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Bartholomäus Crasselius

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Bartholomäus Crasselius (Crasselt) (21 February 1667 - 10 November 1724) was a German Lutheran pastor and hymnwriter.

He produced a wealth of hymns, ten of which were published in Anastasius Freylinghausen's 1704 Geist-reiches Gesang-Buch. The Evangelisches Gesangbuch also includes his 1695 hymn "Dir, dir, o Höchster, will ich singen" (EG 328) – its first line originally ran "Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen", though "Jehova" was later revised to "Höchster".

Life

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Born in Wernsdorf, he studied at Halle University, where he became part of the circle of August Hermann Francke. After his final exams, he initially followed the then-usual course of working as a private tutor, including for the Countess of Schönburg at Schloss Glauchau and in 1693/94 to the family of merchant Franz Julius Pfeiffer in Lauenburg/Elbe. His Pietistic views led to theological arguments with Severin Walther Slüter, a pastor and superintendent in Lauenburg. Early in June 1694 Slüter had Crasselius expelled from that land.[1] He next worked in the Electorate of Saxony, but he was also reprimanded for his Pietism by Saxony's state church and moved on to Nidda as a pastor in 1701 and finally to Düsseldorf in 1708, remaining at the latter until his death there in 1724.

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References

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  1. ^ (in German) Georg Heinrich Rohrdantz: Bartholomaeus Crasselius. Ein Beitrag zur Lauenburgischen Kirchengeschichte. In: Archiv des Vereins für die Geschichte des Herzogthums Lauenburg 1884, S, 40-49(Full text Archived 2021-04-11 at the Wayback Machine)