Balthasar Sartorius

Balthasar Sartorius also: Schneider (born January 6, 1534 in Oschatz ; † September 14, 1609 in Leipzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

Sartorius was the son of a citizen. At the age of fourteen he became a chaplain at the court of the then Duke and later Elector Moritz von Sachsen in Torgau . At the age of sixteen, Balthasar moved to the University of Wittenberg , where he matriculated on September 6, 1550. Here he attended the lectures of Philipp Melanchthon and put the scholarly name Sartorius on by latinizing his surname. In the winter semester of 1555 he moved to the University of Leipzig , where his training was directed by Joachim Camerarius the Elder . Trained in this way, he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophical sciences in 1559. Then he became the third teacher at the electoral Saxon state school Pforta and in 1564 was vice-rector of the educational institution. He also pursued theological studies in Leipzig. So he became a Baccalaurus of theology on October 2, 1568, April 23, 1569 he was Saturday preacher at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and in 1570 he became Superintendent of Grimma . In 1572 he obtained a licentiate in theology in Leipzig and received his doctorate in 1573.

In the same year he received the task of leading the education of Princes Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar and Johann von Saxe-Weimar in Weimar from the Saxon Elector August . In addition, he had enrolled at the University of Jena in 1573 , where he received a theological professorship in 1575. As a university professor in Jena, he also took part in the university's organizational tasks and was rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semesters 1577, 1581 and in the winter semester 1585 . In 1588 he became superintendent and consistorial assessor in Meissen , from where he was dismissed as a cryptocalvinist in 1592 because of his denominational attitude . He moved to Leipzig, where he was forbidden to continue working and was given a pension. With the help of his former pupil and then Saxon administrator Friedrich Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar, he received an extraordinary theological professorship in 1597 and became a colleague at the great princes' college.

family

Sartorius married on October 18, 1569 in Leipzig with Elisabeth Salmuth (* August 14, 1551 in Leipzig; † June 19, 1601 in Leipzig), the daughter of Heinrich Salmuth and his wife Elisabeth Pfeffinger (* 1529 in Sonnenwalde; † 4. July 1601 in Leipzig). The marriage resulted in nine children, of whom two sons and two daughters survived the father. From the children we know:

• Benedikt Sartorius (matriculated summer semester 1577 Uni. Jena)
• Balthasar Sartorius (matriculated summer semester 1577 Uni. Jena)
• Heinrich Sartorius (matriculated summer semester 1577 Uni. Jena)
• Johann Sartorius
• Salome Sartorius († 1626 in Quedlinburg)
• Margaretha Sartorius († February 29, 1632 in Frohburg) married. 1632 with pastor in Frohburg Adam Fusius (also Fus, Fuß, Fuchs; * June 28, 1580 in Lausick; † August 24, 1648 in Frohburg)
• Elisabeth Sartorius (* 1591 Meißen; † October 16, 1632 in Quedlinburg) married. with Princely Schöppen Joachim Blume († November 27, 1644)

Works (selection)

• Narratio actionis solennis. Leipzig 1568
• De Iustitia Fidei, Capita ad disputandum proposita in Academia Lipsica. Leipzig 1572 ( online )
• De ecclesia Christi in his terris. Jena 1573 ( online )
• Simple and useful report on life and change, including the teaching of Johann Pfeffinger. Leipzig 1573
• Mass sermon Delivered at the begrebnus of Venerable Mr. Johan. Pfeffingers, the holy writings Doctorn, and at Leipzig pastors and superintendents up to the 34th year, who died on the new year day of the 73rd year, his age in the 80th year, and in the parish churches to S. Nicolaus on January 3rd to earth has been confirmed. Leipzig 1573 ( online )
• Funeral sermon, delivered about the desire for the corpse of Noble Herr Hansen von Ponickaw at Pomsen, Churfuerst | lichen Sæchsischen Raht and Cammerer Hauptman zu Grimma. Whichever the 15th of February is the Sunday Reminiscere different and is buried on the 18th of this month in the church of the same place. Leipzig 1573 ( online )
• Disputatio de ecclesia dei in his terris secundumsta tuta Academiae Ienensis. Jena 1573 ( online )
• A?? Sermon of the honor and glory into which our heyland Christ Jesus entered through his suffering, death and joyous resurrection. Leipzig 1580 ( online )
• De praecipuis duobus doctrinae Christianae capitibus, lege et evangelio. Jena 1582 Quaestio, sitne anima hominis, quae speculum dei est, particula aut portio essentiae divinae, an substantia from illa diversa. Lipsiae 1582
• Carmen protreptikon Ad Amplissimam Electoratus, Ducatuumq´Saxoniae Gentem vt luctuoso planctu Iusta debita faciat Patrae Patri Divo Domino Augusto ... Duci Saxoniae, Sacri Romani Imperii Electore et ... Marchioni Misniae ... ex hac vita in coelestem translato XI. Feb. to currentis. Leipzig 1586
• Pia & subiectissima gratulatio & Precatio pro fausta Gubernatione ... Christiani II. Electoris Saxoniae ... Et ... Johannis Georgii Ducis Saxoniae. Leipzig 1605 ( online )

literature

• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig, 1751, Vol. 4, p. 154
• Sartorius (Balthasar). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 34, Leipzig 1742, column 149 f.
• Erdmann Hannibal Albrecht: Saxon Evangelical-Lutheran church and preacher history from their origins to the present day. Leipzig 1799, p. 366 f. ( Online )
• Georg Müller:  Sartorius, Balthasar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 379 f.
• Anett Dost: Sartorius (tailor), Balthasar . In: Saxon Biography. ed. from the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore eV, arr. by Martina Schattkowsky,