Georg Rörer

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Georg Rörer , latinized Georgius Rorarius (born October 1, 1492 in Deggendorf ( Lower Bavaria ), † April 24, 1557 in Jena ) was a Protestant theologian and reformer .

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Rörer (probably) spent his youth in Deggendorf. In 1511 he began his studies in Leipzig , was awarded a baccalaureus in 1515 and a master's degree in 1520 . Here he met later companions, such as B. Caspar Cruciger know. In 1522 he continued his studies in Wittenberg , where he met Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon and Johannes Bugenhagen . In 1525 he became a deacon at the town church . His ordination on May 14, 1525 was the first Protestant ordination.

Rörer married Hanna (Hannchen, Hannica) Bugenhagen, the sister of the Wittenberg pastor, on December 6, 1525. They had a son, Paul (born January 27, 1527). When Hanna gave birth to a daughter that same year, she died a few hours later on November 2, 1527 in childbed from the plague that was rampant in Wittenberg. Rörer then moved into Luther's house with his son and Johannes Bugenhagen. On May 28, 1528, Rörer married a nun named Magdalena († after 1559), with whom he had four other children: Johannes (* May 9, 1529), Magdalena (* 1530), Stephan (* 1532), Hanna (* 9 May 1529) January 1537) and Anastasia († 1572; mother of the song writer Martin Rutilius ).

In 1529 Rörer accompanied Luther to a conversation with Zwingli in Marburg . In addition to being Luther's travel companion on this and other journeys, he made a name for himself by regularly taking down Luther's sermons and lectures, sometimes also at dinner, as well as Melanchthon's lectures and Bugenhagen's sermons. Together with Caspar Cruciger and Veit Dietrich, he ensured that Luther's oral lectures were almost completely transmitted. Since he was not able to cope with the demands on him in the long run, Johann Friedrich I the Magnanimous released him from his church duties in 1537 and officially commissioned him to document Luther's work. Together with Cruciger, he obtained the first volume of the Wittenberg Luther edition from 1539.

After Luther's death, Rörer came under pressure because of his way of working, since he intervened in Luther's texts, e.g. B. to improve language skills. In 1551 he left Wittenberg and went to Denmark, where King Christian III. promoted. After his release from imperial captivity, Johann Friedrich von Sachsen summoned Rörer to Jena in 1553. Here he worked as a proofreader on the Jena Luther edition, the first volume of which appeared in 1555. Until his death the edition grew to four volumes. The Jena Luther edition consisted of eight German and four Latin volumes.

The currently oldest known note of Luther's posting of the theses goes back to him . The dating is controversial, as it is not clear whether he carried it out during Luther's lifetime or after his death, in any case after 1540.

literature

  • Ernst Kroker : Rörer's manuscript volumes and Luther's table speeches , in: Archive for Reformation History (ARG) 5 (1907/08), pp. 337–374; 7 (1909/10), pp. 56-92; 8 (1910/11), pp. 160-180.
  • Georg Müller: Rörer (Rorer, Rhörer, Rorarius), Georg , in: Realenzyklopädie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche (RE), 3rd ed., Ed. by Albert Hauck , Volume 24: Supplements and Supplements L – Z , Leipzig 1913, pp. 426–432 ( digitized version ).
  • Bernhard Klaus : Georg Rörer, a Bavarian colleague of D. Martin Luther , in: Journal for Bavarian Church History (ZBKG) 26 (1957), pp. 113-145.
  • Ernst Koch :  Rörer, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 735 ( digitized version ).
  • Eduard Jacobs :  Rörer, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 480-485.
  • Manfred Eder :  Rörer, Georg (Rorarius). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 523-526.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Georg Rörer (1492-1557). The chronicler of the Wittenberg Reformation , ed. by Stefan Michel and Christian Speer (Leucorea Studies on the History of the Reformation and Lutheran Orthodoxy 15), Leipzig 2012.
  • Stefan Michel: "... my dear brother-in-law". Johannes Bugenhagen and Georg Rörer in their family and theological relationships , in: Der late Bugenhagen , ed. by Irene Dingel and Stefan Rhein (writings from the Luther Memorials Foundation in Saxony-Anhalt 13), Leipzig 2011, pp. 63–73.
  • Stefan Michel: Thematic adaptations of Martin Luther's table speeches by Georg Rörer (1392-1557). Observations on tradition and function , in: Martin Luthers Tischreden. New approaches in research , ed. by Katharina Bärenfänger, Volker Leppin and Stefan Michel (Late Middle Ages, Humanism, Reformation 71), Tübingen 2013, pp. 221–240.
  • Christian Speer: Georg Rörer (1492–1557) in Wittenberg and Jena - attempt at local and social positioning. At the same time, a contribution on the possibilities and limits of city book research , in: The Ernestinian Wittenberg: City and residents , ed. by Heiner Lück u. a. (Textband) (Wittenberg-Forschungen 2,1), Petersberg 2013, pp. 255–264.
  • Nikola von Merveldt: About the spirit in the letter. Georg Rörer's Reformation typography of Holy Scripture , in: The pluralization of the paratext in the early modern period. Theory, Forms, Functions (Pluralization & Authority 15), ed. by Frieder von Ammon and Herfried Vögel, Münster, Berlin 2008, pp. 187–223.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Krarup: Ordination in Wittenberg. The appointment to the church office in Electoral Saxony at the time of the Reformation (Contributions to Historical Theology 141), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2007, p. 92
  2. ↑ Your last name is unknown. However, it should not be Margarethe von Mochau, as Georg Buchwald suspects. She was married to Georg Major .
personal data
SURNAME Rörer, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rorarius, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and colleague of Martin Luther
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1492
PLACE OF BIRTH Deggendorf ( Lower Bavaria )
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1557
Place of death Jena