WILHELM See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

ABRAHAM See also:

• WILHELM ABRAHAM TELLER (1734-1804)

TELLER (1734-1804)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig on the 9th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1734 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• ROMANUS

Romanus See also:

• TELLER, WILHELM ABRAHAM (1734-1804)

Teller (1703–1750), was a pastor at Leipzig, and afterwards became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology in the university . He edited the earlier volumes of a Bibelwerk (19 vols., 1749–70) which was designed as an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation for German readers of the exegetical See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew Willet, See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• AINSWORTH, HENRY (1571–1622)
• AINSWORTH, ROBERT (166o-1743)
• AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON (1805-1882)

Ainsworth, Symon See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick, See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• POOLE
• POOLE, MATTHEW (1624-1699)
• POOLE, PAUL FALCONER (1806-1879)
• POOLE, REGINALD STUART (1832-1895)

Poole, Matthew Henry and others . Wilhelm See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham studied See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and theology in the university of his native See also:

• TOWN

town . Amongst the men whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence mainly determined his theological position and See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• WORK

work was J . A . See also:

• ERNESTI, J
• ERNESTI, JOHANN AUGUST (1707-1781)
• ERNESTI, JOHANN CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB (1756–1802)

Ernesti . Teller's writings See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• RATIONALISM (from Lat. rationalis, pertaining to reason, ratio)

rationalism in its course of development from biblical supernaturalism to the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of deistical See also:

• NATURALISM

naturalism . His first learned See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production was a Latin See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• KENNICOTT, BENJAMIN (1718-r783)

Kennicott's Dissertation on the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State of the Printed See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

Text of the Old Testament (1756), which was followed the next See also:

• YEAR

year by an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay in which he expounded his own See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical principles . In 1761 he was appointed pastor, professor of theology and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent in the university of See also:

• HELMSTEDT

Helmstedt . Here he pursued his exegetical, theological and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical researches, the results of which appeared in his Lehrbuch See also:

• DES

des christlichen Glaubens (1764) . This work caused some commotion, as much by the novelty of its method as by the heterodoxy of its See also:

• MATTER

matter, and more by its omissions than by its See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive teaching, though everywhere the author seeks to put theological doctrines in a decidedly See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form .

In 1767 Teller, whose attitude had made his position at Helmstedt intolerable, was glad to accept an invitation from the Prussian See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister for ecclesiastical affairs to the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost of Kelln, with a seat in the supreme See also:

• CONSISTORY (Lat. consistorium, literally, a standing place, hence meeting place, waiting or audience chamber)

consistory of See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . Here he found himself in the See also:

• COMPANY

company of the rationalistic theologians of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia—F . S . G . See also:

• SACK

Sack (1i38–1817), Johann See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim See also:

• SPALDING
• SPALDING, WILLIAM (1809-1859)

Spalding (1714–1804) and others —and became one of the leaders of the rationalistic party, and one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief contributors to C . F . See also:

• NICOLAI, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH (1733-1811)

Nicolai's Allgemeinc Deutsche Bibliothek . Teller was not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long in making use of his freer position in Berlin . In 1772 appeared the most popular of his books, Worterbuch des Neuen Testamentes zur Erklarung der christlichen Lehre (6th ed., 18o5) . The See also:

• OBJECT

object of this work was to recast the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and ideas of the New Testament and give them the form of 18th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century illuminism . The author maintains that the Graeco-Hebraic expressions must not be interpreted literally, but explained in terms intelligible to the modern mind . By this See also:

• LEXICON

lexicon Teller had put himself amongst the most advanced rationalists, and his opponents charged him with the See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of overthrowing positive See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity altogether .

In 1786 the author became a member of the Berlin See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences . The " Wollner See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict " of See also:

• JULY

July 9, 1788, for the enforcement of Lutheran orthodoxy, and Teller's manly See also:

• ACTION

action, as member o the consistorial See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, in See also:

• DEFIANCE

defiance of it (cf. his Wohlgemeinte Erinnerungen, 1788), led the Prussian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to pass upcn him the See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of suspension for three months, with See also:

• FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

forfeiture of his See also:

• STIPEND

stipend . He was not, however, to be moved by such means, and (1792) issued his work See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion der Vollkommeneren, an exposition of his theological position, in which he advocated at length the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea, subsequently often urged, of " the perfectibility of Christianity,"—that is, of the ultimate transformation of Christianity into a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of See also:

• SIMPLE

simple morality, with a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete rejection of all specifically See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian ideas and methods . This See also:

• BOOK

book represents the culminating point of German illuminism, and is separated by a long See also:

• PROCESS

process of development from the author's Lehrbuch . In the same year he published his Anleitung zur Religion iiberhaupt and sum Allgemeinen des Christenthums besonders; fiir die Jugend hOherer and gebildeter Stande aller Religions parteien . Teller died on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1804 . Besides his contributions to the Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek, he edited a popular and practically useful Magazin See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Prediger (1792–1801) . See W . Gass, Geschichte der protestantischen Dogmatik, iv. pp . 206–222; P . See also:

• WOLFF (less correctly WOLF), CHRISTIAN (1679-1754)
• WOLFF, CASPAR FRIEDRICH (1733-1794)
• WOLFF, JOSEPH (1795–1862)

Wolff, See also:

• ART

art. in See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie (ed . 1907); Heinrich Doring, Deutsche Kanzelredner des 18ten and I9ten Jahrh., p .

506 seq . ; See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• PUSEY, EDWARD BOUVERIE (1800-1882)

Pusey, Causes of the See also:

• LATE

Late Rationalistic See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character of German Theology (1828), p . 15o; and cf. the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .