Georg Besserer

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Georg Besserer (born October 7, 1544 in Kitzingen , Lower Franconia ; † April 20, 1604 in Simmern , Rhineland-Palatinate ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Besserer attended school in his hometown, went to Naumburg and began studying at the University of Jena in the summer semester of 1564 as a margravial scholarship holder . He continued this in 1565 at the University of Wittenberg, where he acquired the academic degree of master's degree in 1570 . In 1575 he was pastor in Obernbreit and in 1577 accompanied the Margrave Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg as court preacher to Königsberg in Prussia as a Philippist . However, his remarks met with resistance, and the sending of one of his letters by Duke Ludwig von Württemberg also aroused offense. But he had the confidence of his sovereign, who supported his efforts to unite the evangelical sovereigns and encouraged him to bring about an assembly of the evangelical princes at a synod .

When the sovereign approached the position of the Gnesiolutherans , the question of accepting the concord formula led to a break between him and Besserer. Also Jakob Andreae tried to move what failed him for signing the Formula of Concord. Therefore, he was arrested on March 8, 1578. He spent over ten years in prison and was only released on September 18, 1589 on condition that he avoid the entire German Empire . He first fled to Basel . In 1590 Frederick IV of the Palatinate appointed him first to Weingarten and in 1598 as inspector to Simmern, where he died.

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personal data
SURNAME Better, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1544
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitzingen , Lower Franconia
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1604
Place of death Simmern , Rhineland-Palatinate