Hermann Rathmann

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Hermann Rathmann or Hermann Rahtmann (* 1585 in Lübeck ; † June 30, 1628 in Danzig ) was a Lutheran theologian in Danzig and central figure in the " Rathmann controversy " named after him .

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Hermann Rathmann studied at the University of Rostock and at the Jesuit seminar in Cologne . In the city on the Rhine he was - to finance his living - proofreader in a printing house. Because of his Lutheran sentiments, the University of Cologne issued him the oath of religion when he was awarded his master's degree.

Rathmann held philosophical lectures at the universities in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig and devoted himself to studying Lutheran theology.

In August 1612 he became a deacon at the Johanniskirche in Gdansk , but in the same year he moved to the Marienkirche and from 1626 worked as a pastor at the local Katharinenkirche . He died two years later at the age of 43.

Hermann Rathmann's name became known in the "Rathmann controversy" that he evoked in 1621 through his work " Jesus Christ: the King of all kings and Lord of all Lords of Grace ". In the dispute with Orthodox Lutherans in Danzig and especially with Cölestin Myslenta , pastor at the cathedral in Koenigsberg , it went a.o. a. about the validity of the Word of God in Holy Scripture and the question of how faith and understanding are related to one another. One answer was u. a. the Danzig pastor Abraham Calov on the teaching piece " De efficacia scripturae sacrae ". Rathmann received support from the ranks of the Lutheran faculties only from Rostock.

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SURNAME Rathmann, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1585
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1628
Place of death Danzig