Johann Schellhammer
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Johann Schellhammer (also: Schelhammer , born July 27, 1540 in Weira , † December 27, 1620 in Hamburg ) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life
The son of pastor Veit Schelhammer studied from June 11, 1556 at the University of Jena . He was then a teacher in Artern , Eisenach and Nordhausen . In 1561 he became a preacher in Waldhausen, and in 1569 superintendent in Quedlinburg , where the cryptocalvinists expelled him because he did not sign Philipp Melanchthon's Corpus doctrinae.
In 1570 he therefore went to Fallersleben as court preacher to the widowed Braunschweig-Lüneburg Duchess Clara zu Fallersleben . Schellhammer became court preacher and superintendent in Herzberg in 1577 . In 1579 he was commissioned by Duke Wolfgang with the general visitation of the parishes of the principality of Grubenhagen . As a result of the visitation, Schellhammer was commissioned to work out a new church ordinance, which was printed in 1581 and announced from the pulpits on the Sunday before Bartholomew in 1581. Later he became superintendent in Goslar , on June 4, 1590 pastor of the Hamburg St. Petrikirche and on December 27, 1613 senior of the Ministry of Spirituality in Hamburg.
His son Siegfried Schellhammer also gained importance.
Selection of works
- Refutation of the alleged postil Valentinii Weiglii . 1621
- Explanation of the 5 books of Moses. New edition by Nic. Staphorst, Hamburg 1716
- XIII. Sermons on the XCI. Psalm. Hamburg 1599
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Spanuth: The Grubenhagensche church visit of 1579 by Superintendent Schellhammer . In: Yearbook of the Society for Lower Saxony Church History 52 (1954), pp. 103–129
literature
- Rochus von Liliencron : Schelhammer, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 756.
- Schelhammer, Johann, born in Hamburg. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 34, Leipzig 1742, column 1180.
- Wilhelm Jensen: The Hamburg Church and its clergy since the Reformation. JJ Augustin , Hamburg 1958
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joachim Wermer |
Chief Pastor to St. Petri in Hamburg 1590 - 1620 |
Valentin Wudrian |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schellhammer, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schelhammer, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1540 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weira |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1620 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |