Johann Jakob Hottinger
Swiss theologian
About Johann Jakob Hottinger
Lived 1652 – 1735 (aged 83). Johann Jakob Hottinger was a Swiss church historian, university teacher, hebrew Bible scholar, order of canons regular and protestant theologian.
Johann Jakob Hottinger (1 December 1652 – 18 December 1735) was a Swiss theologian.
Biography He was born in Zürich, the son of the Swiss philologist and theologian Johann Heinrich Hottinger. He studied theology at the Carolinum in Zürich, and also in Basel and Geneva. In 1676 he received his ordination, then in 1680 became a pastor in Stallikon. In 1686 he was named deacon at the Grossmünster in Zürich, where in 1698 he succeeded Johann Heinrich Heidegger as professor of theology. He died in Zürich, aged 83.
Works He was the author of numerous historical and polemical writings (over 100 publications). Helvetische Kirchengeschichte (4 volumes, 1698–1729) – A work against Roman Catholicism.
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Swiss theologian (1652-1735)
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Johann Jakob Hottinger was born on 1 December 1652 in Zurich.
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Johann Jakob Hottinger died on 18 December 1735 in Zurich.
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Johann Jakob Hottinger was a church historian, university teacher, hebrew Bible scholar, order of canons regular and protestant theologian.
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Johann Jakob Hottinger was Swiss.
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