Johann Adam (pastor)
Johann (also Johannes ) Adam (born May 12, 1867 in Barr , Alsace ; † January 14, 1936 in Dorlisheim ) was a German Protestant pastor and theologian. He specialized in researching the history of the Alsatian church.
Life
Adam was the son of the Alsatian Rebmann Friedrich Adam (1827-1897) and his wife Dorothea (1827-1917). The ancestors on the maternal side were Matthias Lang (1798–1869) and Catharina Hergwang (1800–1860), on the paternal side Andreas Adam (1793–1850) and Anna Maria Börschi (1798–1835).
Adam studied in Strasbourg and Geneva . During this time he dedicated himself to the award task "Philipp Jacob Spener as a catechist" of the theological faculty and thus dealt for the first time with the church history of Alsace . Later the "Catechetical History of Alsace" emerged from this and, after further expansion, the two volumes on the ecclesiastical history of the city of Strasbourg and the Alsatian territories (1922, 1928), which should be particularly emphasized. He then became vicar in Mittelbergheim and Kirweiler , then parish administrator in Buchsweiler . In Dorlisheim in 1896 he was employed as a Protestant pastor, which he held until his death. In 1914 he also became a spiritual inspector (superintendent), president and senior consistorial councilor of the local consistory.
He was married to Anna Frey from Colmar. The two daughters Anna and Lena emerged from this marriage. The latter married the pastor Ernst Dammron in Klingenthal (Alsace) .
plant
In addition to pastor and inspector work, Adam wrote for several magazines. Adam wrote numerous works on the church history of Alsace and Strasbourg. He cataloged the archive of the Thomasstift in Strasbourg and rearranged it. He also made copies of letters from the reformer Martin Bucer , which were considered to be almost illegible.
Admas compiled sources for a third volume on the church history of Alsace and wrote many articles on the church history of the region, which appeared in magazines, Sunday papers, calendars and comparable media. He also wrote about the "History of the Anabaptists in Alsace", which did not go to print during his lifetime.
The theological faculty of the University of Strasbourg awarded Adam an honorary doctorate in 1917.
Fonts (selection)
- (with August Ernst): Catechetical History of Alsace up to the Revolution , 1897.
- Protestant church history of the city of Strasbourg up to the French Revolution , 1922.
- Evangelical Church History of the Alsatian Territories up to the French Revolution , 1928.
- Evangelical parishes and high schools in Alsace-Lorraine , 1963.
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Wer ist’s , Berlin 1935, p. 6.
- Alfred Krafft: Adam, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 52 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Bernd Moeller, Bruno Jahn (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia of Theology and the Churches (DBETh). Vol. 1, Munich 2005, p. 9.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adam, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adam, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German spiritual inspector and Protestant pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barr |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1936 |
| Place of death | Dorlisheim |