Daniel Greser

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Daniel Greser

Daniel Greser, also: Greiser, Gresser (* December 6, 1504 in Weilburg ; † September 29, 1591 in Dresden ), was a Lutheran theologian .

Life

Daniel was the son of the cobbler Conrad Greser († 1532 in Weilburg (Pest)) and his wife Aula was born. After attending school in Weilburg, at the age of about 15, he was ordained as a priest in Trier, received his first tonsure and became ostiarius. Then he attended the particular school in Butzbach, spent two years in Kassel , one year in Gotha , then at the school of our dear women in Erfurt . In Erfurt he experienced how Martin Luther preached on his way to the Reichstag in Worms. When he returned to Weilburg, he received a canonical. However, he did not keep this for long because his predecessor had wrongly acquired it. Instead, his uncle found him a vicariate at the Weilburger Stiftand soon afterwards he moved to Koblenz in the same capacity . But since he was too young to become a priest, he moved to the University of Mainz , where he studied until 1526. In 1526 he was ordained a priest in Mainz and subsequently held a priesthood in Edelsberg.

He was convinced of the work of the Reformation by Erhard Schnepf , who worked in his native Weilburg . Together with Schnepf, he moved to Marburg , where he met Johannes Brenz and was won over to the consistently Lutheran view. In 1531 he was appointed pastor in Gießen and worked there until Duke Moritz von Sachsen called him to Dresden in 1542 . In relation to the numerous crypto-calvinists , he held on to his strict position there, which was not without hardship. In 1567 he wrote a postil, in 1570 he published 51 penitential sermons showing a remarkable style, and finally a biography.

family

Greser was married twice. His first marriage was in Weilburg in 1531 with Eva NN († 1532 in Weilburg (Pest)). His second marriage was in the Advent of 1532 in Weilburg with Katharina NN († March 8, 1586 in Dresden), To a fisherman. There are children from the marriage. Of these, the son Hieronymus Greser is known, the daughter Katharina Greser who first married the pastor in Knobelsdorf near Waldheim Georg Großmann and in 1592 Adam Breitingk, the son of the pastor in Etzdorf Johann Breitingk, married again. The daughter Anna Greser married Valentin Greser The daughter Margaretha Greser married Nikolaus Selnecker in Dresden in 1559 , the daughter Hesther Greser married the pastor in Seifersdorf David (Friderici?), The son Johann Greser and the son Peter Greser.

Works (selection)

  • Enarratio… Evangeliorum et Festivalium 1567
  • Homiliae de poenitentia 1570
  • History and description of the whole course of my life. 1587

literature

  • Clemens Brockhaus :  Greser, Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 641.
  • Paul Tschackert , Gustav Kawerau : Daniel Greser's report on the sermon he heard from Luther . In: Journal of Church History . Volume 21, 1900, pp. 137, 457
  • Herrmann: From the life of Daniel Greser 1532–1542 . In: Communications of the Upper Hessian History Association . NF 9, 1900, pp. 20-40
  • Otto Clemen : On Daniel Greser's biography . In: Contributions to the Saxon church history . Volume 20, 1906/7, pp. 248-252
  • F. Heymach: Daniel Greser . In: Annals of the Society for Nassau antiquity and historical research. Volume 41, 1910/11, pp. 70-85
  • Butte: Daniel Greser . In: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association . Volume 2, 1950, pp. 144-171
  • Franz Lau :  Greser, Daniel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 49 f. ( Digitized version ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hieronymus Greser (* 1534 in Gießen; † 1584 in Dresden), March 21, 1548- 1554 kurf. Saxon. Ls. St. Afra Meissen; (294b, 38) 1554 Uni. Wittenberg; 1560 Rev. Kötzschenbroda, 1564 Diak. Kreuzkirche Dresden,
  2. ↑ Valentin Greser (also: Graser, Groser, Großen; * 1532 in Roßwein; † February 14, 1576 in Halberstadt) September 22, 1551 Uni. Wittenberg; Mag.phil., 1556 Rev. Merkwitz, 1557 Rev. Lommatzsch, 1568 Sup. Weissensee, 1572 Sup. Gandersheim, 1572 Rev. Halberstadt, To. Fortuna Greser married Gregor Seitz Rev. Kesselsdorf, To. Katharina Greser married Balzar Grützmacher (Dresden), So. Daniel Gräser (* ± 1557 in Lommatzsch; † March 6, 1614 in Oechlitz) Summer-Sem. 1580 Uni. Leipzig, Rev. Oechlitz
  3. ↑ July 13, 1554-1558 kurf. Saxon. Ls. St. Afra Meissen
  4. ^ Peter Greser (* Dresden) May 17, 1565 kurf. Saxon. Ls. Pforta, Som-Sem. 1568 Uni. Leipzig, May 18, 1570 Uni. Wittenberg, September 2, 1572 Mag. Phil.
personal data
SURNAME Greser, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gresser, Daniel; Greiser, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1504
PLACE OF BIRTH Weilburg
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1591
Place of death Dresden