Benedictus Aretius
Benedictus Aretius also Benedictus Marti (* around 1522 in Bätterkinden ; † March 22, 1574 in Bern ) was a Swiss theologian, botanist , pedagogue, geographer and reformer.
Live and act
Aretius was born the son of a priest under the surname Marti and later graced his name as a scholar. To study he went to Bern , Strasbourg and Marburg , where he studied theology, astronomy, mathematics and botany. Study trips took him to Cologne and Wittenberg . He published his own studies, edited the writings of Paracelsus and taught logic in Marburg .
In 1548 he became a grammar school teacher at the Latin school in Bern and in 1549 its rector. In 1553 he was appointed professor of Greek and Hebrew by the Bern Academy , and in 1563 he succeeded Wolfgang Musculus as professor of theology.
On behalf of the Bern Council, he justified the execution of Giovanni Valentino Gentilis on September 10, 1566 by defending the early Christian doctrine of the Trinity. With his writings, Aretius stood up for peace in the church and thus promoted unification within the Protestants.
Works
- Stocc-Hornii et Nessi descriptio (description of the Stockhorn and Niesen mountains on Lake Thun and the plants found there), Strasbourg 1561
- Valentini Gentilis justo capiti supplicio Bernae affecti brevis historia et contra ejusdem blasphemias orthodoxa defensio articuli de s. trinitate , Geneva 1567
- Theologiae problemata, he loci communes christianae religionis, brevi methodo explicati , Bern 1573; 2nd edition Geneva 1591
- Examen theologicum , Lausanne 1572
- Novum Testamentum commentariis BA explanatum , 1580
- Commentary on the Pentateuch and Psalter , 1618
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Aretius (graced from Marti), Benedictus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 209.
- Kurt Guggisberg: Aretius, Benedictus . In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 349 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Jakob Herzog: Aretius, Benedictus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 520 f.
- Hans-Peter Mathys: Aretius, Benedict. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church , Volume 1, Page 5
- Robert Stupperich. Reformatorenlexikon , Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus Max Mohn, 1984. ISBN 3-579-00123-X
Web links
- Publications by and about Benedictus Aretius in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Benedictus Aretius in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aretius, Benedictus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benedictus Marti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Theologian, botanist, pedagogue, geographer and reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1522 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bätterkinden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1574 |
| Place of death | Bern |