the devil. They published in 1690 [5] [6] and 1716 in Latin, and in 1723 in German. He held theological opinions maintaining the possibility of reincarnation of souls from purgatory.