Johann Schlaginhaufen

Johann Schlaginhaufen, also: Schlainhauffen, lat. Turbicida (* around 1498 in Neunburg vorm Wald ( Upper Palatinate ); † 1560 in Köthen (Anhalt) ) was a Protestant theologian and reformer .

Life

Johann Schlaginhaufen was born in the Upper Palatinate. On May 23, 1520 he enrolled in the matriculation of the University of Wittenberg . From November 1531 at the latest he was a regular visitor to Martin Luther's house , and he also had close relationships with Philipp Melanchthon . As a frequent personal participant in Luther's dinner speeches , he was able to record many of them. The Dessau theologians Nikolaus Hausmann and Georg Helt (Forchemius) also valued him.

From 1532 he worked as a Lutheran pastor in the town of Zahna near Wittenberg, and in December 1533 he was transferred to the St. Jakob Church in Köthen , which had been Lutheran since 1525 . In carrying out the Reformation , he urged vigorous action here. He gave the pastors visited the new Protestant church service order for the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen based on the Wittenberg model, which from now on was also observed in Köthen. In recognition of his services, the reformer Prince Wolfgang von Anhalt-Köthen gave him “a piece of land in front of the Hallesches Tor”, undoubtedly the parish property still owned by St. Jakob.

He accompanied Prince Wolfgang, who had full confidence in him, to Schmalkalden in order to sign the Schmalkalden Articles there on February 24, 1537 . The prince also encouraged him as far as possible, but kept him all his life in Koethen, where he worked as superintendent from the 1540s until his death .

Together with other Anhalt theologians, he defended the Confessio Augustana in neighboring Bernburg (Saale) . Apart from his important records of Luther's speeches at the table, some letters to Helt and an informative sermon on Luke 10:23 have been preserved from his written estate .

Works

• Johann Schlaginhaufen's postscript . In: D. Martin Luther's works WA TR 2, No. 1232–1889.

literature

• Franz Kindscher :  Schlaginhaufen, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 329-336.
• Gustav Bossert: J. Schlaginhaufen . In: Journal for Church Science and Church Life , vol. 7 (1887), p. 7.
• Birgit Stolt: The mixture of languages ​​in Luther's table speeches . Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm 1964.