Introduction

Biography

Gedicke was the son of Chris­tian Ge­dicke, su­per­in­ten­dent of Gar­de­le­gen.

After com­plet­ing theo­lo­gic­al stu­dies at Hal­le un­der Au­gust Francke, Lam­per­tus was for some time tu­tor in the or­phan­age at Hal­le, and then with a fa­mi­ly at Ber­lin.

Becoming an ar­my chap­lain, he was suc­cess­ive­ly ap­point­ed chap­lain to the Guards (1709), ac­com­pa­ny­ing them on se­ver­al ex­pe­di­tions; chap­lain to the War­tens­le­ben Re­gi­ment and gar­ri­son preach­er at Ber­lin (1713); and Probst and in­spect­or of all the gar­ris­on and re­gi­ment­al chap­lains.

Works

He con­trib­ut­ed two hymns to the Neu-ver­mehr­tes geist­reich­es Ge­sang-Buch (Ber­lin: 1711).