Johannes Olearius (1546–1623)

Johannes Olearius

Johannes Olearius (also: Johann Kupfermann, Kupffermann, Coppermann ; born September 17, 1546 in Wesel ; † January 26, 1623 in Halle ) was a German Lutheran theologian and philologist and ancestor of the Saxon family of scholars Olearius.

Life

The son of the oil beater Jakob Coppermann and his wife Anna Cronenbergs should originally become a merchant according to the parents' wishes. Since his parents were advised against this decision, he was able to attend grammar school in Düsseldorf . In 1566 he began studying at the University of Marburg and then moved to the University of Jena. There he adopted the Latinized job title of his father as a scholar's name. On January 18, 1573, under the chairmanship of Ambrosius Reuden, he acquired the academic degree of master's degree in philosophy.

His further career touches upon that of his compatriot and future father-in-law Tilemann Hesshus . On July 26th, 1574 he came as an archipaedagogue to the high school in Königsberg (Prussia) and on June 7th, 1577 he became professor of the Hebrew language at the University of Königsberg . From this position, Duke Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel appointed him in 1578 to the newly founded University of Helmstedt as professor of theology and the Hebrew language. The following year, on his wedding anniversary, October 12, 1579, he became a doctor of theology in Helmstedt , went to Halle (Saale) as pastor and superintendent in 1581 and taught the Hebrew language at the Halle grammar school, which was mainly used to train theologians. As a representative of Lutheran orthodoxy , he dealt with the Reformed theologian Wolfgang Amling in the Principality of Anhalt , signed the formula of the Agreement and took part in the church visitation of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg in 1583 .

His grave is in Halle on the Stadtgottesacker (arch 74).

Works (selection)

In addition to various pamphlets and sermons, he published:

• Oratoria ecclesiastica.
• Disputationum theolog. Partes duas: Institutionem principis christiani.
• Orationes varias.
• Annotations in Prophetam Jonam.
• Dissertatio de Poenitentia. Helmstedt 1579
• Oratio in obitum Jacob Andreae. Helmstedt 1580
• Oratio in obitum Margarethae filiae Ducis Julii. Helmstedt 1580
• De causis cum ab ecclesia romana pontificia sit facienda secessio, disputatio JO quae habitur in inclyta schola Halensi. Muhlhausen 1589
• Criminationum pagellae Cerbestanae, quae Strena inscribitur, depulsio necessaria. Item disputatio et refutatio objectionum, quibus Amlingus hanc ceremoniam infamat. Hall 1591
• De papatu fugiendo et augustana confers. Vetinenda orationes duae habitae in scholae Halensi. Hall 1592
• Warning and report against the Calvinian devastation. Hall 1597.

family

Olearius was married twice. His first marriage was in Helmstedt on October 12, 1579 with Anna (* around 1560 - April 10, 1600), the daughter of Tilemann Hesshus and his wife Anna von Bert. After she died shortly after the birth of the seventh child, he married on February 8, 1602 in Halle Sibylla († August 4, 1622), the daughter of the pastor at the Ulrichskirche in Halle Nicolaus Nicander (also Siegmann; * December 6, 1547 in Kissingen; † August 6, 1585 in Halle) and his wife Eva Haffstein (also Hoffmann from Dippoldiswalde). Both marriages had a total of 14 children, three sons and four daughters each from the first and second marriage. Are known:

From first marriage:

• Johannes (born February 11, 1587 in Halle, † September 21, 1610 in Claw)
• Anna (born July 26, 1589 in Halle; † February 5, 1664)

  1. Marriage in 1608 with the deputy principal in Halle Nikolaus Gerlach

  2. Marriage to the pastor in Gutenberg Johann Bencker

• Elisabeth (born March 4, 1591 in Halle; † August 17, 1613 ibid) married. with the pastor in Eisleben Gottfried Nicander
• Jakob (born June 9, 1593 in Halle; † early)
• Katharina (born January 13, 1595 in Halle; † June 8, 1672) married. 1613 with the Halle lawyer Christoph Cuno.

  She is the great-grandmother of Georg Friedrich Handel

• Sophia (born February 25, 1598 in Halle) married. with the Halle chamber clerk Gottfried Schilter
• Tilemann (born March 19, 1600 in Halle; † April 9, 1671 ibid) theologian in Halle

From second marriage:

• Maria (born January 30, 1603 in Halle; † early)
• Gottfried (born January 1, 1604 in Halle; † February 20, 1685 ibid) Superintendent of Halle
• Sibylla (born June 13, 1605 in Halle; († 1623?)) Married. with Marcus Seising from Obertau
• Maria (born March 25, 1607 in Halle, († 1623?)) Married. Samuel Schmid
• Johannes (born September 17, 1611 in Halle, † April 24, 1684 in Weißenfels) General Superintendent
• Christian Wilhelm (born January 11, 1618 in Halle; † August 26, 1626 ibid)

literature

• Olearius, Johann, called Kupffermann. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 25, Leipzig 1740, column 1170 f.
• Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastors book of the church province of Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-374-02138-3 , Vol. 8, p. 376
• Ersch , Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . 3rd section, part 3, p. 38, ( online )
• Julius Opel :  Olearius, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 278 f.
• Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt : Pagus Neletizi et Nudzici, or detailed diplomatic-historical description of the former primacy and Ertz-Stifft, but now secularized by the Duchy of Magdeburg, which belongs to the Duchy of Magdeburg, and of all the cities, palaces, offices, Manors, aristocratic families, churches, monasteries, parishes and villages, especially the cities of Halle, Neumarckt, Glaucha, Wettin, Löbegün, Cönnern and Alsleben; From Actis publicis and credible ... news, collected diligently, reinforced with many unprinted documents, adorned with copperplate engravings and abstracts, and provided with the necessary registers. Emanuel Schneider, Halle 1749/50, vol. 2, p. 683
• Walter Troxler:  Olearius, Johannes. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 1190-1191.
• Werner Friedrich: Johannes Olearius (1546–1623). A strict Lutheran as Superintendent Halle. In: Werner Greitag (ed.), Central German Life Pictures. People in the Age of Reformation. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar, 2004, ISBN 3-412-08402-6 , ISBN 978-3-412-08402-8 , pp. 201-234
• Dryander, G. Müller:  Olearius . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 14, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1904, p. 354.
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon. Therein the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present time, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, deaths and writings from the most credible scribes in in alphabetical order. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig 1751, Part 3, Sp. 1058 ( Online )
• Hans-Peter Hasse:  Olearius (copper man), Johannes . In: Religion Past and Present (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 6, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2003, Sp. 547-548.
• Andreas Merck : Christian dying pleasure ... In: Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal writings for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Vol. 2, p. 55, R 1097

Web links

• Works by and about Johannes Olearius  in the German Digital Library
• Publications by and about Johannes Olearius in VD 17 .
• Genealogical overview (PDF) (38 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schrötlin, Matthäus: Christian funeral sermon Von der Jünglingen Starke / Bey der Veräbnüß Weiland deß ... M. Johannis Olearii Hala-Saxonis S. Theologiae Candidati, Which the 21st September Anno 1610th after noon in Christ, in the old town of Calw In the land of Wirtenberg near Tübingen I fell asleep / and was honestly buried on earth following the 22nd ... Retrieved on October 13, 2017 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Lucas Maius	Senior Pastor at the Marktkirche Our Dear Women 1581–1623	Andreas Merck