Ernst Christoph Philipp Zimmermann (18 September 1786 in

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...

– 24 June 1832 in Darmstadt) was a German classical philologist and

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

. He was the brother of theologian Karl Zimmermann (1803–1877). He studied at the Darmstadt gymnasium as a pupil of historian Helfrich Bernhard Wenck, and afterwards furthered his education at the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (german: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von L ...

(1803–05). In 1805 he became a clergyman in the community of Auerbach (today a district of Bensheim), then in 1809 was named deacon in Gross-Gerau and pastor in nearby

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. In 1814 he was appointed court deacon at the Hofkirche in Darmstadt, where two years later he became a court preacher.Zimmermann, Ernst
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In 1831 he attained the titles of

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, ecclesiastical superintendent and ''Oberkonsistorialrat'' (chief consistorial councilor). He was founder of the publications ''Allgemeine Kirchenzeitung'' (since 1822) and ''Allgemeine Schul-Zeitung'' (since 1824). A collection of his sermons at the Hofkirche in Darmstadt was published in eight volumes (1816–30).

Selected works

* ''Euripidis Dramata'' (edition of

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful e ...

); 4 volumes, 1808–15. * ''Eusebii Pamphili Ecclesiasticae Historiae Libri Decem'', 1822 part of series: Corpus Patrum Graecorum (on

Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian ...

' ecclesiastical history, Book X). * ''Predigten über sämmtliche Sonn- und Festtags-Evangelien des Jahres'' (2 volumes, 1825–27). * ''Geist aus Luther's Schriften oder Concordanz der Ansichten und Urtheile des großen Reformators über die wichtigsten Gegenstände des Glaubens, der Wissenschaft und des Lebens'' (as co-editor) – Spirit of

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...

's writings or concordance on the views and judgments of the great reformer involving the most important articles of faith, science and life. * ''Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes an und für die bewegte Zeit'', 1831. * ''Jahrbuch der theologischen Literatur'', since 1832 (editor) – Yearbook of theological literature.Most widely held works by Ernst Zimmermann
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zimmermann, Ernst 1786 births 1832 deaths Clergy from Darmstadt University of Giessen alumni German classical philologists 19th-century German Protestant theologians Writers from Darmstadt