Christian Amport
Christian Amport , also Latinized ad Portum , (* around 1540 in Wiedlisbach ; † March 8, 1590 in Bern ) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor .
Life
Christian Amport studied at the High School in Bern in 1556 and received a scholarship at the High School (later Collegium Carolinum ) in Zurich . In 1557 he continued his studies at the University of Marburg and was ordained in the same year .
From 1560 to 1566 he was a schoolmaster in Zofingen and then from 1566 to 1573 in Bern.
In 1573, until his death, he took over the post of head of the alumnate , which was located in the building of the Barfüsserkloster , which was dissolved during the Reformation in 1528 (today: the main building of the University of Bern ); During this time he was professor of the Hebrew and Greek languages at the High School from 1573 to 1574 , of the Greek language and theology from 1574 to 1575 , of only the Greek language from 1575 to 1578 and from 1578 of theology.
In 1585 he became a member of the Bern delegation at the meeting of the four reformed cities in Aarau on the Anabaptist problem. Together with Johann von Wattenwyl , Hans Rudolf Sager and the theologian Abraham Müsli († 1591) he took part in the consultation, the result of which was the goal of exterminating the Anabaptists in Bern using various measures.
In Huber's dispute , which Samuel Huber triggered because he denied the Calvinist doctrine of the Lord's Supper and the doctrine of predestination , Christian Amport was resolutely on the clearly dominant Reformed Calvinist side in Bern .
Christian Amport had been married to Anna (née Roth) from Basel since 1566 . They had ten children together; these included:
- Abraham Amport (born April 7, 1569 in Bern; † 1617), Vogt in Schenkenberg and Tscherlitz , married first to Elisabeth Kirchberger and second to Elisabeth von Erlach;
- Christian Amport (March 26, 1574 in Bern; † February 1632), pastor in Hasli , Grafenried , Fraubrunnen and Belp , married to Salome Pretelli;
- Samuel Amport (born October 23, 1575 in Bern; † 1631), pastor in Münchenbuchsee ;
- Jakob Amport (June 17, 1580 in Bern; † March 1636 in Lausanne ), professor of philosophy and theology and rector of the Lausanne Academy .
Fonts (selection)
- Ad Sebastiani Verronis Friburgensium apud Helvetios parochi ac sacerdotis Jesuastri, quaestiones de Verbo Dei, S. Scriptura comprehenso, Responsiones analyticae et . Genève: Eustache Vignon, 1586.
Web links
- Hans-Beat Flückiger: Christian Amport. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Amport, Sr (1540-1590). Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
- ^ Anton von Tillier: History of the Federal Free State of Bern from its origin to its fall in 1798: 3 . Fischer, 1838, p. 569 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Bernese families - persons. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amport, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Portum, Christian ad; Portum, Christianus ad; Ad Portum, Christianus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Evangelical Reformed clergyman and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1540 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiedlisbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1590 |
| Place of death | Bern |