Joachim Magdeburg

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Joachim Magdeburg (* 1525 in Gardelegen ; † around 1587 ) was a German Lutheran theologian, hymn poet and composer.

Life

Magdeburg enrolled at the University of Wittenberg in April 1544 and was rector of the school in Schöningen in 1546 , where he was dismissed the following year due to his Lutheran faith. In the same year he was ordained as Archdeacon of Dannenberg (Elbe) in Celle , changed for financial reasons in 1549 as a deacon to the St. Marienkirche in Salzwedel and, since he refused to accept the Augsburg interim , he was removed on April 15, 1552 Dismissed from service. Two days later Magdeburg was banned from the Electorate of Brandenburg and went to Hamburg , where he again became a deacon at St. Petrikirche at the beginning of May that same year .

As a Gnesiolutheran , he also took part in the disputes of that time in Hamburg. Testimony to this are his two beautiful chants in which he denounces the goings-on of the godless enthusiasts , the advocates of the interim and the Philippists . His lamentation of the holy Christian Church in these dangerous times , in which he points out the danger of the interim, was written at that time. After the death of Johannes Aepinus he wrote his funerary inscription. With his successors Paul von Eitzen and Johann Hoegelcke he got into disagreements when he turned against the Reformed Church with two writings . As a result, he was released on May 25, 1558 in Hamburg.

Then he went to Magdeburg to Matthias Flacius , where he worked on his Centuries . In the same year, however, he followed a call as pastor in Oßmannstedt . But even here he did not stay long, since as a supporter of Lutheran orthodoxy he was also exposed to hostility in Thuringia. You can find him in Eisleben in 1563 . With the support of the Counts of Mansfeld he came to Austria, where he worked in 1564 as field and court preacher to the imperial field colonel and Austrian governor in Upper Hungary, Hans Rueber zu Pixendorf (1529–1584) in Raab and Grafenwörth . In Austria he suffered personal losses through the death of his wife and the fire at his house. Nevertheless you can find him in 1566 as a field preacher in Raab, then in Vienna and in 1571 in Erfurt , where he publishes his Christian and comforting table songs.

Apparently he stayed in Austria for a few more years. After he was also pastor in Pausram in 1576 , he is attested again in Grafenwörth in 1580, where he was released and chased away. In 1581 one meets Magdeburg as a pastor in Eferding , in 1584 he was pastor of Allersberg in Franconia , in 1586 he was pastor in Cologne and in 1587 he became pastor in Essen and Iserlohn , where he apparently ended his life.

Magdeburg was the author of numerous writings and hymns.

Selection of works

Fonts

  • A Kort report and confessions from the hilly and noble Sacrament of Lybes and Blodes of Jesus Christ. 1553
  • Dialogue or a conversation between a donkey and a miner. Hamburg 1557
  • Of the old and the new Christ. Hamburg 1558
  • Confessio or Christian Confession of Faith.
  • Refutation of the hideous and blasphemous papist error. 1566
  • Confessio of Confession of Faith a. Apprenticeship, Joachim Magdeburge order Priedigers of the German Reuter zu Raab in Hungary. 1567
  • Freedom and desire to confess and save the sacred truth that is endangered. 1580
  • A beautiful Artzney, through which the suffering Christians are relieved, and the impatience in Creutz ...

Songs

  • Whoever trusted in God built. 1591 ( EG Rheinland / Westphalia / Lippe No. 660)
  • Well considered my heart from the bottom up. 1552
  • Christian and comforting table chants, with four voices, ... 1571
  • Oh what should I complain to you, Lord, in my difficult age.

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personal data
SURNAME Magdeburg, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, hymn poet and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1525
PLACE OF BIRTH Guards
DATE OF DEATH around 1587