Johannes Adam (pastor)

Johannes Adam (* before 1591; † after 1628) was a German Reformed pastor. He was superintendent on Bergstrasse and worked in Heppenheim . Adam came from Rügenwalde in Pomerania and was called Pommeranus or Pomer.

Life

A relative (father?) Of Adam could have been the evangelical pastor Thomas Adam in Schlawin . His brother was probably Jakob Adam , later a Reformed pastor in Danzig .

Adam studied in Heidelberg from 1587. Then worked from 1591 to 1595 at the Reformed Gymnasium Kreuznach . He was then appointed to the high school in Heidelberg as a preceptor . On February 16, 1591 he married Sarah, the daughter of the famous Professor Lambertus Helmius Pithopoeus , with whom he had three children.

On April 3, 1601 Adam became pastor at St. Peter's Church in Heppenheim. As Catholic troops the mountain road and conquered the Mainz elector and Archbishop Johann Schweikhard of Kronberg , the Office Starkenburg 1622/23 again took possession of this led by the Viscount Gerhard von Waldenburg Catholic confession again. On July 1, 1624 Adam was deposed as pastor in Heppenheim, but remained in Heppenheim until 1628. The burgrave wrote a letter about Adam's impeachment. When the Protestant King Gustav II Adolf conquered Bergstrasse in 1630, Reformed pastors were able to return to Heppenheim until 1634. Then the Elector of Mainz implemented his policy of re-Catholicization . Protestant baptisms and church services were banned.

On February 16, 1613 Adam wrote a dedication poem for a book by Anton Praetorius against witch trials . 1619–1627 he gave a. a. Psalm studies by Abraham Scultetus .

literature

• General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts. Vol. 1. Leipzig 1818, p. 364 (footnote)
• Julius Zimmermann: The so-called “Red Book”. A list of pastors and teachers from the Electoral Palatinate from the outcome of the XVI. Century (1585-1621). edited by Julius Zimmermann, p. 136 f.
• Wilhelm Diehl : The downfall of the old Reformed communities in the Palatinate office of Starkenburg on Bergstrasse 1623–1650. Hirschhorn aN 1904, p. 12 ff
• Dirk Römer: Reformation sermon below the Starkenburg. Insights into 450 years of Protestant Christians in Heppenheim. 2006. Reprint from: 1250 years Heppenheim ; ed. from the traffic and homeland association Heppenheim eV; ISBN 3-00-016093-0 ; P. 5 ff.
• Hartmut Hegeler: Hexenbuhle, the secret of Anton Praetorius. Unna 2004, pp. 31-34
• Hartmut Hegeler:  Johannes Adam (pastor). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 29, Bautz, Nordhausen 2008, ISBN 978-3-88309-452-6 , Sp. 18-19.

Web links

• Support from Pastor Adam for Anton Praetorius and his book against witch trials and torture
• [1] Reference to Adam in the biography of Professor Lambert Ludolph Helm