Anton Lauterbach

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Anton Lauterbach, detail of the epitaph in Pirna's Marienkirche

Anton Lauterbach (born January 13, 1502 in Stolpen , † July 18, 1569 in Pirna ) was a Lutheran theologian and reformer .

Life

Epitaph in the Pirnaer Marienkirche
Lauterbach's coat of arms with the old Pirna city arms in the Pirna Marienkirche (1545)

Lauterbach was born to not poor parents. Possibly the mayor Matthäus Lauterbach († 1542) was his father; his mother's name was Katharina. He studied from the summer semester of 1517 at the University of Leipzig , where he became a Baccalaureus of the Faculty of Philosophy on March 10, 1519. Afterwards he was probably working as a teacher at his parents' place of residence, in Freiberg . During this time he must have come into contact with the ideas of the Reformation .

In 1529 he resumed his studies at the University of Wittenberg , where he became Martin Luther's pupil and belonged to the circle of his table companions and confidants. On Luther's recommendation, he received the post of second pastor in Leisnig in 1533 . During this time he asked Luther once to stand up for the evangelical citizens in Mittweida who were oppressed by state violence and to achieve mitigation through a public statement. After a long argument with the first pastor there, he returned to Wittenberg in 1536 and became a deacon at the Wittenberg town church . In October 1537 he earned the degree of master's degree from the philosophical faculty. During his stay in Wittenberg he became friends with the reformer, humanist and educator Melanchthon . His marriage to a former nun named Agnes must also take place around this time. A daughter and a son are known by name from this marriage. Like several other children, the son died as a toddler, and it is still known that the daughter married shortly after 1550.

After Duke George's death , his brother and successor Heinrich began the Reformation in Albertine Saxony with the introduction in 1539 and had visitations carried out for this purpose . In Pirna, whose advice Lauterbach had asked for as a Protestant preacher the year before, Lauterbach has now been elected to the office of the first Protestant superintendent . Because it was difficult for him to leave Wittenberg, he asked for two days to think about it before accepting the election. The completion of the Marienkirche fell during his term of office . The theological program of the ceiling painting with the strong emphasis on the opposition between law and gospel goes back to Lauterbach.

Lauterbach stayed in close personal and letter contact with Luther both in Leisnig and in Pirna and discussed practical theological questions with him. He also had an exchange of letters at Melanchthon, which did not break off after Luther's death in 1546. Lauterbach's handwritten records of Luther's table discussions and sermons as well as his diaries from 1538–1539 are an important source for Luther's life story and teaching.

In 1548 Lauterbach took part in deliberations on the Augsburg Interim , the result of which were the Leipzig articles , with which a compromise was to be achieved. However, the Leipzig articles were rejected by the Gnesiolutherans .

In Pirna, a street in the city center is named after Anton Lauterbach. His epitaph with a half-length portrait is in the Pirna Marienkirche.

Works

  1. Table discussions and diaries
  2. Consolation for expelled Bohemian preachers

literature

Web links

Commons : Anton Lauterbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ After Walter Lechner: Anton Lauterbach. Pirnas reformer. Friend of Luther ; P. 8, his father's name is unknown, while his mother's name was Ursula.
  2. ^ Walter Lechner: Anton Lauterbach. Pirnas reformer. Friend of Luther ; Pp. 20. 45-51
personal data
SURNAME Lauterbach, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian, superintendent in Pirna
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1502
PLACE OF BIRTH Stumble
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1569
Place of death Pirna