Johann Horn (theologian)

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Johann Horn

Johann Horn (also Johannes Horn ; Czech Jan Roh , Latin Johannes Cornu ; * around 1490 in Taus in Böhmen ; †  February 11, 1547 in Jungbunzlau ) was one of the leaders of the Brethren as Bishop of the Bohemian Brothers . In 1544 he published the second edition of the German hymn book of the Bohemian Brothers, for which he presumably also wrote song texts.

Life

Horn received his education in the schools of the Bohemian Brothers and learned the trade of linen weaving. Although he had received no theological training, on August 15, 1518, he was ordained a priest of the Brothers' Union in Leitomischl and became head of the Brethren Congregation in Weißwasser . At the beginning of the 1520s he lived again in Leitomischl, where he met Michael Weisse, who had to leave Wroclaw because of his Lutheran sentiments . Johann Horn also studied the writings of Luther , whose work on the Adoration of the Sacrament he translated into Czech. In May 1522 and again in 1524, together with White, he traveled to Wittenberg to meet Luther personally.

After the death of Bishop Lukas of Prague in 1528, Johann Horn was elected to one of the four bishops ( senior citizens ) at the Synod of Brothers in Brandeis in 1529 , and was assigned the seat of Jungbunzlau . At the Brandeiser Synod of 1532, at which Jan Augusta was elected as one of the four bishops, Johann Horn was appointed judge. As a result, he was promoted to senior bishop of the Brethren. Together with Jan Augusta, he campaigned for the connection to the German Reformation . In 1534, at his request, rebaptism was abolished. In 1535, together with Jan Augusta, he wrote an amended Confessio , which summarized the teaching of the Brethren in twenty articles. In the doctrine of justification, it accommodates Martin Luther, who wrote the foreword.

In 1544, Johann Horn and two confreres took over the publication of the second edition of the German-language hymn book, the first edition of which was published in 1531 by Michael Weisse in Jungbunzlau. The second edition was in Nuremberg under the title

"Hymnal of the Brothers in Behemen vnd Merherrn, whom one hated and envious of Pickharden, Waldenses [et] c. mentions: A new one (especially from the Sacrament of the Nightmare) improved by them, and several beautiful new songs were added "

published. Of the total of 181 songs, 149 were from the first edition. The authorship of the newly recorded 32 songs has not yet been established. It is possible that they came from Johann Horn or Michael Thamm, who took over the leadership of the Brethren congregations Landskron and Fulnek as the successor to Weißes. In contrast, the hymnologist Martin Rößler points out that Horn in the foreword describes his poetic abilities as inferior to those of Michael Weißes. Rößler takes the view that some of the new texts may have come from the estate of Weißes, who died in 1534, and that they fit seamlessly into his personal style.

At the Synod of Jungbunzlau in 1546 the Brethren returned to the teaching of their late Bishop Lukas von Prague. Johann Horn is also said to have regretted that, through reading German books, he did not recognize the great spiritual wealth that brother literature contained. A year later he died in Jungbunzlau. Jan Augusta succeeded him in the office of judge.

Works

  • A hymn book of the brothers in Behemen vnd Merherrn, whom one hated vnd neyd, Pickharden, Waldenses, & c. calls. Johann Günther, Nuremberg 1544, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00083305-1 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jörg K. Hoensch : History of Bohemia . Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-41694-2 , p. 192.
  2. ↑ Martin Rößler: Michael Weisse around 1488-1534 and the Bohemian Brothers. In: ders .: songwriter in the hymn book. Song history in life pictures. Calwer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7668-3695-1 , pp. 214-257, here p. 252.
personal data
SURNAME Horn, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horn, Johannes; Roh, Jan; Cornu, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of the Bohemian Brethren and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH Thaw
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1547
Place of death Jungbunzlau