Johann Wigand

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Johann Wigand

Johann Wigand , Latinized as Joannes Wigandus , (* 1523 in Mansfeld ; † October 21, 1587 in Liebemühl ) was a Protestant theologian and reformer.

Life

After attending school in Mansfeld, Wigand came to Wittenberg University in 1538 , where he heard, among others, Luther and Melanchthon . But he interrupted his training and in 1540 became a teacher at the Sebaldus School in Nuremberg . Returning to Wittenberg, he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree on September 1, 1545, became pastor in his hometown in 1546 and superintendent in Magdeburg in 1553 . Here he began on the advice of Matthias Flacius Illyricus' (1520-1575) together with Matthias Judex with the processing of church history from a Protestant point of view. This work, which was published in Basel under the title “Ecclesiastica Historia” and is structured according to centuries, is better known under the name Magdeburg Centuria .

After an interlude as professor of theology in Jena , Wigand went to Wismar as superintendent , where he began with botanical studies, but also continued to work with Matthäus Judex at the Centuries. On July 12, 1563, Wigand received his doctorate in theology from the University of Rostock . A second period of activity in Jena ended in 1573 with his dismissal and expulsion.

After short stays in Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel , he accepted a call to the University of Königsberg , from where he continued the fight against the Philippists . The Samland bishop Tilemann Hesshus consecrated Wigand in Königsberg in 1575 as bishop of Pomesania . Since Hesshusius was deposed as a false teacher in 1577 and then accepted a theology professorship in Helmstedt , Wigand also became Bishop of Samland . He held both offices until his death in 1587. Although the printing of the Centuries was suspended in 1574 after the publication of the 13th volume, he continued to work on the project. There are handwritten sketches for a continuation up to the 16th century ( Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel 11.11. Aug. fol. For the 15th century and 6.5. Aug. fol. For the 16th century).

Wigand was one of the main representatives of the Gnesiolutherans . He participated in all important doctrinal disputes that broke out in the Protestant church after Luther's death. The present work is directed against the Philippists and their leader Kaspar Peucer , the son-in-law of Melanchthon, and their conception of the Lord's Supper, which is closer to John Calvin .

Works

  • Vitae theologorum Prussicorum . Since the Königsberg copy of Wigand's biograms has been lost since 1945, the Wolfenbüttel document (Cod. Guelf. 6. 5 Aug. 2 °) must be considered a unique specimen. Fig. , Fig.
  • Christian remembrance From the confession of the theologians in Meissen from the evening painting. Now gone out again . Königsberg, J. Daubmanns Erben, 1574; by 1575 three more editions followed
  • De Jesu Christo Deo et Homine . Koenigsberg, 1575
  • Corpus Doctrinae of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles Mühlhausen . 1562
  • Method or hay articles of Christian lere . Magdeburg, 1557
  • Whether the Newen Wittenbergers always agreed with the old ones, Vnd Ob Lutheri and Philippi wrote through completely in agreement and unanimously. As the previous writers at Wittenberg write in public print in the preface to the Smalkaldic articles . Koenigsberg, 1575
  • Synopsis Antichristi romani spiritu oris Christi revelati . Jena, 1560
  • Which religion is the oldest, among the Evangelical and the Bepstian. Remembrance and untrue [!] For simple Christians . Jena, 1587
  • Vera historia de succino Borussico . Jena, 1590 digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wigand: Life D. Joh. Wigandi. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ See the entry for the doctorate for Dr. theol. by Johannes Wigand in the Rostock matriculation portal

Web links

literature

  • Works by and about Johann Wigand  in the German Digital Library
  • Kurt Wein: Johannes Wigand (1523-1587): Prussia's first botanist in: Sudhoffs Archiv 35 (1942/43), pp. 160–205
  • Adolf Brecher:  Wigand, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 452-454.
  • Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church , Volume 21, Page 270
  • Wigand's Autobiography in: Continued Collection of Old and New Theological Matters. Leipzig 1738, 601-620.
  • Wilhelm Preger: Matthias Flacius Illyricus and his time . Erlangen 1859–1861.
  • Heinz Scheible: The origin of the Magdeburg Centuries. A contribution to the history of the historiographical method. (Writings of the Verein für Reformationsgeschichte 183), Gütersloh 1966
  • Michael Bunners: Johann Wigand (1523-1587), Lutheran clergyman and scholar in Wismar from 1562-1568 - a homo universalis - main author of the Centuries . (In: Die Magdeburger Centurien. Volume I: The Church History of Flacius Illyricus , edited by Eckart W. Peters, Dößel 2007, pp. 91-108)
predecessor Office successor
George of Venediger Bishop of Pomesania
1575 - 1587 		-
personal data
SURNAME Wigand, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wigandus, Joannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1523
PLACE OF BIRTH Mansfeld
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1587
Place of death Liebemühl