Daniel Sennert (1572–1637) of Wittenberg is known as one of the earliest university professors of medicine, who advanced the study of “chymistry” (alchemy/chemistry) through his influential writings. This article first explores his treatise On the Agreement and Disagreement of the Chymists with the Aristotelians and Galenists (Wittenberg, 1619) so as to understand his view of chymistry in its detailed historical and intellectual context. Following that is a brief analysis of some theological aspects of the polemic in which Sennert was involved. While criticising the Paracelsians, Sennert adopted their idea of the three principles (Salt, Sulphur and Mercury) and placed their origin in the divine act of Creation. It is exactly for this reason that Johannes Freitag (1581–1641) of Groningen and his students tried to associate Sennert with the Paracelsians and denounced them as heretics. The interpretation of the Biblical Creation story occupied an important place in this polemic. Among Freitag's students, Jacobus Homodaeus (1612–1693) of Elbing excelled for his unusually wide knowledge of theological sources not only Christian (both Catholic and Protestant) but also Jewish.

维滕贝格的丹尼尔·森纳特 (Daniel Sennert，1572-1637 年) 被称为最早的大学医学教授之一，他通过他有影响力的著作推进了“化学法”（炼金术/化学）的研究。这篇文章首先探讨了他的论文On the Agreement and Disagreement of the Chymists with the Aristotelians and Galenists(Wittenberg, 1619) 以便在详细的历史和知识背景下理解他对 chymistry 的看法。接下来是对森纳特参与的论战的一些神学方面的简要分析。在批评西沙群岛人的同时，森纳特采纳了他们对三原则（盐、硫和汞）的看法，并将其起源于创造的神圣行为。正是出于这个原因，格罗宁根的约翰内斯·弗赖塔格 (Johannes Freitag，1581-1641) 和他的学生试图将森纳特与西沙群岛人联系起来，并谴责他们是异端。圣经创世故事的解释在这场论战中占有重要地位。在 Freitag 的学生中，