Johann Valentin Furtmüller

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Johann Valentin Furtmüller (* 1497 in Waldshut ; † October 30, 1566 in St. Gallen ) was a carpenter and Reformed theologian .

Life

Johann Valentin Furtmüller was born in Waldshut am Hochrhein in 1497 and trained as a carpenter there. After studying theology in Tübingen (documented 1513-1514, whereby the register entry of the University of Tübingen in 1513 names a Hainrich Fortmüller from Waldshut) he got his first job in Diessenhofen in 1524 , which he soon lost again because of "heretical and Lutheran sermons". This was followed by a short stay in his hometown of Waldshut, where an Anabaptist congregation had formed in 1524 and 1525 . According to an old source, Furtmüller held the office of pastor under Balthasar Hubmaier : Valen (tin) Fortmüller pastor fuit doct (oris) Balthasari Fridberger's z'Walzhuott. To what extent Furtmüller came close to Anabaptism remains open. In 1525 Furtmüller went to the Fraumünster in Zurich , where, in addition to his function as the first verifiable Reformed deacon and probably also in his learning profession, he worked as a carpenter. Furtmüller lost a position as pastor in Altstätten at the request of Ammann Hans Vogler in 1531. In Rorschach , too, Furtmüller was only able to hold office for two years. Furtmüller was reluctant to make compromises. In 1530 he refused to take the oath of obedience at a synod under the direction of Ulrich Zwingli in St. Gallen . The view of rejecting oaths is also found among the Anabaptists. According to Vadian, Furtmüller was an able preacher, but heated and somewhat "deadly". From 1534 he ran a carpenter's workshop in St. Gallen until he was appointed pastor of plague sufferers from 1541 . In 1542 he and Johannes Kessler , the author of the Sabbata Chronicle and a saddler by profession, became pastor of St. Laurence. Furtmüller enjoyed the trust of his fellow officers and was the speaker of the preachers. Furtmüller is considered to be the author of an Easter song published in print in St. Gallen, which is attributed to him because of the initials IVF underneath. Furtmüller corresponded with Heinrich Bullinger and Joachim von Watt (Vadian). Furtmüller took Vadian over as speaker of the preachers decided the debt if not on the part of St. Gallen France in a mercenary service alliance with rice runners to support, such as France Protestants follow.

Furtmüller died in St. Gallen in 1566. A posthumous portrait of Furtmüller in oil is preserved in the St. Gallen City Library (Vadiana).

meaning

Apart from the remains of the correspondence and the Easter song, Furtmüller did not leave behind any independent theological work. Furtmüller was certainly the main source for Johannes Kessler's remarks in the Sabbata on the events in the Anabaptist community in Waldshut.

plant

  • A song about Christ's formation on the banks of the dead, Altherrsches Gebetbuch, 1606.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pfister, Rudolf: Kirchengeschichte der Schweiz, Volume 2, Theologischer Verlag, 1964, p. 114.
  2. ↑ von Muralt, Leonhard: Furtmüller as a colleague of Hubmaier in Waldshut: in sources for the history of the Anabaptists in Switzerland, Volume 2, Theologischer Verlag, 1973, p. 578
  3. ^ Vogel, Friedrich: Die alten Chroniken: or Memories of the City and Landscape of Zurich, Schultheß, Zurich, 1845, p. 208
  4. ↑ Huldreich Zwingli's complete works, Volume 97, Zwingliverein in Zurich, CA Schwetschke and Son, 1929, note 11, p. 336
  5. ^ Simmler, Johann Jakob : Collection of old and new documents for illuminating the churches, Volume 1, Part 2, Ziegler, Zurich, 1758, p. 431.
  6. ^ Swiss Contributions to General History, Volume 11, Allgemeine Geschichtforschende Gesellschaft der Schweiz, Herbert Lang & Cie, 1953, p. 49.
  7. ^ Albert Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer, Ancus Martius: The German Protestant Church Song of the 17th Century, G. Olms, 1964, p. 264.
  8. ↑ Ehrenzeller, Ernst: History of the City of St. Gallen, Walter and Verena Spühl Foundation in the VGS Verlagsgemeinschaft St. Gallen, 1988, p. 191.
  9. ↑ Jenny, Markus: History of the German-Swiss Protestant hymn book in the 16th century, Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1962, p. 279.
  10. ↑ Jenny, Markus: History of the German-Swiss Protestant hymn book in the 16th century, Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1962, p. 279.

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personal data
SURNAME Furtmüller, Johann Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Carpenter and theologian and reformer close to the Anabaptists
DATE OF BIRTH 1497
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldshut
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1566
Place of death St. Gallen