Johannes Förster (theologian)
Johannes Förster (also: Försterus ; * December 25, 1576 in Auerbach / Vogtl. , † November 17, 1613 in Eisleben ) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life
Born as the son of Lengenfeld's market and district judge Abraham Förster and his wife Margarethe Klaus, the daughter of councilor Johannes Klaus, he was baptized on the 25th. Until he was three years old, he was in the care of his grandparents in Auerbach . After the death of his grandfather Förster, the parents took their son back to Lengenfeld, where he attended the school there at the age of six. At the age of eight, his parents gave him to his maternal grandfather, where he was taught and brought up by his godfather Andreas Günther in Auerbach.
This training had such a positive effect on the young person that he switched to the school in Schneeberg at the age of 14 . There he developed his knowledge of Latin, Greek and Hebrew in particular and acquired the skills needed to attend a university. In 1573 he decided to go to the University of Leipzig , attended lectures by Wolfgang Trubenbach , Johannes Medel and private lectures by Fabian Hippus and Christoph Hünichen . On September 29, 1594 he acquired the Bacalaureate under the dean of the philosophical faculty Matthaeus Dresser (1536-1607) and in 1597 obtained the academic degree of a master's degree .
Primarily he had specialized in astronomy , but then turned to theology and gave lectures on philosophy and languages. After he was awarded the poet's crown in 1600 , he was employed as a Saturday preacher at the St. Thomas Church.
In 1601 he married Barbara, the daughter of the Oberstadtvogts von Leipzig Matthias Reichold and went to Schneeberg as rector of his former training position. In 1603 he was given the task of going to the St. Michaelskirche in Zeitz as chief pastor . During this time he completed his habilitation, was 1,602 bachelor at the theological faculty of the Leipzig University, received his doctorate in 1604 for licentiate and 1606 to the doctor of theology.
In 1607 he was appointed by the Elector Christian II of Saxony as a full professor of theology and preacher at the Wittenberg Castle Church at the University of Wittenberg . In 1613 he was appointed general superintendent and consistorial president of the county of Mansfeld, whose call he followed to Eisleben.
However, his activity there was not permanent: On October 13th he had a breakthrough in the body during the night, of the consequences of which he died five weeks and two days before he turned 37. He was buried on November 21st in the main church of St. Andrew.
He and his wife had four sons and four daughters, of whom their father survived two sons and all four daughters.
Selection of works
- Problemata Theologica, Wittenberg 1611
- Gretserus calumniator: id est oratio apologetica pro Luthero, Wittenberg 1611
- Tractatus de Conciliis
- Thesaurus Catecheticus
- Commentar in Esaiam, 1620
- Sermons on the other book of Moses, Wittenberg 1614, Nuremberg 1625
literature
- Johann Christoph Erdmann: Biographies and literary news from the Wittenberg theologians . Wittenberg 1804.
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Volume 2, R 1898.
- Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917.
- Forester, Joannes. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 9, Leipzig 1735, column 1413 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forester, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Försterus, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1576 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auerbach / Vogtl. |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1613 |
| Place of death | Eisleben |