Johannes Ferinarius

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Johannes Ferinarius (also: Wildpräter ; * July 24, 1534 in Stephansdorf ; † November 30, 1602 in Marburg ) was a German educator and Lutheran theologian.

Life

Born as the son of a pastor Jacob Wildpräter who later worked in Neumark , he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg in 1553 , where he was a pupil of Philipp Melanchthon and came into contact with Caspar Peucer and Zacharias Ursinus . Through Ursinus he met Johann Crato von Krafftheim during a visit to his homeland , traveled to Worms , where he took part in an attempt to unite the Evangelicals with the Catholic Church in 1557 and then returned to Wittenberg as a private tutor.

In 1560 he went on an educational trip that took him to Holland , France , Geneva and Zurich . From there he was recommended to Padua by Conrad Gessner , then went back to Wittenberg via Augsburg . There he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in March 1563 and began to give lectures at the Wittenberg Academy in May as a member of the philosophical faculty. After taking over the rectorate in Freistadt for a short time , he followed a call from Elector August von Saxony to Leucorea and in 1565 took over the dialectical professorship for Aristotelian ethics from Petrus Vincentius .

In 1566 he became dean of the philosophical faculty in this function , but returned to Freistadt the following year to lead the school there again until 1572. Subsequently, he followed a call from Duke Georg II of Brieger and set up schools there in the Duchy of Silesia, based on the model of the Saxon Princely School in Meissen , Grimma and Schulpforta . During this time he got into confessional conflicts and was released from his position as a cryptocalvinist at Easter 1575.

After a restless period in 1576, he found a job with Wilhelm IV of Hessen-Kassel as a professor of history and poetry at the University of Marburg . In 1577 he took over the management of the Pedagogical Center in Marburg and participated in the church changes in his new home.

family

Ferinarius married Magdalene Cruciger, daughter of Caspar Cruciger the Elder , on May 17, 1563 in Wittenberg . The marriage resulted in three sons and seven daughters, five of whom outlived their father. From the children we know:

  • Magdalene Ferinarius married with Hieronymus Treutler
  • Elisabeth Ferinarius married on August 23, 1596 with the Syndicus Bautzen and later Biberstein Council and Chancellor Andreas Schepsius
  • Kunigunde Ferinarius married with Mag. phil. Conrad Vietor
  • Marie Ferinarius married March 29, 1606 with Gerhard Guedt
  • Christine Ferinarius
  • Jacob Ferinarius, June 18, 1590 Mag.phil Uni. Marburg

Works (selection)

  • Oratio de studiies doctrinarum recitata cum susciperet gubernationem scholae in oppio Silesiae Freistatt , Wittenberg 1565, 1572
  • Oratio de perpetua praesentia filii Dei in genere humano et in ecclesia inde ab initio mundi usque ad reditum ipsius ad judicum, redicta Witteb. (qua Decanus) d. February 18, 1567. Wittenberg 1567
  • Oratio de caussis, cur necesse sit tenera ingenia formari literis et disciplina liberali, pronunciata. Wittenberg 1567
  • Institutiones christianae per interrogatioes et respomsiones editae. Wittenberg 1571
  • Oratio de dignitate doctrinae Ethices, habita 1565 cum inciperet lectionem publicam Ethicorum. Wittenberg 1571
  • Capita pietatis christiane, dear accommodatus et necessarius eccliis et scholis amplectentibus Confeesionem Augustanam , Wittenberg 1571, Marburg 1578
  • Exegesis perspicua et ferme integra controversiae de sacra coena , Leipzig 1574
  • Oratio de vita et obitu - Joh. Heintzenbergeri JUD et Cancell. Marburg 1581
  • Oratio quae describit vitam ac mortem Reinh. Schefferi, Cancellarii. Marburg 1587
  • Epitaphium Jo Clotzii, Cancell. Marburg 1589
  • Program poest. in memoriam nativitatis filii Dei, Dom. nostri jesus christ. Marburg 1599
  • Commentatio de Joach. Curaei, summo saeculi XVI. medico, theologo, philosopho, historico , Liegnitz 1601, Marburg 1853

literature

personal data
SURNAME Ferinarius, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johannes Ferinarius-Wildpräter; Johann Ferinarius, Johannes Wildpräter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1534
PLACE OF BIRTH Stephansdorf
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1602
Place of death Marburg