Johann Rudolf Philipp Forer

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Johann Rudolf Philipp Forer , also Johann Rudolf Philipp Forrer (born February 19, 1598 in Münchenbuchsee ; † 1666 ) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman.

Life

Johann Rudolf Philipp Forer was the son of Hans Jacob Forer (born September 18, 1552 in Aarau; † 1611), who worked as a pastor in Bern and Münchenbuchsee, and his wife Magdalena (born October 16, 1548 in Bern; † unknown), Daughter of Hans Heimann (born 1525): he still had ten siblings.

He studied theology at the University of Bern , became provisional at the school in Burgdorf in 1615 , went to Thun as a helper in 1616 , was ordained there and then became a deacon .

In 1620 he became pastor in Langnau in the Emmental and in 1621 tried to win back the Anabaptists , who had appeared in the canton of Bern since 1525 , for the state church through instruction and friendly treatment .

In 1622 he went to Graubünden as a field preacher for the Bernese during the Bündner turmoil . During his time as pastor in Aarberg , he went to Altstätten on an interim basis from 1631 to 1632 because of the matrimonial and collatur dispute in Thurgau and the Rhine Valley . He then returned to Aarberg and was pastor in Burgdorf from 1652; there, as well as in Aarberg, he was also dean . In 1666 he resigned .

Johann Rudolf Philipp Forer was married to Salome, daughter of the Höchstetten pastor Wolfgang Müslin (1556–1625) and great-granddaughter of the reformer Wolfgang Musculus .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernese families - persons. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Carl Friedrich Ludwig Lohner: The Reformed churches and their head in the federal Free State Bern, etc . 1866 ( google.de [accessed December 11, 2019]).
  3. ^ E. Bloesch: History of the Swiss Reformed Church . BoD - Books on Demand, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7340-0766-8 ( google.de [accessed December 11, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Cornelius Bergmann: The Anabaptist Movement in the Canton of Zurich until 1660 . M. Heinsius Nachf., 1878 ( google.de [accessed December 11, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Some commemorative sheets for the 40th anniversary of Pastor JC Bänziger in Altstätten: celebrated October 20, 1860 . S. 34 and 52. Unteregger, 1861 ( google.de [accessed on December 11, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Forer, Johann Rudolf Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forrer, Johann Rudolf Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1598
PLACE OF BIRTH Münchenbuchsee
DATE OF DEATH 1666