Augustine Balthasar
Augustinus Balthasar, also Balthasarus (born September 23, 1632 in Anklam , † November 26, 1688 in Greifswald ) was a German Protestant theologian and general superintendent of Swedish Pomerania .
Life
Augustin was the son of the Anklam pastor and provost Jakob Balthasar (1594–1670) and his wife Gertrud, nee. Burmeister (1598–1663). In Greifswald he first studied philosophy, then theology and went to Wittenberg , where he also received his doctorate in theology in 1656 . After completing his studies, he returned to his homeland in Pomerania , where he received an extraordinary appointment in logic and metaphysics.
In 1659 he was appointed as a deacon at the Nikolaikirche in Stralsund . In 1664 he became pastor at the Stralsund Jakobikirche . Here he was made lucrative offers to move to Sweden to the royal court, which he turned down. In 1680 he became general superintendent of Western Pomerania and Rügen , which was connected with the professorship for theology at the University of Greifswald . In this capacity he traveled to Sweden with a Pomeranian delegation to lead negotiations there to the goal. In addition to sermons, he wrote a large number of dissertations.
Because of a church poem that he published on behalf of the Swedish government, the Szczecin preachers Rango , Cramer and Fabricius accused him of spreading heresy. Years of negotiations followed before the government and the Wismar Higher Tribunal , which only came to an end with the death of Balthasar in 1688.
His first marriage was to the Greifswald councilor's daughter Emerentia Erich († 1671), and his second marriage to Anna Hagemeister (1648–1700), a granddaughter of Stralsund's mayor Heinrich Hagemeister .
See also
literature
- Dirk Alvermann , Birgit Dahlenburg : Greifswald heads. Scholar portraits and life pictures from the 16th to 18th centuries Century from the Pomeranian State University. Hinstorff, Rostock 2006, ISBN 3-356-01139-1 , p. 36 f.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : BALTHASAR, Augustine. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 360.
- Johann Friedrich Ludwig Theodor Merzdorf: Balthasar, Augustine . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 29.
Web links
- Publications by and about Augustinus Balthasar in VD 17 .
- Literature about Augustinus Balthasar in the state bibliography MV
- Consortium of European Research Libraries : Augustin Balthasar Catalog of Works
- Works by and about Augustinus Balthasar in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Lothar Noack, Jürgen Splett: Bio-bibliographies: Brandenburg scholars of the early modern period, Berlin – Cölln 1640–1688. In: Publications on Brandenburg's cultural history in the early modern period. Akademie Verlag, 1997, ISBN 978-3-05-002840-8 , p. 323.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Tabbert |
Superintendent of Swedish Pomerania 1680–1688 |
Konrad Tiburtius Rango |
| Joachim Rosenow | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1680 |
Friedrich Gerdes |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balthasar, Augustine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Augustine Balthasarus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anklam |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1688 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |