Christen Willumsen Worm was a Danish theologian and Bishop of the Diocese of Zealand from 1711 until his death.
10 Facts About Christen Worm
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Christen Worm's father, Willum Worm, was a prominent justice and historiographer royal.
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Christen Worm's sister, Susanne Malene Worm, was born in 1680 and died in 1735.
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Christen Worm entered the Metropolitanskolen in Copenhagen in 1686, from which he graduated in 1689.
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In 1692 Christen Worm passed his theological examination, after which he became an assistant teacher.
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Christen Worm returned to Denmark from his studies abroad in 1698, but did not receive the professorship he had been previously promised at the University of Copenhagen.
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Christen Worm established a school at St Nicolas Church in 1706, and then a second within the parish of the Church of Our Lady in 1707.
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The next year, Christen Worm was appointed as the bishop of Zealand.
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Christen Worm opposed Bartholin and his 1724 commission, which was ordered by Frederik IV to investigate claims of embezzlement among various high clergy members.
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Under their reign, Christen Worm had even less authority as bishop than he had under Frederik IV.