Editing Julius Wegscheider

{{Short description|German Protestant theologian (1771-1849)}}
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| birth_place        = Küblingen, [[Kingdom of Prussia]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]
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| death_place        = [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]], Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
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|alma_mater = [[University of Helmstedt]]
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'''Julius August Ludwig Wegscheider''' (27 September 1771{{snd}}27 January 1849), was a German [[Protestant]] [[theology|theologian]].

==Life==
Wegscheider was born at Küblingen (now a part of [[Schöppenstedt]], [[Lower Saxony]]).  He studied theology at the [[University of Helmstedt]], where he was a pupil of [[Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke]]. From 1795 to 1805, he worked as a tutor to the family of a wealthy [[Hamburg]] merchant. In 1805 he presented a dissertation titled ''Graecorum mysteriis religioni non obtrudendis'' at the [[University of Göttingen]]. He then served as a professor of theology at the University of [[Rinteln]] (1806–1810), and at the [[University of Halle]] from 1810 onwards.<ref>[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Wegscheider,_Julius_August_Ludwig Biography] at [[Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie]].</ref>

Wegscheider was a leading figure of dogmatic [[neology|theological rationalism]]&mdash;for instance, he considered [[supernatural revelation]] to be an impossibility.<ref>[http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.asp?t1=w&word=WEGSCHEIDER.JULIUSAUGUSTLUDWIG Christian Cyclopedia] J. A. L. Wegscheider (biographical information).</ref> Because of his rationalist teachings, he, along with his colleague [[Wilhelm Gesenius]], were attacked by followers of [[Supernaturalism]], creating a situation that led to a government investigation (1830).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sJpRAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Wegscheider%2C+Julius%22+1771&pg=PA108 Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, sciences ..., Volume 13] by Edward Wigglesworth and Thomas Gamaliel Bradford.</ref> Ultimately, he retained his office at Halle, but lost his former influence.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle = Wegscheider, Julius August Ludwig|volume=28|page=468}}</ref>

== Principal works ==
* ''Über die von der neuesten Philosophie geforderte Trennung der Moral von der Religion'', 1804{{snd}}On the latest philosophy requiring separation of morality from religion.
* ''Versuch einer vollständigen Einleitung in das Evangelium Johannis'', 1806{{snd}}Attempt of a complete introduction to the [[Gospel of John]]. 
* ''Institutiones theologicae dogmaticae'', 1815; to which Wilhelm Steiger's ''Kritik des Rationalismus in Wegscheiders Dogmatik'' (1830) was a reply.<ref name="EB1911"/>

===Books about Wegscheider===
* "Leben und Werk des Hallenser Theologen Julius Wegscheider (1771–1849) : mit unveröffentlichten Briefen an Eduard Reuss"; by Jean Marcel Vincent,  Waltrop : Spenner, 1997.  Series:	Wissen und Kritik, Bd. 13.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43316065 WorldCat.org] Leben und Werk des Hallenser Theologen Julius Wegscheider</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-nb2002-19523 WorldCat Identities] (publications)

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