Jacob Adam (clergyman)
Jakob Adam (* 1568 ; † April 3, 1618 in Danzig ) was a Reformed preacher from Rügenwalde , who served as pastor in Bensheim for eight years . A relative (father?) Could have been the Protestant pastor in Schlawin / Słowino : Thomas Adam, (1590).
In 1603 Jakob Adam came as the fourth clergyman since the Reformation to the St. Elisabeth Hospital Church in Danzig and worked there until his death on April 3, 1618.
He says of himself in his writing "Christian / Wolgegrunde ..." from 1612: "Nine years ago I came from the Electoral Palatinate to Pomerania, my dear fatherland, and to Gdansk, my old hostel and school, good acquaintances and friends."
His brother is probably Johannes Adam , reformed pastor in Heppenheim , who in 1613 supported his colleague Anton Praetorius in his fight against witch trials and torture in a dedicated appeal .
Dispute over the high altar to Sankt Johann in Danzig
After the introduction of the Reformation, disputes repeatedly flared up in Danzig. There the Lutherans decided to build a high altar in the church of Sankt Johann with a splendid structure and rich pictures. In 1598, Master Abraham von Blockh, a sculptor, received the contract to build the high altar . This naturally aroused massive protests from the Reformed , above all Pastor Jakob Adam.
Around 1612 the Reformed had replaced the high altar with a simple altar, when the Lutheran deacon Johannes Walter wrote a pamphlet against Jacob Adam. He called it: “Rescue of the right teaching against the answer of Jacobi Adami in S. Elisabeth zu Dantzigk, Zwinglo-Calvinischen and antichristo-Lutheran preacher by Mag. Johannem Waltherum Protestant preacher to St. Johann zu Dantzigk Anno 1613.” In this writing protested the Lutheran deacon Walther against the fact that the stately built stone altar should be torn down and replaced by a small wooden table and that the church should be robbed of its beautiful ornamentation and decorations.
From the description of this controversy one can clearly see one of the bitterest points of contention between Lutherans and Reformed: the establishment of the churches and the organization of the worship service .
See also
literature
- Eduard Schnaase: History of the Protestant Church in Danzig. 1863, p. 561
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adam, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Reformed preacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1568 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1618 |
| Place of death | Danzig |