Jacob Runge
Jacob Runge (born June 15, 1527 in Stargard in Pomerania , † January 11, 1595 in Greifswald ) was a Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of the Reformation .
Life
As the son of a line weaver, Runge grew up in Stargard, attended school there and in 1542 came to the pedagogy in Stettin . From here he went to study theology in Wittenberg , where he could still hear Martin Luther . He gained a closer relationship with Philipp Melanchthon , but not with his compatriot Johannes Bugenhagen . Throughout his life he was convinced that Luther and Melanchthon agreed on teaching. The chaos of the war made him return to Greifswald . As early as 1547 he received a teaching post at the Artistic Faculty of the University of Greifswald , in 1552 he became parish priest at St. Marien and professor of theology and took part in all church events.
He turned down the call as pastor at St. Lorenz in Nuremberg . He promised general superintendent Johannes Knipstro to stay in Pomerania . In 1556 he became his successor. He went to the Worms Religious Discussion with Melanchthon (1557) and did not return home until January 1558. Great tasks awaited him here: defense against Andreas Osiander's ideas , care for the pastors, establishment of a new church order in 1563.
He proved his loyalty to his teacher Melanchthon by having the “Corpus doctrinae Philippicum” adopted as a teaching norm at the synod. Both as a professor of theology and as a general superintendent his position was not easy, but he was adept at clearing up dogmatic and legal difficulties. His last fight was for the recognition of the Concord Book . The death of Duke Ernst Ludwig and losses in his own family had made him tired after he had worked all his life for the Protestant Church in Pomerania and secured its development.
His epitaph is in the St. Nikolai Cathedral (Greifswald) .
family
Jacob Runge was married to Anna Gerschow and had three daughters and five sons with her:
- Anna Runge (* 1549/1551; † before 1628), ⚭ 1584 David Willmann , pastor and professor in Greifswald, ⚭ 1592 Matthaeus Flegius , pastor and professor in Greifswald; ⚭ after 1598 Gregorius Hagius, court preacher in Greifswald
- Johannes Runge (born February 28, 1551 in Greifswald; † February 16, 1602 in Stettin), 1578 city doctor Stettin, 1594 princely Pomm-Wolgast. Personal physician
- Jakob Runge, lawyer and councilor in Wolgast
- Gertrude Runge (* 1553; † 1600), ⚭ 1570 Jakob Faber , professor in Greifswald, later general superintendent of Pomerania-Stettin
- Friedrich Runge (* 1559; † 1604), pastor and professor in Stettin, later general superintendent of Pommern-Wolgast
- Daniel Runge (* 1561; † 1629), legal scholar and Pomeranian Chancellor
- David Runge (* 1564; † 1604), Lutheran theologian in Greifswald and Wittenberg
- Agnes Runge (* 1570; † 1618); ⚭ David Reckling, lawyer in Greifswald
His brother Andreas Runge was a professor of mathematics at the University of Greifswald.
See also
literature
- Adolf Häckermann : Runge, Jacob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 689-691.
- R. Dieckmann: Jakob Runge . In: monthly sheets, published by the Society for Pomeranian History and Antiquity . Volume 17, 1903, page 97
- Otto Plantiko: Pomeranian Reformation History . Greifswald 1922
- Hellmuth Heyden : Church history of Pomerania . Volume 2, Cologne 1957
- Klaus Harms : Jakob Runge. A contribution to the history of the Pomeranian Reformation . Ulm 1961
- Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence. People Volume 12 (woman)
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ DI 77, Greifswald, No. 266 (Jürgen Herold, Christine Magin), in: www.inschriften.net, urn: nbn: de: 0238-di077g014k0026608 .
- ↑ Maciej Ptaszynski: Friedrich Runge and his list of ordained ministers . In: Baltic Studies . Volume 96 NF, 2010, ISSN 0067-3099 , pp. 43-66.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Johannes Knipstro |
General Superintendent of Pommern-Wolgast 1557–1595 |
Friedrich Runge |
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Joachim Moeritz | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1551 |
Joachim Moeritz |
Johannes Garcaeus the Elder | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1554 |
Gerhard Below |
Thomas Mevius | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1564/65 |
Jakob Kruse |
Franz Joel | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1577/78 |
Thomas Mevius |
Paul Klingenberg | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1590/91 |
Johann Oesten |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Runge, Jacob |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Runge, Jakob |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and general superintendent |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1527 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stargard |
DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1595 |
Place of death | Greifswald |