Johannes Pappus
Johannes Pappus (born January 16, 1549 in Lindau , † July 13, 1610 in Strasbourg ) was a Lutheran theologian and confessionalist.
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.
literature
- Richard Otto Zoepffel : Pappus, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 163 f.
- Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church , Volume 14, page 654
- Ingeborg Dorchenas: Johannes Pappus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 1497-1502.
- Pappus, Johann. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 26, Leipzig 1740, column 707 f.
- Jacob III - Emmendinger Religious Discussion 1590
- J. Horning: Johannes Pappus von Lindau . Strasbourg 1891.
- J. Adam. Evangelical Church History of the City of Strasbourg . Strasbourg 1922, page 339
- H. Strohl: Le Protestantisme en Alsace . Strasbourg 1950, page 87
- WH Gensichen: Damnamus . Göttingen 1955, pp. 134-143
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SURNAME | Pappus, Johannes |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lutheran theologian and confessionalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1549 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindau , |
DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1610 |
Place of death | Strasbourg |