Georg Thormann
Georg Thormann (born December 9, 1655 in Bern , † March 18, 1708 ) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman.
Life
family
Georg Thormann came from the patrician family Thormann and was the son of Bailiff Gabriel Thormann (born November 15, 1612 in Burgdorf; † 1664) and his wife Margaretha (born November 9, 1620 in Bern), daughter of Vinzenz Stürler (born April 16, 1592 in Oron ; † August 2, 1670), Vogt of Moudon and Venner zu Gerwern ; His siblings included the later authoritative printer and Deutschseckelmeister Gabriel Thormann (1653-1716) and the banner man Hieronymus Thormann (1658-1733). He was related to Beat Ludwig von Muralt through his uncle Georg Thormann (1609–1654), bailiff of Landshut , and his wife Maria Tscharner (1609–1639) .
He was married to Marthe (nee de l'Isle) from Paris ; they had three children together:
- Johannes Thormann (born April 16, 1682 in Bern; † August 21, 1749 ibid), salt bookkeeper, married to Katharina (* 1685 in Lützelflüh ; † January 19, 1754 in Bern), daughter of Lieutenant General and Field Marshal in Austrian service, Hans Jakob Schellenberg (1634–1714), and grandfather of the economist Niklaus Anton Kirchberger ;
- Martha Margaretha Thormann (born June 6, 1684 in Bern, † in childhood);
- Gabriel Thormann (born January 8, 1688 in Lützelflüh; † 1713).
Career
After studying theology in Paris, Georg Thormann returned to Bern, worked as a French pastor in Bern from 1681 to 1684, and in 1683 received a seat in the Refugee Chamber ( Exulantenkammer ).
From 1684 to 1708 he was pastor in Lützelflüh and at the same time from 1696 to 1708 dean of the chapter Burgdorf ; his vicar was Samuel Schumacher , who later played an important role in pietism in Oberaargau and as a liaison between the Bern and Zurich branches of the movement.
Spiritual and theological work
Georg Thormann and his wife campaigned for the persecuted Huguenots and wrote a treatise on Anabaptism that was both critical and self-critical from a church perspective . In 1693, in his text Probier-Stein des Anabaptistums, he praised the faithful and moral conduct of the Anabaptists. For the suppression of the Anabaptists, although he criticized their theology, he only allowed political reasons to apply, so he condemned their disobedience in the refusal of oaths and weapons to the authorities appointed by God.
As the author of much-read edification pamphlets, he was one of the forerunners of Bernese Pietism and showed how the authorities could use their own example to dissuade the Anabaptists from their erroneous beliefs; only if the pastor and magistrate lived out their calling would the church and state regain their credibility. For him, Anabaptism reflected what the Church had failed to do. His criticism of Anabaptists was both church and society criticism; a criticism that the Zurich antistes Johann Jakob Breitinger had already raised.
Georg Thormann was a pioneer of pietism in Bern, who rejected the harsh action of the authorities against the Anabaptists.
Fonts (selection)
- Jesus in us and we in him . Bern 1688.
- The Lord's Birth in Spirit and Truth, or The Holy Our Father . Bern 1690.
- Réponse succincte au traité intitulé: décision fondamentale d'une question depuis peu renouvellée laquelle des deux religions, la luthérienne ou la réformée, se rapporte le mieux à la Sainte Ecriture? Bern 1691.
- Paul Hofer; Georg Thormann; Christoph Steiger : Order against the splendor and abundance of clothes, as well as other excesses and opulence in the place of Bern . Printed in Bern in Hoch-Oberkeitlicher Truckerey, by Andreas Hügenet 1691.
- Try stone, or, in accordance with the writing, and conscientious testing of the ability to baptize, taken from true inner Christianity . Bern: In Hoch-Obrlichenlicher Druckerey, by Andreas Hügenet, 1693.
Web links
- Hans Braun: Georg Thormann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stürler, Vincent. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Thormann, Gabriel. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Thormann, Hieronymus. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Historical Family Lexicon of Switzerland - Persons. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Schellenberg, Hans Jakob. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ^ Carl Friedrich Ludwig Lohner: The reformed churches and their leaders in the federal Free State of Bern . 1866 ( google.de [accessed on August 5, 2020]).
- ↑ Urs Bernhard Leu, Christian Scheidegger: The Zurich Anabaptists 1525-1700 . Theological Verlag Zürich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-290-17426-2 ( google.de [accessed on August 5, 2020]).
- ↑ Lukas Vischer, Rudolf Dellsperger: Ecumenical Church History of Switzerland . Saint-Paul, 1998, ISBN 978-3-7228-0417-0 ( google.de [accessed on August 5, 2020]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thormann, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thormann, Georgius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Protestant clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1655 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1708 |