Anton Musa

This article deals with the evangelical theologian; for the ancient doctor, see Antonius Musa .

Anton Musa , also Antonius Musa , Anton West and Anton Witsch (* around 1485 in Wiehe ; † beginning of June 1547 in Merseburg ) was a Protestant theologian and reformer . The name change from West ( Witsch, Wesch ) to Musa was evidently due to a close connection to Helius Eobanus Hessus , who suggested the humanistic name to him.

Life

Anton Musa studied in Erfurt in 1506 , where he obtained the Baccalaureat in 1507 . At the University of Erfurt he found connection to humanistic circles around Mutianus Rufus , Eobanus Hessus, Johann Lange and Justus Jonas the Elder . After studying for another two years in Erfurt, he moved to Leipzig University in 1509 . From 1514 he stayed again in Erfurt, received his master's degree in 1517 and on May 11, 1521 appointed to the parish at the Moritzkirche in Taucha . In 1527 he moved his center of life again to Erfurt. When Martin Luther came through Erfurt on his journey to Worms , Musa was among those who welcomed him. In Erfurt he found employment first at the Moritzkirche , then at the Augustinerkirche . From there he often visited Luther in Wittenberg on the Elbe .

When Andreas Bodenstein caused confusion in Jena , Musa was sent there in 1527 and restored order, as he was attested to during the visit in 1527. He made a favorable impression in the Wittenberg circle around Luther, so that he was entrusted with the task of combating the radical reformatory ideas in Jena which originated from the preacher Martin Reinhart (* 1500). When Reinhart was finally expelled from Jena on October 23, 1524 because of his proximity to Andreas Bodenstein and Thomas Müntzer , Musa took over his preaching office. After Musa had introduced Luther's German Mass in Jena in 1526 , he was also officially appointed as the city pastor on August 17, 1527. As one of the first superintendents appointed by the sovereign, he was also given supervision over the clergy in the offices of Jena and Eisenberg as well as in the Bürgel monastery . In 1529 his district expanded to include the offices of Stadtroda , Leuchtenburg , Kahla and Orlamünde . He also worked as a superintendent and as a visitor in the Vogtland and the Saalekreis.

When the University of Wittenberg was relocated to Jena because of the plague , Musa had a lot to do with Philipp Melanchthon .

Apparently as a result of intrigue, he asked for dismissal in 1536 and took over the pastoral office in Rochlitz , which he held for eight years. It is not known why Duchess Elisabeth left him there . In 1544 he went to Merseburg , where, in addition to the preaching office at Merseburg Cathedral, he also served in the consistory. He was also active in church music. In 1524 he published a hymn book with 22 songs in Erfurt. He also created 12 five-part compositions (motets and cantatas).

Web links

• Thomas A. Seidel, Steffen Raßlof: Lutherland Thuringia. The Free State on the way to the Reformation anniversary "Luther 2017" p. 65 [1]

literature

• Otto Clemen : Letters from AM to Prince Georg von Anhalt. In: Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 9, 1912, pp. 23–78.
• Herbert Koch : Antonius Musa, Jena's first superintendent . In: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Antiquity 34 . 1940, p. 175-183 .
• Reinhold Jauernig : Antonius Musa. In: Karl Brinkel , Herbert von Hintzenstern (ed.): The Lord's name stand by us. Berlin 1961, pp. 118-131
• Susanne Siebert:  MUSA, Anton. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 370-372.

Web links

• Works by and about Anton Musa  in the German Digital Library
• Michael Wetzel: Musa (aka Wesch, West) Anton . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl August Hugo Burkhardt: History of the Saxon Church and School Visitations from 1524 to 1529. Reprint of the Leipzig edition 1879, Scientia-Verlag, Aalen 1981, p. 79.