Christian Schlee

The original inscription of the picture: Christianus Sledanus Rostochiensis, Natus 1570. S.Theol.D. et PPRostoch 1605 Basilica Slesvicans. Pastor primary. a.1614. † .1646.
Engraving by JM Bernigeroth

Christian Schlee , also Christianus Schlee , Sledanus , Slede (* March 1579 in Rostock ; † July 10, 1646 in Schleswig ) was a German Lutheran clergyman , theologian and university professor .

Life

Christian Schlee (Sledanus) was the son of Oswald Schlee , at the time working as a deacon at the Petrikirche in Rostock . After attending the pedagogy in Stettin , he studied at the universities in Rostock and Wittenberg, where he obtained his master's degree in 1602 . It reappears in 1605 when he staged the comedy by Susanna in the St. John's Church in Rostock in front of a large audience . This was followed by a series of such performances in Rostock, which eventually led to theological disputes.

Schlee was appointed associate professor of theology at the University of Rostock in 1605 . On June 15, 1608 he was ordained as a preacher in order to be able to accompany the Mecklenburg Duke Johann Albrecht II on his honeymoon to Sweden as court preacher . In 1609 he became a full professor of theology at Rostock University and at the same time its rector . About a year later, on August 26, 1610, he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD .

Schlee received an appointment as pastor at the Schleswig Cathedral in 1614 . He followed the call and later became provost there . He died in this office in 1646.

Publications (selection)

Oratio de papa romano, quod is sit magna illa babylonia meretrix, ex cap. 17 and 18 Apocal. Wittenberg 1602.
Disputatio Theologica De Iustificatione Hominis Peccatoris Coram Deo. Pedanus, Rostock 1614.
Quaestio Practica De Consecratione Sacramenti Eucharistici. An fundationis ac Institutionis primaevae verba formalia ab Evangeliographis & Testatore ipso scripta dicta, sint necessario ante Elementorum distributionem recitanda? Hallervordius, Rostock 1627.
Oratio Panegyrica, That is, consolation and honor sermon, Bey Des weyland Ehrnvesten, Great Honorable, Hochgelarten and Highly Famous, Mr. Martini Chemnitii. Fuss, Rostock 1627.

literature

Karl Ernst Hermann Krause : Schlee, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 353 f.
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 9471 . (as: Sledanus, Christian ).

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Individual evidence

↑ According to other sources: * 1570 (according to the GND data set (status: October 31, 2016) without further source; ADB and Rostock professor catalog cite 1579 as the year of birth.).
↑ Martin Wehrmann : Meklenburger on the pedagogy in Stettin. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology , Vol. 58 (1893), p. 61 ( full text ).
↑ For the numerous Reformation dramatizations of the actually apocryphal material, see Simone Loleit: Truth, Lie, Fiction: The Bath in German-Language Literature of the 16th Century. Bielefeld: transcript 2015 ISBN 9783839406663 p. 38ff; a famous version came from Duke Heinrich Julius (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) : Tragica Comoedia Hibeldeha Von Der Susanna: Like the same of two old falsely accused of adultery also condemned / but ultimately condemned by the special sending of God Almighty by Daniele / and saved the two old men have been vaporized to death; with 34th people. 1593.

personal data
SURNAME	Schlee, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schlee, Christan; Schlee, Christianus (full name); Sledanus, Christian; Slede, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran clergyman, theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 1579
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rostock
DATE OF DEATH	July 10, 1646
Place of death	Schleswig

[1] According to other sources: * 1570 (according to the GND data set (status: October 31, 2016) without further source; ADB and Rostock professor catalog cite 1579 as the year of birth.).

[2] Martin Wehrmann : Meklenburger on the pedagogy in Stettin. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology , Vol. 58 (1893), p. 61 ( full text ).

[3] For the numerous Reformation dramatizations of the actually apocryphal material, see Simone Loleit: Truth, Lie, Fiction: The Bath in German-Language Literature of the 16th Century. Bielefeld: transcript 2015 ISBN 9783839406663 p. 38ff; a famous version came from Duke Heinrich Julius (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) : Tragica Comoedia Hibeldeha Von Der Susanna: Like the same of two old falsely accused of adultery also condemned / but ultimately condemned by the special sending of God Almighty by Daniele / and saved the two old men have been vaporized to death; with 34th people. 1593.