Johannes Bering (theologian)
Johannes Bering (also: Beringe, Beringus ; * March 23, 1607 in Greifswald ; † January 16, 1658 ibid) was a German Lutheran theologian and mathematician.
Life
The son of the Greifswald professor of theology Joachim Bering and his wife Barbara Preusse, the daughter of the lawyer and councilor in Stralsund Johannes Preusse and his wife Barbara Sonnenberg, had attended school in his hometown and received lessons from his father. So there were good foundations that he could move into the University of Greifswald at the age of eighteen . Here he first attended the lectures of Balthasar Rhaw (II.) , Lorenz Luden (1592–1654) and Bartholomäus Battus .
In 1628 he moved to the University of Rostock , where Paul Tarnow and Johann Quistorp the Elder were his teachers. Then he traveled to the Netherlands, first to the University of Franeker , where he attended the lectures of the mathematician Adriaan Metius (1571-1635) and completed theological disputations against Calvinism with Johannes Maccovius and Wilhelm Amesius (1576-1633). In 1631 he moved to the University of Leiden , where he continued his studies of mathematics and oriental languages with Jacobus Golius .
In 1636 he returned to his homeland, where he became a professor of mathematics in Greifswald and also gave theological lectures on the side. In 1643 he became professor of theology as well as pastor at St. Mariakirche and in 1650 Vice Superintendent General of Pomerania. Bering also took part in the organizational tasks of the Greifswald University. So he was three times, in 1642/43, 1647 and 1655, rector of the alma mater, six times procancellor and several times dean of the theological faculty.
family
From his marriage on October 18, 1643 with Clara, the daughter of the pastor at St. Mariakirche Mag. Philipp Mentz, two daughters and one son were born. From the children we know:
- Magaretha Bering († young)
- Barbara Bering
- Johannes Bering
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal , SS 1637, No. 252
literature
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein 1976, Vol. 9, p. 393, R 8719
- Beringius (Ioannes). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 3, Leipzig 1733, column 1316.
Web links
- Publications by and about Johannes Bering in VD 17 .
- Literature about Johannes Bering (theologian) in the state bibliography MV
- Entry by Johannes Bering in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bering, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beringe, Johannes; Beringus, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1607 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifswald |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1658 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |