Johann Hülsemann

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Johann Hülsemann, copper engraving by Christian Romstet
Johann Hülsemann

Johannes Hülsemann , also Johann Hülsemann (born November 26, 1602 in Esens , † June 11, 1661 in Leipzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Johann Hülsemann was born in Esens as the son of the superintendent Heinrich Hülsmann (1569-1624). His mother Anna († 1642) was the daughter of the mayor of Aurich Bohle Heyen. Hülsemann was initially trained by his father, but at the age of 12 he went to the neighboring town of Norden , where he attended the northern Latin school, moved to the grammar school in Stade at the age of 13 and moved to Hanover in 1618 . In 1620 he returned to his homeland, in April 1621 he moved to the University of Rostock , but on February 10, 1623 he moved to the University of Wittenberg , where he had particular contact with Friedrich Balduin and moved into his house as a table companion. Supported by this, he attended the lectures by Johann Scharf , Jakob Martini and Balthasar Meisner .

When Baldwin died in May 1627, he went to the University of Leipzig , where he - supported by Heinrich Höpfner - acquired the academic degree of a master's degree with the disputation "De Fidei ad Iustitam Impurtatione" . He was able to hold lectures in Leipzig, where he also got to know and appreciate Matthias Hoë von Hoënegg . He then went on an educational trip that took him through Holland and France. Returned to Leipzig via Hamburg, he went to the University of Marburg to see Menno Hanneken , where he received a licentiate in theology.

After further trips through German university cities, he returned to Leipzig and from there, with a brilliant report from Marburg, on the recommendation of the Wittenberg theological faculty, presented to Dresden for the professorship of theology. This idea had a very positive effect and he was appointed full professor of theology at the Wittenberg Academy in November 1629 . To purchase a doctoral supervisor These require academic degrees, he completed his doctorate on 26 January 1630 in the presence of the Elector Johann Georg of Saxony , the widowed Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and the Count of Solms and East Friesland for doctor of theology and married on the same Day with Baldwin's widow, Sophia (* 1607; † September 19, 1667 in Leipzig), the daughter of Torgau councilor and mayor Eukarius Barwasser (1570–1632) and his wife Barbara Gadegast.

He and his family also suffered from the emergency of the Thirty Years' War, but during this time he also tried to devote himself to organizational issues relating to university operations. So he worried about the billeting of the students and catered for the war people who were passing through. During this time, his most important dogmatic work was written, the later expanded “Breviarium theologiae exhibens praecipuas fidei controversias”. In addition, he held the office of Vice Rector in the winter semesters of 1632 and the equivalent office of Rector of the Wittenberg Academy in the winter semesters of 1638 and 1644 .

Theologically, Hülsemann had established himself as an Orthodox Lutheran in Wittenberg , so he took part in the Leipzig Convention in 1630/31 , turned down an offer to lead the Lutheran congregation in Amsterdam, in 1633 he turned to the Lutheran faculties against Pennalism and as a representative of the theological faculty Wittenberg he took part in the religious discussion in Thorn in 1645 . There he met the representative of syncretism Georg Calixt , against whom he took a decisive stand at this meeting and was to develop into one of his fiercest opponents. The meeting was not crowned with success either, because there was no agreement with the Reformed Churches .

As the number of deaths at the theological faculty of the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences increased, Hülsemann was chosen to supplement the losses and in 1646 went to the St. Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, where he took on a theological professorship as assessor for the electoral scholarship holders. In 1647 he rose to the professorship and was connected to it canon in Zeitz , in 1651 provost there and senior of the chapter in Naumburg . With a further rise in the Leipzig professorship in 1653 he was also ascending canon in Meißen in 1657 and became superintendent of Leipzig in the same year . At Easter 1656 he suffered an attack of weakness during a sermon. After a similar attack in 1660, he did not recover. The mourning poem for his death was written by the Nikolaikantor Elias Nathusius .

Act

As an influential representative of Lutheran orthodoxy, he advocated practical reform efforts in the Lutheran Church and supported this with his own publications. He even read Johann Arndt's writings enthusiastically and tried to find a balance with those who think differently. But he was also able to defend the position of Lutheran Orthodoxy as hard as the events at the Thorner Religious Discussion show. Nevertheless, he paved the way for efforts towards unity in his doctrine of the fundamental articles, with the determination of what is necessary for salvation and a corresponding deepening of the understanding of healing. Thus he was the first man of the Lutheran Church after the death of Johann Gerhard .

family

The marriage with Sophia resulted in 10 children:

  • Heinrich († 1637)
  • Eucharius († 1637)
  • Anna Barbara († August 23, 1705 in Merseburg ), married. on April 30, 1650 in Leipzig with Jacob Clauder (1617–1669), superintendent in Delitzsch and Halberstadt
  • Sophia Margaretha († 1637)
  • Sophie Margarethe (born August 31, 1638 in Wittenberg; † June 15, 1693)
1. Marriage June 19, 1655 with Johann Martin Luther (1616–1669; great-grandson of the reformer), provost in Meißen and dean in Zeitz
2. Marriage in 1675 with Wolfgang David von Döhring (1641–1714), Abbey Chancellor of Meißen and Count of the Palatinate
  • Christine Elisabeth, married. on September 23, 1656 with Johannes Christian Bilefeld, Superintendent of Wernigerode and Delitzsch
  • Dorothea Elisabeth (born July 1, 1642 in Wittenberg; † March 27, 1662 ibid), married. on June 7, 1659 with Abraham Calov in Wittenberg
  • Anna Sophia, married from 1663 with Johann Ernst Noricus (also: Nürenberger; born June 16, 1634 in Nordhausen ; † March 7, 1678 in Merseburg), court and judiciary in Merseburg
  • Catharina Sabina (born August 29, 1647 in Leipzig; † October 20, 1725 ibid), married. with Johannes Bohn (1640–1718), professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Leipzig
  • Johann (born September 11, 1649 in Leipzig; † August 18, 1710 in Darmstadt), professor of law at the University of Leipzig, then secret consistorial councilor of the Landgrave of Hesse in Darmstadt and curator of the University of Gießen

Selection of works

  • De ministro consecrationis et ordinationis sacerdotalis , 1630
  • Breviarium theologiae exhibens praecipuas fidei controversias , 1641
  • Calvinism irreconciliabilis , 1644
  • Dialysis apologetica , 1649
  • Brevis instructio studiosorum , Leipzig 1650
  • Calixtine conscience worm , Leipzig 1653
  • The widows Freud, Godliness , Leipzig 1648
  • Spiritual stay of the former Prince Andreas, citizen and trader of Leipzig , Leipzig 1649
  • Himlisch life of Wilhelm Leyser , Wittenberg 1649
  • Heavenly walk of weyland Anna , Leipzig 1648,
  • Life-light of weyland honorable and for the sake of Hieronymi von Ryssel , Leipzig 1648
  • Quick, easy, great, certain grace gain , Leipzig 1649
  • Semper vivum. Constantly blooming flower of a believing soul , Leipzig 1648

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ See the entry of Johann Hülsemann's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ His son Johann (* July 12, 1676 in Altenburg , † September 11, 1729 in Arnstadt ) became a citizen of Arnstadt in 1713. Arnstadt's Lord Mayor Julius Hülsemann (1824–1888) was a descendant.
personal data
SURNAME Hülsemann, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hülsemann, Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1602
PLACE OF BIRTH Esens
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1661
Place of death Leipzig