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Christian Scriver (January 2, 1629 – April 5, 1693) was a German Lutheran minister and devotional writer. 〔(''Christian Scriver'' (Store norske leksikon) )〕 ==Biography== Christian Scriver was born at Rendsburg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He entered the University of Rostock in 1647. He was awarded a Master's Degree in Theology in 1651. During 1653, he was appointed archdeacon at Stendal. He was called in 1667 to Magdeburg in Saxony as pastor of St. James's Church (''Sankt-Jakobi-Kirche Magdeburg''). Here he remained twenty-three years, until in 1690 he was made chief court chaplain at Quedlinburg, a position which he held until his death. 〔(''Immatrikulation von Christianus Schriverius'' (Universität Rostock) )〕〔(Promotion zum Magister von Christianum Schriverium''(Universität Rostock) )〕 The friend of Philipp Jakob Spener, Scriver was one of those theologians of the latter part of the seventeenth century who opposed the formalism then besetting Lutheranism, and thus prepared the way for Pietism, even while himself maintaining strict orthodoxy. Scriver died in Quedlinburg.〔(''ADB:Scriver, Christian'' (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie) )〕 The writings of Scriver were devotional, including ''Gottholds vierhundert zufällige Andachten'' (1667; last ed., Basel, 1893; Eng. transl., (''Gotthold's Emblems: or, Invisible Things understood by Things that are made''), by R. Menzies, Edinburgh, 1857), a collection of 400 parables; ''Gotthold's Siech- und Siegesbette'' (1687; new ed., Stuttgart, 1870); and ''Chrysologia Catechetica, Goldpredigten über die Hauptstücke des lutherischen Katechismus'' (1687; new ed., Stuttgart, 1861). The collected works of Scriver have been edited by J. H. Heinrich and R. Stier (6 vols., Barmen, 1847–52).〔(''Hymn-Writers Of The Pietist School'' (Christian Classics Ethereal Library) )〕 His most important work was ''Seelen-Schatz'' ("The Soul's Treasure", 5 parts, 1675-1692; new ed., 3 vols., Berlin, 1852–53), describing the progress of the soul from misery to eternal life and combining allegory, dogmatics, and ethics. It has been translated into numerous languages, including Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish.〔(''M. Christian Scrivers Seelen-Schatz (1852)'' (The Internet Archive) )〕 Scriver was also a hymn-writer, though his hymns never gained wide acceptance. A number of his compositions have been translated into English including ''Auf, Seel, und danke deinem Herrn'' ("To God, my soul, thank-offerings pay") and ''Hier lieg ich nun, mein Gott, zu deinen Füssen'' ("Here, O my God, I cast me at Thy feet"). His most well-known hymn ''Den lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht'' ("Love the sun light and splendor") is found in a number of renderings.〔(''Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht'' (Bach Cantatas.com) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christian Scriver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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