David Pareus

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David Pareus, contemporary portrait, possibly 17th century

David Pareus (actually David Wängler ; born December 30, 1548 in Frankenstein in Silesia , † June 15, 1622 in Heidelberg ) was a Reformed theologian of the early modern period .

education

The son of the Frankenstein judge Johannes Wängler and Magdalena Franck attended the school in Hirschberg ( Riesengebirge ) led by the humanist Christoph Schilling from 1564 and followed this to the grammar school in Amberg ( Upper Palatinate ) in 1566 . Schilling graced Wängler's family name to Pareus ( ancient Greek παρειά the cheek , παρήιος from the cheeks ). After moving to Heidelberg, Pareus found admission as an alumnus to the Sapienzkolleg , headed by Zacharias Ursinus from Breslau , one of the leading Reformed theologians. From 1566 studied Pareus at the University of Heidelberg , the subjects philology and theology .

Employment

After completing his studies, Pareus became a preacher in the southern Palatinate community of Niederschlettenbach for a few months in 1571 before he was called to teach at the Pedagogy in Heidelberg. In 1573 he took over the pastor's position at the St. Laurentius Church in Hemsbach an der Bergstrasse , and in 1577 in Oggersheim . After the death of Elector Friedrich III , who was inclined to Calvinism . and the change of religion from the Electoral Palatinate to Lutheranism , Pareus followed a call from Count Palatine Johann Casimir to the Casimirianum in Neustadt an der Haardt, which was founded as a university for Calvinists, and at the same time served as the pastor in neighboring Winzingen . When Johann Casimir - because of the death of his electoral brother Ludwig VI. - In 1583 he became administrator of the Electoral Palatinate, he made Pareus first deputy head, then head of the Sapienzkolleg Heidelberg. Finally, in 1598, Pareus was given a chair in theology at Heidelberg University, first for the Old Testament , then for the New Testament . He held this position until - in 1618 the Thirty Years' War had begun - in 1621 he had to flee temporarily to Annweiler am Trifels because Spanish troops under General Córdoba were threatening Heidelberg. Shortly after his return to Heidelberg in May 1622, he died in his house on the lower Schlossberg, the Pareanum , which he had acquired in 1607.

Works

In 1587/88 Pareus published the Neustadt Bible , which was based on the German translation of Martin Luther , and provided it with Reformed commentaries. The printing was done by the printer and publisher Matthäus Harnisch in Neustadt. A copy of the 3rd edition from 1594 is presented in the local city ​​museum Villa Böhm . In addition, from 1591 Pareus published the interpretations (in Latin ) of the Heidelberg Catechism of his teacher Zacharias Ursinus. The Heidelberg Catechism was in 1563 a. a. by Zacharias Ursinus and is considered the most important confession of the Reformed Church in Germany.

In 1603 Pareus was in an exchange of letters with the Jesuit Johannes Magirus (1559–1609) from Speyer , which resulted in controversial theological writings on both sides.

Pareus' son, the Latinist Johann Philipp Pareus (1576–1648), who published his father's vita in 1633 and his father's works in four volumes from 1647–1650 (see section Literature ), should distinguish himself primarily as a Plautus researcher. From 1610 to 1622 he was rector of the forerunner pedagogy of today's Kurfürst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium in Neustadt.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Boris Wagner-Peterson: Zacharias Ursinus and “his” interpretation of the Heidelberg Catechism. In: Matthias Freudenberg , J. Marius J. Lange van Ravenswaay (ed.): History and effects of the Heidelberg Catechism. Neukirchen-Vluyn 2013, ISBN 978-3-7887-2738-3 , pp. 86-109, esp. 94-98.
  2. ↑ Pierre Bayle: A general dictionary: historical and critical , Volume 8, London 1739, p. 138 ( Digitalscan).
personal data
SURNAME Pareus, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES David Wängler
BRIEF DESCRIPTION reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1548
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenstein , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1622
Place of death Heidelberg