Jodok Moerlin

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Jodok Mörlin (* around 1490 in Feldkirch ; † September 15, 1550 in Westhausen ) was a professor of philosophy and a reformer .

Life

Jodok Mörlin was born as the son of Hugo Mörlin in Feldkirch. Not much is known about its first years. Its first publication at the University of Freiburg is recorded on September 13, 1508 . He heard Johann Eck . In the summer of 1509 he moved to the University of Leipzig , where he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg a year later . There he became a Baccalaureus on October 6, 1510 and obtained his master's degree on February 10, 1512. In 1514 he was appointed professor of philosophy and on May 1, 1516 dean of the faculty of artists . In 1520 he held the chair for metaphysics .

He also came into contact with Martin Luther at the University of Wittenberg . In a letter from Luther dated January 29, 1521 to Georg Spalatin , Mörlin is described as "poor and very poor". In order to provide him with a tolerable income, he was presented to Bishop Konrad von Würzburg by Elector Friedrich and Duke Johann von Sachsen and, on the orders of Vicar General of Würzburg, Johann von Guttenberg, by archdeacon Johann von Lichtenstein as the first Protestant pastor in Westhausen on September 9th April 1521 invested . The parish of Westhausen, which has been incorporated into the University of Wittenberg since 1502 , has been orphaned since the death of the last Catholic priest, Henning Goede. The early involvement of Mörlin is probably due to the fact that he is a member of the university. Until 1528, however, he had to pay a fee of 40 guilders to the university from his salary of 163 guilders for the parish; As a result, his financial situation barely improved. His son Joachim Mörlin had to learn the pottery trade and Maximilian Mörlin did an apprenticeship as a tailor. His sons were able to start their academic career later.

His sermons in Westhausen attracted the Heldburger Unterländer in droves. In the first church visit in 1528, the sermons were expressly praised, but his excessive alcohol consumption was strongly criticized. In the following visitations there are no more records on this, which is why he probably stopped drinking excessively. Mörlin was to remain pastor of Westhausen for 29 years until he died there on September 15, 1550.

Marriage and offspring

His first marriage was with Margaretha Friedrich, daughter of the ducal vineyard manager. However, she died in 1513. From his second marriage to Anna Hausknecht († 1548) five children known by name emerged:

  • Joachim Mörlin (1514–1571)
  • Maximilian Mörlin (1516–1584)
  • Stephan Mörlin († 1604)
  • Georg Moerlin
  • Hugo Mörlin (* 1546)

literature

  • Johann Werner Krauss: Contributions to the explanation of the Hochfürstl. Saxony-Hildburghausen Church, School and State History, Volumes I to IV, published by Johann Gottfried Hanisch, Hildburghausen, 1752–1754
  • Wilhelm Fox: Three Vorarlberg Professors zu Wittenberg, printed by Ludwig Sausgruber, Feldkirch, 1911, page 28
  • Ingo Krauß: Die Mörlin, in: Familiengeschichte Blätter, monthly for the entire German scientific genealogy, 26th year, Leipzig, 1928, pages 161–170
  • Otto Clemen: letters from Jodokus Mörlin, pastor of Westhausen; in: Coburg monthly papers, contributions to history, culture and economy between Rennsteig and Main, 1954, pages 220–224
  • Reinhold Albert: Magister Jodocus Mörlin and the Reformation in the Heldburger Land; in: Home calendar for Franconia and Thuringia, Neue Presse, Coburg, 2002, pages 68–70
  • Friedrich Meinhof: Thuringian Pastors' Book, Volume 9: Duchy of Saxony-Coburg (Care of Coburg) with Office Königsberg in Franconia, draft, Heiligenstadt, 2015-2016, page 212

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Ingo Krauss: also Mörlein, Mörle, Mörlinus, Maurus, Murlein, Morle
  2. ↑ Luther to Georg Spalatin, letter from Wittenberg of January 29, 1521, in: D. Martin Luther's works, critical complete edition, correspondence, 2nd volume, Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar, 1931, pages 255-257 (letter no. 372) . In another letter of February 3, 1521 to Spalatin, he repeated the intercession for Mörlin (letter no. 375, pages 259–262) and mentioned him for the last time in a letter of March 19, 1521 (letter no. 389, pages 288–290 )
personal data
SURNAME Moerlin, Jodok
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mörlin, Jodokus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Professor of Philosophy and Reformer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldkirch
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1550
Place of death Westhausen