Jodocus Lorichius

Jodocus Lorichius (* 1540 in Trarbach ; † 29. September 1612 in Freiburg ) was a professor of theology at the University in Freiburg . He was the most important representative of the theological faculty in the second half of the 16th century and was rector of the university several times .

Life

His father was Johannes (Lur-) Käs, mayor of Trarbach an der Mosel and his mother was his second wife, he was the oldest of three brothers, his two younger brothers Simon and Burcardus and his older half-brother Heinrich Casean also studied in Freiburg.

On December 3, 1562, his name appears for the first time in the registers of the University of Freiburg , he earned his bachelor's degree on June 27, 1564 and graduated as a Magister of Artes Liberales on February 12, 1566. He started two years later, in 1568 his theological studies as a fellow of Bapst Foundation. Thus, the obligation was linked to the study for the University to work. He completed his studies with the three doctorates for Baccalaureus biblicus on February 8, 1572, for Baccalaureus sententiarius on November 7, 1572 and for Baccalaureus formatus on December 4, 1573. On July 15, 1574 he temporarily took over the chair of his teacher Johann Caspar Neubeck and acquired the title of Doctor of Theology . The final appointment to the chair took place in 1575, followed by the appointment to the Senate on April 28, 1575 and the position as Primarius - first professor - in 1578.

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His Latin translation of the “Combattimento spirituale” (Venezia 1589) by the Neapolitan Theatine Father Lorenzo Scupoli was particularly important , which has been documented in 20 editions and is widely used in Europe. The two-volume encyclopaedic work “Thesaurus novus utriusque Theologiae theoreticae et practicae” from 1609 appeared in a second edition in 1621 and is considered to be his most mature work. In addition to his theological work, he was closely involved in the organization of the university. He was involved in the organization of the university archive, the library archive and the library registry, as well as the creation of the university's fief book. He chaired the theological faculty 21 times and was rector of the university 9 times. In 1576, when the lectures were moved to Radolfzell because of the plague , he was Vice Rector. During his time the revision of the statutes of the theological faculty (1578 and 1586), the reformulation of the duties of the rector (1580) and the publication of the general university statutes (1581 and 1583) fell.

He was a strong advocate of the independence of the university and an opponent of the sovereign's desire to call Jesuits to the university, since they are not only responsible to the university in their decisions due to their strict command of obedience to their superiors.

He campaigned for the students through the private colleges in Freiburg, and especially the Collegium Pacis received financial support from him. There he worked as an educator from 1607 to 1610 even after his retirement .

After his retirement on January 7, 1605, he retired to the Freiburg Charterhouse . He joined the Carthusian monastery on February 6, 1610, and was professed on March 17, 1611.

Works

An extract from his 53 works

• "De sacris traditionibus et voluntario Dei cultu" (Ingolstadt 1579)
• "Thesaurus novus utriusque Theologiae theoreticae et practicae" (1609)

literature

• Karl Werner :  Lorich, Jodok . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 196.
• Karl-Heinz Braun : Pugna spiritualis. Anthropology of the Catholic Denomination. The Freiburg theology professor Jodocus Lorichius (1540–1612) (= sources and research from the field of history. Ed. By the Görres Society . New series, issue 23). Schöningh, Paderborn 2003.
  • ders .: Jodocus Lorichius. In: Freiburg University Gazette. 137: 61-64 (1997).
  • ders .: The Freiburg theology professor Jodocus Lorichius (1540–1612) - traces of humanism in a denominational theologian (PDF file; 1.76 MB). In: Freiburg Diocesan Archive. Vol. 124 (2004) = Episode 3, Vol. 56, pp. [41] -60.
• Hubert Knaupp: Jodocus Lorichius (1540–1612) and the attempts at reform at the University of Freiburg. In: Johannes Vincke (Ed.): On the history of the University of Freiburg. Goldschagg, Freiburg 1966, pp. 53–111.
• Edmund Wareham: 'When you live piously / you will never be sad': Professor Jodocus Lorichius and the Cistercian Nuns of Günterstal. In: Oxford German Studies . Vol. 43 (2014), H. 4, pp. 362-379, DOI: 10.1179 / 0078719114Z.00000000066 .