Friedrich Widebrand

Friedrich Widebrand (also Wiedebram, Widbram, Widebram ; born July 4, 1532 in Pößneck , † May 2, 1585 in Heidelberg ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

After attending school, Widebrand first began studying at the University of Jena . From there he moved on November 12, 1551 to the University of Wittenberg , where he earned his master's degree at the artist faculty in 1555 . He then became rector in Locust School in Zerbst and went in the same capacity in 1562 according to Eisenach . In 1563 he was appointed professor of Latin language and logic at the University of Jena and in 1569 followed a call to Wittenberg as professor of ethics. After receiving his doctorate on May 5, 1570, and a doctorate in theology under Georg Major on May 11, 1570 , he took on the fourth professorship at the university's theological faculty , succeeding Paul Eber as general superintendent of the Saxon Kurkreis and thus became senior pastor at the city ​​church of Wittenberg .

When Duke Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar died, Elector August von Sachsen took over the right of patronage in Sachsen-Weimar on July 6, 1573 , since Friedrich Wilhelm I of Sachsen-Weimar was still a minor. Widebrand was hired to do the visitations to the churches and schools there. He got into arguments with the Gnesiolutheran Matthias Flacius who was staying there and who denounced him as a Philippist . The disputes between Philippists and Gnesiolutherans came to an abrupt end with the Torgau Article 1574. Widebrand also refused to sign the lapel of the Torgau article, was then captured and brought to Leipzig in the Pleißenburg . The grueling conditions of detention prompted him, after some hesitation, to sign the lapel. He was then released from prison and was able to return to his home in Wittenberg. Nevertheless, he had been removed from office. He therefore asked permission to leave Saxony. He first turned to Bremen for church affairs . In 1583 he stayed in Solms , and in 1584 he was appointed to Heidelberg as a councilor of the Electorate of the Palatinate , where he organized the churches and schools according to the Reformed model and stayed until his death.

Works

• Elegia in natalem Christi, dedicata generosis et nobilibos Dominis . Wittenberg 1555
• Epithalamion scriptum in nuptias docti et honesti . Wittenberg 1559
• Typus depositionis scholasticae heroico carmine descriptus . Wittenberg 1569 ( urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00032440-1 )
• Psalterium Davidis integrum, carmine redditum . Strasbourg 1579 ( digitized version )
• Poematum liber primus , Heidelberg 1601 ( digitized in the Google book search)

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Cuno :  Widebram, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 338-340.
• Johann Christoph Erdmann : Biographies and literary news from the Wittenberg theologians since the foundation of the university in 1502 until the third centenary secular celebration in 1802; from the registers and other credible documents . 4 parts. Samuel Gottfried Zimmermann, Wittenberg 1804.
• Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg . Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917.
• Ulrike Ludwig: Widebram (Widebramus, Widebrand), Friedrich . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
• Balthasar Menz the Younger : Historica Narratio de Septem Electoribus… Frankfurt am Main 1577.
• Walther Killy : Literature Lexicon: Authors and works in the German language . Volume 12. Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1992.
• Wiedebram, Widebram or Widebrand, Friedrich. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 55, Leipzig 1748, column 1865 f.

Web links

• Publications by and about Friedrich Widebrand in VD 16 .
• Publications by and about Friedrich Widebrand in VD 17 .