Johann Salmuth

Johannes Salmuth, engraving by Andreas Kohl

Johann Salmuth (* 1552 in Leipzig ; † 29 May 1622 in Amberg ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Born as the son of Heinrich Salmuth and his wife Elisabeth, the daughter of Johann Pfeffinger , he attended the Leipzig Nikolaischule and then the Fürstenschule Schulpforta . After he had enrolled at the University of Leipzig , he acquired the academic degree of master's degree in 1572 . In 1575 he became a subdeacon at the Nikolaikirche and in 1577 archdeacon .

On January 1, 1587, he took up the post of Second Court Preacher in Dresden , rose to the position of First Court Preacher in 1588 and, in 1589, after the dismissal of Martin Mirus , took over the position of court preacher. As such, he largely pursued the line of the Philippists and supported the Saxon Chancellor Nikolaus Krell significantly .

So he arranged for the exorcism formula to be abolished at baptism and published a new edition of the Luther Bible , which also contained Calvinist elements and went down in history as the Krell Bible . He met  with resistance from many clergymen and their communities - especially after the quick death of Christian I of Saxony . Thereupon he and his colleague David Steinbach were arrested and taken to Stolpen Castle . There he remained in custody for six months and was only released when he signed his consent to leave Saxony. On Abraham Scultetus ' recommendation, Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate appointed him as a preacher in Heidelberg . In 1596 he came to Amberg as the first pastor of the parish church of St. Martin , where, among other things, he worked as a church councilor until the end of his life.

Works

• Celebration sermons, Amberg 1619
• Interpretation of the 21st Psalm
• 2. preached about serving communion with breaking bread and other Christian ceremonies, Herborn 1611
• Funeral sermon for Elector Friedrich IV, Basel 1613
• Funeral sermon for Christian I, Elector of Saxony, 1595

literature

• Georg Müller:  Salmuth, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 274.
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : Scholar Lexicon. Vol. 4, column 70
• Salmuth, Johann pastor at the church of St. Nicolai. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 33, Leipzig 1742, column 1082.
• Wolfgang Sommer : The Lutheran court preachers in Dresden: Basics of their history and proclamation in the Electorate of Saxony. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 2006, ISBN 3-515-08907-1 , p. 101 f.

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Salmuth  in the German Digital Library
• Entries in VD 17
• Entry in Bavarikon

predecessor	Office	successor
Martin Mirus	Court preacher in Dresden 1589 - 1591	Martin Mirus