Georg Parsimonius

Georg Parsimonius (also Georg Karg ; * around 1512 in Heroldingen ; † November 27, 1576 in Ansbach ) was a Protestant theologian , reformer and confessionalist .

Life

Georg Parsimonius moved to Wittenberg in the winter of 1531 . After four years of study, he received his master's degree here . His first sermons must have been enthusiastic, but he allowed himself to be reprimanded by Martin Luther and soon regained the trust of his teachers. When Count Ludwig von Oettingen asked his country child to be a preacher in Oettingen , Luther gave him a good testimony.

Until the Augsburg Interim , he worked with great zeal for the Reformation in his home country . Expelled from here, he found acceptance in Schwabach and was called to Ansbach in 1552 , where he was promoted to general superintendent . After the Passau Treaty , he dropped all the old customs that were initially accepted and took a very decisive position. The Margrave Georg Friedrich entrusted him with the defense of his Parsimonius outward. He took part in the consultation of the Wittenberg theologians about the attendance of the Council of Trent , at the Frankfurt Convention and in 1557 also at the Worms Religious Discussion .

Parsimonius was inclined to have different theological views. While he initially fought out a dispute in Ansbach over the doctrine of the Lord's Supper , he was mainly known for his special conception of the doctrine of justification . Karg's argument got the theologians of Württemberg , Strasbourg and Wittenberg in motion. It was about the question of Christ's active obedience and the duty of new obedience. His catechism has been very effective. In these difficult theological struggles Jacob Andreae tried several times to mediate.

Works (selection)

• Laurentius Loelius: Lessons for the simple-minded children in the country, so they cannot read, and first meal for salvation. The Lord's Supper should be admitted. From the questions from Herr Georg Kargens seel. recorded ... , Onolzbach: Kretschmann, 1685
• Catechism, that is: A brief summary of Christian doctrine how that can be most useful in the church , Onolzbach: Kretschmann, 1686

literature

• Georg Kuhr:  Karg, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 151 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Ralf Hermann Melber: Georg Karg. Reformer of the giant. City of Harburg in Swabia, Harburg in Swabia 2012.
• Julius August Wagenmann :  Karg, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 119 f.
• Hans-Martin Weiss : About the necessary understanding of teaching. Church leadership in the time after Luther's death using the example of Georg Karg (= individual works from the church history of Bavaria. Vol. 64). Degener & Co., Neustadt an der Aisch 1991, ISBN 3-7686-4128-8 (dissertation).
• Georg Wilke : Georg Karg (Parsimonius), his catechism and his double doctrinal dispute. Ille, Scheinfeld 1904 (dissertation, University of Erlangen, 1904).
• Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church . Vol. 10, p. 70.