Erasmus Rothmaler the Elder
Erasmus Rothmaler (* 1562 in Ilfeld ; † January 16, 1611 in Frankenhausen ) was a German Lutheran clergyman and preacher.
Life
Erasmus was the son of Sebastian Rothmalers, a grain writer from the Ilfeld monastery school . At the same school, Rothmaler mainly listened to the principal Michael Neander . He also attended school in Braunschweig and entered the third grade at the University of Erfurt in 1584 . In 1592 he was appointed to the Greußen school as cantor . The following year he was ordained in Leipzig to Schönstedt , where he served as pastor for two years.
In 1595 he was appointed as a deacon at St. Petri in Nordhausen , but in April 1597 he said goodbye after violent attacks against the pastor at St. Nikolai , Johann Pandocheus. In the same year Rothmaler was appointed archdeacon in Frankenhausen by Count Wilhelm von Schwarzburg .
Rothmaler married Maria Berich (1569–1611) from Ermstedt, a daughter of the pastor Johann Berichius, in October 1591. Of their sons, who were born in Frankenhausen, Erasmus Rothmaler the Younger was known as a clergyman and neo-Latin poet in Prussia and Johann Rothmaler as general superintendent in Rudolstadt. They also had four daughters, one of whom died in childhood.
Works
Rothmaler published numerous sermons:
- Scala Iacobaea, di ten Christian Weyenachten sermons, Jena 1598 ( online ).
- A Christian funeral sermon at the funeral of Mr. H. Wilhelms, Count of Schwarzburg, Erfurt 1598 ( online ).
- Four Christian sermons based on God's Word, Leipzig 1604 ( online ).
- Twelve Christian sermons on the 25th Psalm of David, Leipzig 1606.
- A Christian funeral sermon [...] at the [...] funeral [...] Johannis Pistorii, Erfurt 1607 ( online ).
- Seven Christian Easter sermons on the 110th Psalm, Leipzig 1609 ( online ).
- The happy Easter song: Christ was in death bands, Jena 1615 ( online ).
literature
- Heinrich Eckhard : Christian funeral sermon […] at the funeral and funeral of the honorable and Wolgelarten Ern Erasmi Rothmalers, Leipzig [1611] ( online ).
- Friedrich Christian Lesser : Life of Erasmi Rothmalers, former diaconi of the Church of S. Petri in Nordhausen, and subsequent archidiaconi to Franckenhausen, Nordhausen 1749 ( online ).
- Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts , Volume 32, Leipzig and Halle 1742, Sp. 1215.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rothmaler, Erasmus the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran clergyman and preacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1562 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1611 |
| Place of death | Frankenhausen |