Johannes Zachariae
Johannes Zachariae (* before 1384 ; † July 26, 1428 in Erfurt ) was an Augustinian hermit , theologian at the University of Erfurt and preacher at the Council of Constance . He wrote numerous commentaries on church issues and advocated unity and reform of the church of his time.
From his main work Expositio in Apocalypsim (Explanation of the Revelation of John ), on which he worked for ten years, only the explanations of the first 11 chapters in the Trier City Library have survived. The explanations of the other chapters, which are also verifiably written, are considered lost. Theologians such as Johannes Schiphower or Martin Luther attributed a significant contribution to the condemnation of Jan Hus to Zachariae , but this is doubted by modern historical research.
Zachariae was buried in the Augustinian Church in Erfurt , in which an epitaph in front of the main altar still reminds of him today .
literature
- Friedrich Lauchert : Zachariae, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 632 f.
- Adolar Zumkeller: The Augustinian ceremony Johannes Zachariae . In: Ulman Weiß (Ed.): Erfurt 742–1992 . Böhlau Verlag , Weimar 1992, ISBN 3-7400-0806-7 , p. 97-107 .
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| SURNAME | Zachariae, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Augustinian hermit and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1384 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1428 |
| Place of death | Erfurt |