Johannes Pappus

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Johannes Pappus (born January 16, 1549 in Lindau , † July 13, 1610 in Strasbourg ) was a Lutheran theologian and confessionalist.

Johannes Pappus, copper engraving from the middle of the 17th century.

Life

Pappus spent his school and university years in Strasbourg and Tübingen . After working briefly as a helper in Reichenweiher in Upper Alsace, he returned to Strasbourg as a teacher of Hebrew. There Matthias Flacius impressed him . In Tübingen he obtained the theological doctorate and in 1578 became professor at the Academy in Strasbourg.

When Duke Ludwig von Württemberg asked the Council of Strasbourg to accept the Formula Concordiae , the church convention agreed, but the council hesitated. To overcome the difficulties, Pappus held disputations on the question of whether the Damnamus contradicts Christian love. The old rector Johannes Sturm contradicted him in pamphlets. Pappus himself and Lucas Osiander answered vehemently.

When the Duke asked for satisfaction, Johannes Sturm was removed from the council and the continuation of the dispute was prohibited. After the death of Johannes Marbach , Pappus became President of the Church Convention. Under him the Lutheran doctrine gained sole validity in Strasbourg. This status was established in the church ordinance of 1598. Pappus consciously rejected the Strasbourg theology, which was shaped by Martin Bucer , and paved the way for orthodoxy . He also appeared at the Emmendingen Religious Discussion in 1590. There Pappus discussed under the chairmanship of Margrave Jakob III. (Baden-Hachberg) with Johannes Zehender controversial about the concept of the church.

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