Valentin Alberti | |
|---|---|
 Alberti by Christian Romstet, c. 1690 | |
| Born | 15 December 1635 |
| Died | 15 September 1697 (aged 61) |
| Occupation(s) | Logician, philosopher, and theologian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig (Mg) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Leipzig |
| Doctoral students | Christian Thomasius |
| Known for | Defending Lutheran orthodoxy |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Valentin Alberti (15 December 1635 – 15 September 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.
- ^ a b Deutsche Biographie website, Alberti, Valentin
- ^ Google Books website, Controversies Within the Scientific Revolution, edited by Marcelo Dascal and Victor D. Boantza, pages 255-7
- ^ Brill Online website, Religious Past and Present, edited by Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning†, Bernd Janowski and Eberhard Jüngel
- ^ Google Books, Compendium Juris Naturae, Orthodoxae Theologiae Conformatum Et In Duas Partes Distributum ..., Valentin Alberti, Frommannus, 1676
- ^ ABAA website, De Sagis, sive Foeminis, Commercium cum Malo Spiritu Habentibus by Stridtbeckh, Christian (FL. Circa 1700) & Valentin Alberti
- ^ MDZ website, Diss. acad. de sagis sive foeminis commercium cum malo spiritu habentibus, das ist: Von denen Zauberinnen und Hexen e Christiana pneumathologia desumpta by Alberti, Valentin and Stridtbeckh, Christian