Johannes Freder
Johannes Freder , called the Elder , also Fret (h) er , Fretter or Irenaeus (born August 29, 1510 in Köslin , † January 25, 1562 in Wismar ) was a German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet.
Life
Born the son of a councilor and mayor, he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg in 1524 . There he acquired the academic degree of a master’s degree in 1533 and in 1537, on the advice of Johannes Bugenhagen, was deputy principal at the scholarly school of the Johanneum in Hamburg . In 1540 he became a lecturer and pastor at the cathedral .
After he became superintendent in Stralsund in 1547 , his negative attitude towards the Augsburg interim does not change . He was therefore dismissed from the local council, was appointed professor of theology at the University of Greifswald by Duke Philipp von Pommern in 1549 and was appointed superintendent of Rügen in 1550 . As such, he came into conflict with the Roskilder bishop and the sovereign church regiment.
Theologically, Freder gained importance in the dispute with Johannes Knipstro over the question of the laying on of hands for ordination , which pen took to be an adiaphoron . After Knipstro emerged victorious from the conflict in 1556, Freder became superintendent in Wismar and was one of the most important Mecklenburg church visitors from 1557 to 1559. As a valued translator, especially of Martin Luther's writings and as a poet of Low German hymns, his name has been preserved in the history of theology.
In 1536 he married Anna Falcke in Wittenberg and was thus a brother-in-law of Justus Jonas the Elder . From this marriage comes the son Johannes Freder the Younger (1544-1604) who became professor of theology in Rostock. His second marriage was with Sophia, the daughter of the Greifswald and Rostock professor Martin Brasch .
Selection of works
- Philippi Pomeranum ducis et Mariae ducissae Saxioniae epithalamium , Wittenberg 1536
- Loff and Debt of the Frowen
literature
- Gottlieb Mohnike : The life of Johannes Frederus and spiritual songs. A church historical monograph in three divisions , Stralsund 1837-40, 3 vols. ( Digitized by the Digital Library of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
- Herrmann Müller: Freder, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 327-331.
- Ernst Kähler : Freder, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 387 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Frederus, Joannes also called Irenaeus. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 9, Leipzig 1735, column 1795.
- Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's Correspondence People Volume 12
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Johannes Freder. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 116-117.
Web links
- Publications by and about Johannes Freder in VD 16 .
- Literature by and about Johannes Freder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johannes Freder in the German Digital Library
- Works by Johannes Freder in the state bibliography MV
- Literature about Johannes Freder in the Landesbibliographie MV
Individual evidence
- ^ Philipp Wackernagel : The German hymn from the oldest time to the beginning of the XVII. Century. 3rd volume. Teubner, Leipzig 1870, pp. 206–225 ( digitized in the Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freder, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johannes Freter; Johannes Frether; Johannes Fretter; John Irenaeus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1510 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koslin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1562 |
| Place of death | Wismar |