Johann Martin Schamelius

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Portrait of Johann Martin Schamelius with a view of Naumburg (c. 1710)

Johann Martin Schamelius (also Schamel) (born June 5, 1668 in Meuselwitz , † March 27, 1742 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

He was the son of Meuselwitz pastor Martin Schamelius (1619–1679). His brother Gottfried Schamelius (1617–1679) also worked as a pastor in Lucka . At the age of five he came to his maternal grandfather, the councilor Moßdorf in Naumburg, to attend school there. In 1686 he began to study at the University of Leipzig , where he received his master's degree in 1689 and later gave lectures. From 1691 to 1694 and from 1694 to 1702 he worked as an informator in Augsburg and Freyburg . In 1702 he went to Halle to take up his studies again and to hear lectures from August Hermann Francke and Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen .

In 1703 he became a deacon at the Wenceslas Church in Naumburg and from 1707 he held the office of adjunct to the pastor, before he became chief pastor and scholarch there in 1708 . He held this office until his death. From around 1712 there is still a dispute on record with the then mayor of Naumburg, Johann Christoph Frauendorff, regarding religious issues.

Schamelius appeared as the author of hymnological works (e.g. an Evangelical Song Commentarius, 1724) and works of church history (e.g. the history of the monasteries around Naumburg). His fourth edition of his Naumburg hymnbook, published in 1720, also contained five of his own poems, of which I thank God in Eternity was printed in hymn books until the 19th century.

His son Martin Schamel (1710–1780) was archives chancellery in Weimar from 1756 and secret archives registrar there from 1761.

A biography of Schamel was written by his son-in-law Johann Christian Stemler in 1743 .

Fonts (selection)

Cover sheet of the description of the St. Georgen Monastery in Naumburg by Johann Martin Schamelius (1728) with the image of the monastery to the right and left of the Naumburg Cathedral
  • Vindiciae Cantionum S. Ecclesiae Evangelicae, ie theological salvation and answering different difficult passages and ways of speaking of the Protestant public church chants. Lanck, Leipzig, 1712.
  • The well-considered Petri Pauli day, which Bey year old remembrance of the misfortune caused in the elapsed 1714 year by the Verwarlosete powder In the old episcopal and commercial town of Naumburg: According to the content of the regular Evangelii Frembden and local people in divine devotion. Lanck, Leipzig, 1715.
  • A sermon by the Spitz boys and the murderous unauthorized persecution of the same at public masses ... as an unrecognized sin. Leipzig, 1715.
  • Latin proverbs and maxims which are used to cover sin or common errors. Lanck, Leipzig, 1716.
  • Naumburg chant book, consisting primarily of the old Lutheran core and church songs as well as many new songs ..., together with attached church prayers Boßögel, Naumburg, 1712.
  • The excuse of the worldly dances, from Matt 11, 16-17 in a weekly sermon. Lanck, Leipzig, 1719.
  • Naumburg glossy chant book consisting primarily of the old core and church as well as many new songs. Boßögel, Naumburg, 1720.
  • Evangelischer Lieder-Commentarius, in which the Glossirete Naumburgische Gesang-Buch is further elaborated and improved, and especially the old church and core songs, with both necessary annotations belonging to the song history, as understanding of the text, which the preface is about : Dabey appears The imprint of the very first hymn book Lutheri ... And hereby lay down such for the glory of God and the church's use of new ones Joh. Martinus Schamelius, Past. Prim. To Naumburg. Lanck, Leipzig, 1724.
  • Numburgum literatum, in quo viros, quos vel protulit Numburgum, urbs ad Salam episcopalis, vel fovit ac aluit, eruditione aut scriptis praestantes, secundum seriem breviter recenset Lanck, Leipzig, 1727.
  • Historical description of the formerly famous Benedictine monastery at St. Georgen in front of the city of Naumburg an der Saale. Martini, Naumburg, 1728.
  • Kurtze historical description of the former monastery at St. Moritz in front of the city of Naumburg. Martini, Naumburg, 1729.
  • Historical description of the formerly famous Benedictine monastery in Memleben . Martini, Naumburg, 1729.
  • Historical description of the previously. noble abbey and Benedictine monastery on the Petersberge near Saalfeld. Martini, Naumburg, 1729.
  • Historical description of the old Benedictine monastery in Oldisleben on the Unstrut: and as an attachment, at the same time, there is information about the former Cistercian monastery Sittichenbach and the nunnery Scheiplitz . Martini, Naumburg, 1730.
  • Chronologia Abbatum Bosaugiensium, or lists of those who formerly lived in the famous Benedictine monastery Bosau near Zeitz. Grießbach, Naumburg, 1731.
  • Historical description of the old Benedictine Closter Gosegk between Naumburg and Weissenfels . Martini, Naumburg, 1732.
  • Supplement and appendix to the history of the former Benedictine monastery Bosau near Zeitz. Griessbach, Zeitz and Naumburg, 1732.

literature

  • v. L .:  Schamel: Johann Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 571.
  • Andreas Lindner: The Naumburg pastor Johann Martin Schamelius. Theological Publishing Community (TVG) of the R. Brockhaus publishers, Wuppertal and Zurich, 1993.
  • Andreas Lindner: Life in the field of tension between orthodoxy, pietism and early enlightenment. Johann Martin Schamelius, senior pastor in Naumburg. Brunnen, Giessen, 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ oA: Thuringia and the Harz with their peculiarities, folk tales and legends . Sixth volume, Eupel, Sondershausen, 1842, p. 181.
personal data
SURNAME Schamelius, Johann Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schamel, Johann Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1668
PLACE OF BIRTH Meuselwitz
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1742
Place of death Naumburg (Saale)