Johann Josua Löner
Johann Josua Löner (also: Löhner, Loner; * around 1535 in Oelsnitz / Vogtl. , † May 17, 1595 in Altenburg ) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life
Born as the son of Kasper Löner and his wife Magarethe, the daughter of the mayor of Hof Konrad Feiltscher, Löner graduated from high school in Hof (Saale) and went to the University of Wittenberg in 1552 to study theology. After he had finished his studies, he took over a teaching position at the cathedral school in Naumburg in 1555 .
In 1558 he became rector in Thamsbrück , was ordained as a deacon in Weißensee in Leipzig in 1561 and rose there to archdeacon in 1565 . After he had obtained the academic degree of a master's degree in the seven liberal arts at the University of Jena in 1567 , he became pastor in Bibra in 1569 , pastor in Themar in 1571 and superintendent in Meiningen in 1574 .
Due to the theological disputes, he resigned his office in Meiningen in 1583 and lived in Ohrdruf as a private person. From 1584 he worked as superintendent in Arnstadt . In 1588 he became court preacher in Weimar and in 1592 took over the superintendent's position in Altenburg , where he worked until the end of his life. In 1593 he received his doctorate in theology in Jena .
Löner was a representative of Lutheran orthodoxy and emerged primarily as a champion against cryptocalvinism . Most prominent among his theological writings are sermons about Daniel and Jonah. In addition, Methodicae dispositiones evangeliorum dominicalium elaboratae ... (Erfurt 1586) should be emphasized.
literature
- Bernhard Anemüller : Loner, Josua . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 152.
- Löner, Lohner or Loner, Joshua. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 18, Leipzig 1738, column 169.
- Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Parish book of the church province of Saxony. Vol. 5, p. 426, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-374-02137-6 .
- Bernhard Möller: Thuringian Parish Book - Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1997, ISBN 3-7686-4148-1 , Vol. 2, p. 225.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löner, Johann Josua |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Löhner, Joshua; Löner, Joshua; Loner, Joshua |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1535 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oelsnitz / Vogtl. |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1595 |
| Place of death | Altenburg |