Christoph Gundermann

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Christoph Gundermann

Christoph Gundermann (* 1549 in Kahla ; † January 5, 1622 in Neustadt an der Haardt ) was a German Reformed theologian.

Life

Gundermann studied 1569–1571 at the University of Wittenberg . In 1571 Gundermann was the rector of the Martinischule in Halberstadt and later (before 1583) worked in the same position in Riddagshausen (Braunschweig). In 1583 he returned to Halberstadt as pastor at St. Martini and in 1584 was appointed court preacher. In 1590 he received his Lic. Theol. From the University of Wittenberg . and in 1591 Dr. theol. PhD.

The arrests of Gundermann (Leipzig), Crell (Dresden) and Pierius (Wittenberg), copper engraving, Leipzig 1592

1590 was Gundermann pastor at St. Thomas in Leipzig and taught at the same time until 1591 as professor of theology at the local university . As a Calvinist, Gundermann campaigned for the abolition of exorcism in baptism . After the early death of the Saxon Elector Christian I in 1591, Duke Friedrich Wilhelm I took over the affairs of state for his still underage son ( Christian II ). In matters of faith, the Orthodox Lutherans were again in charge. The followers of Calvinism were removed from all offices and persecuted, including Gundermann. On November 15, 1591 he was arrested in his apartment and arrested as a " cryptocalvinist " in the Pleißenburg . Only by revoking his doctrine could he avoid an execution. He had to commit himself in a document not to teach against the Augsburg Confession , the Schmalkaldic Articles and the Concord formula , and also lost his university post and had to resign from his ministry. During his imprisonment his first wife Ottilie (née Fischer) committed suicide on January 24, 1592.

After his release in 1592, Gundermann returned briefly to his brother's house in his hometown of Kahla, but in the same year he held the position of Reformed pastor at St. Peter's Church in Heidelberg . In 1595 he moved to Neustadt ad Haardt as pastor and superintendent .

Fonts

Title page of the pamphlet on Gundermann's arrest, Leipzig 1592
  • Christophori Gundermans and others of his Calvinist comrades lament, torment and confession. Talks discussed at the same time, and also the verdict made by the students at Leiptzig about Gunderman. 1592.
  • Again two Calvinist preachers. OO 1592.
  • Actual description, which figure D. Paulus Krell , Elector Cantzler zu Dresen [sic], vnd D. Christophorus Gunderman Preacher at Leipzig, vn [d] D. Vrbanus Pierius Preacher and Superintendendens zu Wittenberg, after Hertzog Christiani Elector, etc. die prisoner been drafted. Everything formed in an artificial copper piece for eyes and explained with numbers. Printed without approval D. Christoph. Gunderman, pastor to S. Thomas in Leipzig. [Leipzig] 1592.

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Literary processing

In Ina Seidel's novel Lennacker (1938), chapter The Third Night , Christoph Gundermann appears as a mentally broken herb man in Kahla.

personal data
SURNAME Gundermann, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1549
PLACE OF BIRTH Kahla
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1622
Place of death Neustadt an der Haardt