Johannes Gisenius

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Johannes Gisenius (1577–1658), engraving by Jakob van der Heyden (1573–1645)

Johannes Gisenius (* 1577 in Dissen ; † May 6, 1658 in Lieme ) was a German theologian and representative of Lutheran orthodoxy .

Gisenius was professor and rector of the University of Rinteln (Alma Ernestina) at the time of the Edict of Restitution of March 6, 1629. He is probably the author of the Christian Churches Regul from July 1634.

Life

After attending grammar school in Lemgo , Gisenius studied theology at the University of Wittenberg . From 1605 to 1607 he taught there. In 1610 he became rector of the grammar school in Lemgo . In 1616 he received a call to the University of Giessen , 1619 to Strasbourg and 1621 to the newly founded Lutheran University of Rinteln. In 1623 he became rector of the young university.

With the attack of Duke Christian of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in 1623, many students and professors of the Rinteln University fled. As rector, Gisenius felt it was important and right to stay on site. He was placed under house arrest and was temporarily arrested. After the Edict of Restitution of 1629, the university was taken over by Benedictines and Gisenius was arrested. He was in Minden for a year turned imprisons until he was released. He became superintendent in Osnabrück and later in Bückeburg . Incidentally, it was his endeavor to reopen the Alma Ernestina, which he only succeeded in 1641. He was the sole theological faculty member for five years . Over time, Gisenius fell out with other university members, especially his successor Johannes Henichius and the authorities. After years of unsuccessful and ultimately unsuccessful payment of a considerable sum that he had disbursed for the benefit of the university, he was finally dismissed in 1651 under circumstances that were not entirely clear. Johannes Gisenius then retired to the Loccum monastery and later to a small estate near Lemgo, where he died in 1658.

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  1. ^ Franz Carl Theodor Piderit: History of the Hessisch-Schaumburg University of Rinteln. Verlag NG Elwert, Marburg 1842, page 121f
personal data
SURNAME Gisenius, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1577
PLACE OF BIRTH Dissen in the Teutoburg Forest
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1658
Place of death Lieme