Christoph Lasius

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Christoph Lasius (born July 6, 1504 in Strasbourg , † August 25, 1572 in Senftenberg ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Lasius first received his education in his hometown. He began studying at the University of Strasbourg there and went to Wittenberg University on October 19, 1522 . After the Wittenberg Movement he met Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon and attended their lectures. Melanchthon in particular made a deep impression on him.

At the Wittenberg University he obtained the Baccalauréat and on May 22, 1525 acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in the seven liberal arts . With Melanchthon's recommendation to Martin Bucer , he returned to his hometown. Back in Wittenberg in 1527, he went to Colditz as a schoolmaster in 1533 . There he was given the position of first rector at the grammar school in Görlitz in 1537 . He developed the school to great esteem.

After he had proven himself in the school service, he was ordained in Wittenberg in 1540 as a deacon in Arnstadt . In 1541 he took over the pastor's office in Greußen , in 1545 was a preacher at the Wittenberg Castle Church and in 1546 moved to the St. Nikolai Church in Spandau as senior pastor . As a Philippist , he had participated in the theological disputes of his time against the Gnesiolutherans . Especially in the synergistic dispute with Matthias Flacius , he emerged literarily with a pronounced polemic. Because of his beliefs, he was forced out of his offices several times.

The decisive factor for this was the antinomist dispute with Johannes Agricola . After he was dismissed from office on August 21, 1555, he led a restless life. In 1556 he stayed with his wife and children in Alzey in the Electoral Palatinate , where he met the theologian Johannes Marbach . He worked in Schmiedeberg , Lauingen , Strasbourg , Augsburg and Zeitz before he found a job as a pastor in Monstab in 1563 . But he couldn't stay here any longer. In 1567 he went to Küstrin as pastor , became superintendent in Cottbus in 1569 and found his last home as pastor in Senftenberg in 1570.

Works

  • Foundation Warer and Christian Belief, Against the Flacian Klotzbus, from four Irthumen against foundation replaced, clerically proven, and thoroughly refuted. Johan Eichhorn, Frankfurt an der Oder in 1568 ( L 567 in the VD 16 . Urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10193023-8 ).
  • Foundations of the pure evangelical truth, composed with important causes of the rejected Bapsthums, and all discarded Grewel, useful to read in these quick stories . Hans Lufft, Wittenberg 1568 ( L 571 in the VD 16 . Urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10194017-0 ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Eduard Förstemann: Album Academiae Vitebergensis . Leipzig 1841
  2. ^ Julius Köstlin : The Baccalaurei and Magistri of the Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1518–1537 . Max Niemeyer Verlag, Halle 1888
  3. ^ Johann Marbach: The share of the Strasbourgers in the Reformation in Churpfalz; three writings with a historical introduction and on the occasion of the Reformation celebration in the Grand Duchy of Baden . I. Relation of the held church visits in the electoral Palatinate . P. 24, source on the stay in Alzey 1556, archive.org
personal data
SURNAME Lasius, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1504
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1572
Place of death Senftenberg