Retrofpect of German Literature—Eafter-fair, 1801. 
Of exegetical produ€tions likewife, 
there was but a fcanty after-harvetft, 
which is carefully ftored up in the periodical 
publications of Eichhorn, Henke, Au- 
gulti, and other intelligent colleftors, the 
continuations of which were announced. 
On fuch foundations, the higher Dogma. 
tiim and Critici{m courageoufly continue 
to build. The materials, however, are 
frequently twifted and warped in the moft 
various directions, though proceeding 
from one parent ftem. ‘Thus from one 
alma mater, the Univerfity of Kiel, in 
Halftein, have come forth two widely dif- 
fering productions, Kueukers “ En- 
cyclopadie der Theologifchen. Wiflen- 
f{chaften’’—Encyclepedia of Theological 
Science (2 vol. Hamburg, Perthes) a 
work of the old ftamp, and the frank and 
liberal-minded EckeERMANN’sS * Hand 
buch fir die Glaubenslehre.’? Manual} 
of Chriftian Doétrine. 
We Obferve with pleafure, that lefs 
fente and nonfenfe had be-n printed rela- 
tive to the liturgy, than in feveral preced- 
ing years. For towards bringing about 
a reformation of the liturgy more may be . 
eiteéted by the gradual and noifelefs dif- 
fufion of opinion, than by the pompous 
announcement of new {chemes, or by the 
thunder of eloquence hurled from the pul- 
pit by fiery zealots: our, readers will, 
however, hear with pleafure, that fuch 
men ss Hufnagel, of Frankfort on the 
Main, and Velthufen, of Stade, have not 
been filent on this interefting fubject ; and 
we hope that their temperate propofals of 
reform will be sead by their countrymen 
with the attention which is due to their 
merit. 
Very evident ftill is the influence of the 
new philofophy on ail parts of theoretical 
and praétical theology ; fometimes, in- 
deed, with a ftrong bias towards tranf{cen- 
dental {cholafticifm. On the tendency of 
Ficute’s ‘¢ Deftination of Man,’? Mnr- 
OCH, of Konigfberg, has publithed * Er- 
lauterungs Variationen”’—Illuftrative Va- 
Yiaticns ; and the Ex-benedidtine Scuap, 
of Jena,announces a generally-comprehen- 
Jible View of the Theory of Religion 
founded on the Syftem of Fichte—‘* Ge. 
meintafsliche Darftellung der aus dem 
Fichteichen Syftem heryorgehenden Reli- 
gions Theorie,” in_3 Parts; and an 
** Abfolute Harmonie des Fichtefchen Sy{- 
tems mit der Religion’’—Abfolute Har- 
mony of Fichte’s Syftem with Religion, 
Erfurt, Hennig. This work is advan- 
tageoufly diftinguifhed from fimilar publi- 
cations by its more general intelligibility ; 
and the theory of Religion, which is fub- 
591 
joined at the end, contains evident proofs 
that the author is a mau who thinks for 
himielf, 
The profpeéct is ftill more cheering, 
when we view the unwearied, and in part 
fuccefsful, endeavours to give to thefe 
philofophemes a praétical utility. Seve- 
ral of the Catholic ftates of Germany di!- 
tinguith themfelves fo advantageoufly in 
this refpect, that they might juftly be 
propofed as examples worthy of imita- 
tion to fome of their Proteftant neigh- 
bours. Among others, Bavaria, in fpite 
of a hoft of obfcurants, and notwithftand- 
ing the internal and external calamities 
with which that country has lately been 
afflicted, ffill maintains an honourable 
place of dittinétion. The excellent no- 
ble-minded Murchelle, of Munich, whofe 
premature lofs we have to lament, did not 
indeed live to fee the publication of his 
Moral D'yinity ; but it is hoped, that en- 
lightened theologians will not be wanting, 
who will adopt it as their text-book or 
guide in their lectures. Warmed by his 
zeal, and animated to good and virtuous 
refolves, a grateful generation will grave 
his name, not on marble or bronze, but on 
their hearts. 
«¢ Auch die Aufklarung hat ihre Ge- 
fahren’”’—I)lumination too has its Dan- 
ger. Under this title, the worthy M, 
SaLAvr, rectorof Haberfkirch, in Bavaria, 
has enlarged a pamphlet, formerly pub- 
lifhed by him, into a book, which attacks 
the worldling and the {coffer with their 
own weapons ; and boldly difcufles the 
neceflity of adopting reforms in the Ca- 
tholic part of South Germany, which the 
honeft author of a pamphlet well worth 
of perutal, entitled “* Wie kann dem 
Katholifchen Schwaben das Kriegs Un- 
gemach zum gréften Vortheil fur die Re- 
ligion vergutet werden,’” only here and 
there ventured to hint at—How tender, 
and, at the fame time, how forcible, are 
Salat’s obfervations on the celibacy of the 
clergy. 
The enlightened and eloquent M. Fr- 
DER, of Wirzburg, has enriched the libra- 
ry of Roman Catholic preachers with a 
new colleétion. Who would not, then, 
when he fees fuch excellent produétions 
iffuing from the prefs, in the hitherto 
lefs enlightened part of Germany, wil- 
lingly forget, that Kranzfelder, in Aug{- 
burg, again prefents us with GaLurRa’s 
“* Newelt Plan of Theological Studies ;” 
the widow of Gobhard, in Bamberg, with 
GorFina’s ‘* Mefs-buch Unterricht ;” 
Inftru€tions relative to the-~Mafs; and 
another bookfeller* of Augfburg, with a 
4G’ 2 ‘6 Liebes 
