Johannes Lycaula

Johannes Lycaula, also Wolfstall, Wolfsstall (*?; † 1572 in Soest ) was a Protestant theologian and reformer .

Life

Lycaula comes from the Bergisches Land . More details are not known about its origin and its beginnings. At first he is said to have worked in the Lower Rhine and Cologne . There is evidence that he has been in Altena since 1537 . There he introduced the Reformation at this time and got married there. Accused of Anabaptism , he had to leave Altena in 1539. He went to Solingen and from there defended his attempt at the Reformation in Altena in his Apologia super eo verbo Domini Matth. 13.52 , Solingen 1539.

His point of view is not entirely clear. Countess Anna von Waldeck summoned him to Korbach in 1544 , where he had a remarkable impact and was appointed superintendent of Waldeck in 1556 . His dispute with Michael Jacobinus over the necessity of baptism led to a synodal hearing in which both partners were induced to give up their office. Lycaula was generally thought to be a good theologian. In 1562 he was therefore called to Soest, where he could work at the Hohnekirche for another ten years .

literature

• V. Schultze: Waldeck's Reformation History. Leipzig 1906, pages 309, 355, 343
• Hugo Rothert: Church history of the mark. Gütersloh 1913
• H. Schwartz: History of the Reformation in Soest. Soest 1932, page 286
• Hermann Klugkist Hesse: Johannes Lycaula Montanus. A biographical contribution to the history of the Reformation in the West. Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , 59, pages 31–87