Johann Georg Dorsche

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Johann Georg Dorsche

Johann Georg Dorsche (also: Dorscheus or Dorsch ; born November 13, 1597 in Strasbourg , † December 25, 1659 in Rostock ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Johann Georg Dorsche (oil painting from 1634, today owned by the cathedral chapter of the St. Thomas Church in Strasbourg)

Dorsche was born as the son of the shoemaker and citizen Lorentz Dorsch from Würzburg and his wife Maria, the daughter of the carpenter and councilor of the free imperial city of Strasbourg Johann Fingerlein and his wife Martha Tschopper. From 1604 he attended high school in his hometown. In 1614 he moved to the University of Strasbourg , in 1617 acquired the degree of master's degree and then concentrated on studying theology.

To this end, he moved to the University of Tübingen , where he gave lectures by Theodor Thumm (1586–1630) and Lucas Osiander the Elder. J. heard. In 1622 he was appointed pastor to Entzheim near Strasbourg. The Strasbourg council decided in 1624 that it should go on a study trip to other universities. So he moved via the University of Altdorf to the University of Jena , where he heard lectures by Johann Gerhard , Johann Himmel and Johannes Major and was accepted into his house with the latter. At the University of Leipzig he heard from Polykarp Leyser II and Georg Weinrich . In 1625 he came into contact with Friedrich Balduin , Balthasar Meisner and Jakob Martini at the University of Wittenberg and finally moved to the University of Marburg in 1626 , where he was accepted into the house of Chancellor Dietrich Reinkingk and with Balthasar Mentzer the Elder. Ä. and Justus Feuerborn maintained contact.

In 1627 he returned to Strasbourg at the request of the council and was appointed professor of theology at the Strasbourg University, where he received his doctorate in theology on September 13th on November 9th after a disputation. He was then ordained as a preacher at the Strasbourg Cathedral . At the end of 1653 he accepted a call to the University of Rostock , where on February 22, 1654 he became Professor Primarius of the Theological Faculty and Consistorial Assessor.

Dorsche died on December 25, 1659 and was buried on January 10, 1660 in the Cathedral Church of St. Jacob in Rostock in the presence of Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg as well as royal emissaries and councilors.

plant

Dorsche was a leading proponent of Lutheran Orthodoxy in the 17th century. So he participated on the Lutheran side in the syncretistic dispute against the Irenik of Georg Calixt . As a controversial theologian, he stood on the basis of the concord formula and sought to enforce and secure it against internal and external resistance. However, he also tried to defend Johann Arndt as orthodox, and thus influenced Philipp Jakob Spener .

He led a dispute with the Jesuits Melchior Cornäus and Heinrich Wangnereck over the question of the restitution of Catholic property (dioceses and abbeys) in Protestant areas. His treatise Mysaria Missae ( On the Abomination of Mass , 1624) was published three times during his lifetime.

family

On November 19, 1626, he married the virgin Ursula Rose († 1654) in Strasbourg. The 27-year-old marriage resulted in two sons and four daughters, of whom we know:

  • Maria Magaretha Dorsche († January 10, 1657) married. with the pastor in Frankfurt / Main Johann Grambs
  • Martha Magdalena Dorsche (November 4, 1632 - August 20, 1638)
  • Sibylla Ursula Dorsche (born November 16, 1637 - † December 15, 1637)
  • Johann Georg Dorsche (born February 13, 1644;)
  • Laurentius Leonhard Dorsche (* and † June 6, 1646)
  • Sibylla Maria Dorsche (March 30, 1649 - May 25, 1649)

His second marriage was on August 19, 1657 with Elisabeth, the daughter of the lawyer, councilor and assessor at the court in Sternberg, Justus Zinzerling, widow of the professor of Greek language Bernhard Taddel at the University of Rostock. The two and a half year marriage remained childless, but the second wife from their first marriage brought their son Elias Taddel into the marriage, whose godfather had been Dorsche.

Selection of works

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Georg Dorsche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The statement found in some biographical articles that Dorsche was pastor in Ensisheim is not plausible.
personal data
SURNAME Dorsche, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dorscheus, Johann Georg; Dorschäus, Johann Georg; Dorsch, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1597
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1659
Place of death Rostock