Georg Celestine

Georg Coelestin (born April 23, 1525 in Plauen , † December 13, 1579 in Berlin ; also Georg Himmlisch , Georg Himmel and Georg Uranius ) was a German Lutheran theologian and clergyman .

Life

Georg Coelestin was born on April 23, 1525 in Plauen to a merchant and Walpurgis Gebhardt was born as a son and had a brother, Johann Friedrich Coelestin . After Georg Coelestin had studied at the University of Leipzig , he received the title of Magister in 1546 . In 1549 he found a job as a pastor in Schneeberg, he became a deacon at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig in 1551, and in 1564 he became court preacher in Berlin . Five years later, in 1569, he received his doctorate in theology. Since 1571 he was provost of the Berlin Cathedral andSenior consistorial councilor active. He died on December 13, 1579 in Berlin, shortly before he was supposed to be appointed superintendent . Coelestin, who was married to Ursula Kersten, had, among other things, collected and edited Luther's letters .

Fonts

• Statuta collegii canonicorum delineata. 1571.
• Historia comitiorum anno 1530 Augustae celebratorum. 4 parts. 1577.
• The basis of the doctrine of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our Lords Jhesu Christ, from the Apostolic Scriptures and Lutheran Books, expressed a kind opinion. 1577 Digitized edition of the Munich digitization center
• Die Ungeenderte ,rechte, Ware Augspurgische Confession, So auffm Reichstag zu Augspurg, Anno 1530, By Electors, Princes and Stenden, June 25th in the Keyserlichen Palace read publicly in German and Latin ... And from the original and protocol both Electors Saxony and Brandenburg sent ... Frankfurt an der Oder: Friedrich Hartman, 1597. Digitized edition of the Munich digitization center

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Celestine, Georg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1080-1081.
• Adolf Brecher :  Celestine, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 388 f.
• Martin Schmidt :  Celestine, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 308 ( digitized version ).