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- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder abstract "Erik Benzelius (the Elder) (16 December 1632 – 17 February 1709) was a Swedish theologian and Archbishop of Uppsala.Benzelius was born at the Bentseby farm in the parish of Luleå in northern Sweden, son of the farmer and lay assessor (nämndeman) Henrik Jakobsson. He took a family name derived from his birthplace, rather than using the patronymic as was common in the Swedish peasantry. He was raised by a relative who was a merchant in Uppsala, and studied at Uppsala University, where he completed his filosofie magister degree in 1661. He was hired by Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie as a tutor for his sons in 1660 and accompanied one of them on a foreign journey stretching from 1663 to 1665, visiting Copenhagen, the most important universities of Germany, and continuing to Paris, London, Oxford, and Leiden.Returning to Uppsala, he was appointed professor extraordinary of history and moral philosophy in 1665, of theology in 1666, and 1670 ordinary professor of theology. He became bishop of Strängnäs in 1687, and succeeded Olov Svebilius in 1700 as Archbishop of Uppsala.He took an important part in the various ecclesiastical committees active during the reigns of Charles XI and Charles XII, such as that concerning the new Church Law of 1686, the new hymn book of 1695 and the new Bible translation. In the Bible translation committee, created on the initiative of Jesper Swedberg, Benzelius was a conservative force, and is largely responsible for the fact that the so-called Charles XII's Bible ended up as nothing more than a revision of the Swedish Reformation Bible.Benzelius was a typical representative of 17th-century Swedish Lutheran orthodoxy, was careful not to deviate from established theological principles, and lacked originality in his writing. Nevertheless, he was a productive author of works in theology, and his work on church history was used as a textbook for the following century.Of the seven sons of Benzelius, three later were appointed archbishops of Uppsala, one after the other: Erik (1675-1743, appointed 1742, but died before taking office), Jakob (1683-1747, archbishop from 1744), and Henrik (1689-1758, archbishop from 1747).".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder almaMater Uppsala_University.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder birthDate "1632-12-16".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder child Erik_Benzelius_the_younger.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder child Henric_Benzelius.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder child Jakob_Benzelius.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder deathDate "1714-04-17".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder nationality Swedes.
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- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Archbishop_of_Uppsala.
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- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Copenhagen.
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- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Patronymic.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Primate_(bishop).
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Svenskt_biografiskt_lexikon.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Sweden.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Swedes.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Theology.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Uppsala.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Uppsala_Cathedral.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLink Uppsala_University.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eric Benzelius".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ericus Henrici Benzelius Bothniensis".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLinkText "Erik Benzelius the Elder".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLinkText "Erik Benzelius the elder".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageWikiLinkText "Erik".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder almaMater Uppsala_University.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder appointed "1700".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder archdiocese Archdiocese_of_Uppsala.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder birthDate "1632-12-16".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder birthPlace Luleå.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder birthPlace Sweden.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder buried Uppsala_Cathedral.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children Erik_Benzelius_the_younger.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children Henric_Benzelius.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children Jakob_Benzelius.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children "Christina Benzelia".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children "Gustaf Benzelstierna".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children "Lars Benzelstierna".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children "Margareta Benzelia".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children "Nils Benzelstierna".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder children "Olof Benzelstierna".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder church Church_of_Sweden.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder deathDate "1714-04-17".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder deathPlace Sweden.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder deathPlace Uppsala.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder honorificPrefix "The Most Reverend".
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- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder name "Erik Benzelius den äldre".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder nationality Swedes.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder parents "Henrik Jakobsson".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder parents "Margareta Jonsdotter".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder predecessor Olov_Svebilius.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder previousPost "Bishop of Linköping".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder previousPost "Bishop of Skara".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder rank "Metropolitan Archbishop".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder spouse "Anna Mackeij".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder spouse "Margaretha Odhelia".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder successor Haquin_Spegel.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder term "1700".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder termEnd "1709-02-17".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder title Archbishop_of_Uppsala.
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder title Primate_(bishop).
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder type "Archbishop".
- Erik_Benzelius_the_Elder wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:ArchbishopUppsala.