Dominicus Sleupner

Dominicus Sleupner

Dominicus Sleupner, also Dominikus Schleupner , Dominicus Schleupner , (* around 1483 in Neisse , Principality of Neisse ; † February 3, 1547 in Nuremberg ) was a Protestant theologian and reformer.

Life

He was the son of a goldsmith and had turned to the spiritual profession. In Breslau he worked first as a notary and from 1513 as a canon. Martin Luther's Annunciation must have reached him around 1519 , because at that time he enrolled in Wittenberg , but went back to Breslau after one semester. Luther and Philipp Melanchthon valued him and let Johann Hess greet him. In the next year he came to Leipzig and represented the new teaching there.

But since he could not stay there, Luther recommended him as a preacher at the Sebalduskirche in Nuremberg. With Andreas Osiander and Thomas Venatorius , he was one of the pillars of the Reformation. He wrote advice from 1524–29 and worked on the oldest Nuremberg service order. At the Nuremberg Religious Discussion of 1525 he gave the opening speech. As one of the most influential evangelical preachers in Nuremberg, he was involved in the drafting of the Schwabach articles .

In 1539, he refused an offer as superintendent in Leipzig and, after having been transferred to the Katharinenkirche in Nuremberg in 1533, remained loyal to the imperial city. In literary terms he did not stand out much. In addition to his expert reports, his “Four Sermons on the Rise and Fall of the Papacy in Rome” became known later. On the occasion of his second marriage a dispute arose in Nuremberg as to whether this was permissible for pastors.

literature

• Georg Müller:  Schleupner, Dominicus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 472 f.
• Franz Machilek: Dominikus Schleupner (around 1483–1547) . In: Joachim Bahlcke (Ed.): Schlesische Lebensbilder , Volume XI. Degener, Neustadt adA 2012, ISBN 978-3-7686-3513-4 , pp. 205-224