Johannes Maccovius

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Johannes Macovius

Johann (es) Maccovius ( Latinized from Jan Makowski , also: Makowsky, Maslowsky; * 1588 in Lobsens , Powiat Pilski ; †  June 24, 1644 in Franeker ) was a Polish Reformed theologian.

Life

Born as the son of Samuel Makowsky and his wife Magarethe Seklewska, he grew up with three brothers and a sister. He came from a noble Polish family who were attached to the Reformed faith. He had attended the grammar school in Danzig under the direction of the rector Bartholomäus Keckermann and devoted himself there to extensive studies of ethics and philosophy. Maccovius then found a job in Danzig as a teacher for the son of a count.

With this son he attended the universities of Prague , Heidelberg , Marburg , Leipzig , Wittenberg and Jena . In doing so, he had acquired extensive skills in theological questions. On October 21, 1613 he came to Franeker as a tutor for two Polish barons. There he received his doctorate in theology on March 8, 1614, and on July 15 he opened a private college for theology, which was very popular.

Therefore, on January 28, 1615, he was appointed associate professor and on June 16 of the same year full professor of theology and physics at the University of Franeker . With Sibrand Lubbert and other theologians, the Orthodox Reformed was constantly in conflict. This may have been largely due to his introduction of the reformed scholastic method into dogmatics, which unconsciously distanced himself from John Calvin and his doctrine of predestination . The sermons began to be made complex buildings, the doctrine became intellectualized, and the Bible was treated as an arsenal of isolated texts.

Lubbert therefore accused him of heresy . Only at the Dordrecht Synod , scheduled for 1618, was an agreement reached on the disputes. In retrospect, it is noteworthy that he was the first Reformed theologian to systematically and comprehensively develop powerful philosophical-scientific instruments for Reformed Orthodoxy, without which this would not have been possible in a world of opponents.

family

Maccovius was married three times. His first marriage was on September 27, 1627 with Antje († November 9, 1633), the daughter of the mayor of Leeuwarden Rombertus Uylenburg († June 3, 1624) and his wife Sjukje Osinga († June 17, 1619). Through this marriage he became brother-in-law of Rembrandt van Rijn in 1634 . His second marriage was with a daughter of the medicine professor Raphael Clingbijl . For his third wife he took Fraukje, the daughter of Frank (Frederik) Bonnama.

Selection of works

  • Opuscule Philosophica Omnia . Amsterdam 1660
  • Loci Communes Theologici, ex Thesibus… . Franeker 1650, Amsterdam 1658
  • Johannes Maccovius Redivivus, see Manuscripta ejus typis exscripta… . Franeker 1647, 1654
  • Distinctiones & regulas theologicas ac philosophica . Geneva 1661. Digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

literature

Web links

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References and comments

  1. ↑ The brothers were named Matthias, Jakob and Samuel. The sister later married the superintendent Martin Orminius.
  2. ↑ Other children of Maccovius' in-laws were: Rombertus, who became a lawyer in 1614, Idtje Hanniia, the widow of Hieronymus Abbema, married and died in 1631. Ulrich became a lawyer in 1623 and was married to Maaike van Orens. Idsert was baptized on April 1, 1608 and mentioned as an officer in 1642. Jeltje († 1637) married Doede Ockama († 1620). Hendrikje († after 1682) married the painter Wybrand de Geest († after 1659) in 1622. On September 23, 1627, Hiskje married Gerrit van Loo († December 26, 1641), the secretary of the community from Bildt. Titia was baptized on January 18, 1605, she died on June 5, 1641 in Vlissingen; she was married to Francois Coopal. Saskia, baptized on August 2, 1612 in Leeuwarden, † June 14, 1642 in Amsterdam, had married Rembrandt in 1634.
  3. ↑ Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, MC Visser: The documents about Rembrandt (1575-1721) ; M. Nijhoff Verlag, 1906; P. 37
  4. ↑ Clingijl was born around 1569 in Rinsumageest as the son of pastor Johann Herman Clingbijl, studied in Padua for two years after 1580, later in Wittenberg and in 1589 Franeker. He worked in Passau and obtained his doctorate med. In Basel in 1594. and in 1603 became professor of medicine in Franeker. He died on March 25, 1608 in Franeker.
  5. ^ Johannes Maccovius Redivivus: Distinctiones & regulas theologicas ac philosophica . Geneva 1661, urn : nbn: de: gbv: 9-g-4887694 .
personal data
SURNAME Maccovius, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Makowski; Makowsky; Maslowsky
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1588
PLACE OF BIRTH Lobzenik
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1644
Place of death Franeker