Jakob Rudolf Truog

Jakob Rudolf Truog (born July 15, 1865 , † December 27, 1953 ) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman and church historian .

Life

Jakob Rudolf Truog studied theology and was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Syndoe Synod on June 30, 1889 in Langwies . Since he was allowed to work as a pastor in the Free State of the Three Leagues , he took over the pastoral position in Tamins in the same year . In 1906 he moved to Luzein and Pany . In 1908 he was elected dean of the synod. In 1914 he was assigned the parish in Jenaz . He gave up the office of dean in 1924. With Peter Walser , Peter Paul Cadonau and Christian Michel, he was one of the most active opponents of the women's pastoral office. In particular, he fought against the election of in 1931Greti Caprez-Roffler as the pastor of the neighboring Furna . In 1936 he retired. He died on December 27, 1953 at the age of 88.

Truog had made a name for himself as a church historian by researching the history of several Graubünden communities and writing works on the history of the Synod from 1537 to the end of the 19th century.

Works

• Economic conditions of the Graubünden Protestant parishes (Chur 1900)
• The Bündner Prädikanten 1555-1901 according to the register books of the Synod in: Annual report of the Historisch-Antiquarian Gesellschaft von Graubünden 31 (1901; pp. 1–58)
• Castle and rule of Castels (Schiers 1911)
• Dean Leonhard Truog's life described by himself (Schiers 1911)
• Pictures from the history of the castle and rule of Castels (Schiers 1911)
• Zwingli's life and work. Text on the series of photographs (Chur 1916)
• Separation of the parish from the residents and civil parishes (Chur 1918)
• The coffers and foundations of the Evangelical-Rhaetian Church (Chur 1933)

literature

• Erich Wenneker :  Truog, Jakob Rudolf. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 640-641.