Johannes Musaeus

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Johannes Musaeus

Johannes Musaeus (born February 7, 1613 in Langewiesen near Ilmenau , † May 4, 1681 in Jena ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Musaeus was a son of the pastor Johannes Musaeus and his wife Sibylla Sturm. His two younger brothers were the later theologians Johann and Peter Musaeus . He was also related to the theologians Tilemann Hesshus , Daniel Hoffmann and Simon Musaeus .

Musaeus received his first lessons, like his brothers, from his father. He later attended the Latin school in Arnstadt and from 1633 studied at the Lutheran faculty of the University of Erfurt a . a. with Georg Großhain (1601–1638), Johann Matthäus Meyfart , Daniel Stahl and Nicolaus Zapf . Musaeus completed his disputation in September 1634 and moved to the University of Jena .

There his disputation was also successful and in August 1635 he was awarded the title of Magister in Philosophy . As a private lecturer, he received a teaching position in this subject and he also studied theology: u. a. with Johann Gerhard , Johann Himmel , Johannes Major and Salomo Glassius . In January 1643, Musaeus was appointed to succeed Johann Michael Dilherr as professor of history and poetry.

In 1645 he moved to the theological faculty of the same university and was appointed " o. Prof. " with effect from January 1, 1646 . In May of the same year he was named “Dr. theol. " PhD . Musaeus also took part in the organizational tasks of the Jena University. He was dean of the theological faculty several times and rector of the Alma Mater in 1646, 1651, 1657, 1665, 1673, 1679 .

reception

Musaeus took a position against the Catholic controversial theologians Veit Erbermann (1597–1675), Jodokus Kedde (1597–1657) and Jacob Masen and against the Socinians , to whom u. a. Ernst Soner was one. The beginning of the 1670s-year occur Community Gewis Sener by Matthias Knutzen he estimated in Jena as a radical spiritualists one; against Herbert von Cherbury he took a different view of "what is sufficient for salvation". He was the founder of a Jenenser school of orthodox Lutheranism .

The eclecticism , for example, by Johann Franz Budde was represented (1667-1729) was, thanks to the influence of Musaeus to the early 18th century, an issue in Jena.

Works (selection)

  • Disquisitio philologica de stylo Novi Testamenti . Jena 1641.
  • De usu principiorum rationis et philosophiae in controversiis theologicis libri III . Jena 1644.
  • Disputatio de aeterno dei decreto an absolutum sit . Jena 1646.
  • Defense of the immovable ground, which teachers related to the Augsburg Confession use to prove their churches . Jena 1654.
  • Tractatus theologicus de conversione hominis peccatoris ad Deum . Jena 1661.
  • Biblia Lutheri auspiciis Ernesti Ducis. Glossis ac interpretationibus illustrata, a Viti Erbermanni iterata maledicentia vindicata . Jena 1663.

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personal data
SURNAME Musaeus, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Musäus, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1613
PLACE OF BIRTH Langewiesen near Ilmenau
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1681
Place of death Jena