Oetinger

Oetinger, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH, theosophic theologian, was born in 1702 at Göppingen, and, after holding various cures, died at Murrhardt, 10th February 1782. His sermons (5 vols.) were published in 1857, and his collected works (7 vols. edited by Elmann) in 1858-67. His system has been described as lying between Jacob Boehme and Schelling. See monographs by Auberlin (1848), Elmann (1852; 2d ed. 1877), and Wächter (1885).