Joshua Stegmann
Josua Stegmann (born September 14, 1588 in Sülzfeld near Meiningen , † August 3, 1632 in Rinteln ) was a German Protestant theologian and poet of hymns .
Life
Stegmann came from a theological family. His parents were the pastor of Sülzfeld , Ambrosius Stegmann , and his wife Rebecca Löner, granddaughter of the evangelical theologian and reformer Kaspar Löner . Five years after Stegmann's birth, his father became superintendent in Eckartsberga .
Josua Stegmann studied in Leipzig , where he became an adjunct at the Philosophical Faculty in 1616 . 1617 he was in Wittenberg to Dr. theol. doctorate and in the same year became superintendent of the county of Schaumburg , pastor and teacher at the Gymnasium Stadthagen . On October 14, 1618 he married the widow of his predecessor in the office of superintendent Johann Jacob Bernhardi , Elisabeth Margarethe Crop, daughter of the bailiff and mayor of Stadthagen, Heinrich Crop .
In 1621 he was appointed professor of theology at the newly founded University of Rinteln, which emerged from the Stadthagen grammar school . There he gave the dedication sermon on July 17, 1621. When the university was taken over by Benedictine monks from Corvey and expelled from English monasteries in 1630 by Emperor Ferdinand II under the protection of an imperial garrison after the edict of the Restitution Edict of March 6, 1629 , they forced Stegmann to hold a public disputation Presence of many Benedictine, Augustinian and Dominican friars, whereby he was mocked and confused by these and appointed noise makers. He died a few weeks later of a "heated fever" on August 3, 1632 at the age of only 44 years. His tomb in the St. Nikolai Church in Rinteln has been preserved.
Stegmann wrote apologetic and edifying writings and composed hymns. The Evangelical Hymnbook contains the well-known song he wrote, Oh, stay with us with your grace , Lord Jesus Christ (EG 347), which was set to music by Melchior Vulpius .
Remembrance day
August 3rd in the Evangelical Name Calendar .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Heßler (ed.): Hessische Landes- und Volkskunde: The former Kurhessen and the hinterland at the end of the 19th century , Volume 1, 2nd half, Association for Geography in Cassel, Elwert, Marburg, 1907 (p. 837– 839)
- ↑ Josua Stegmann in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
literature
- lu: Stegmann, Josua . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 563 f.
- Hans Zappe: Everyone is singing his song. Impressions from the life and work of Josua Stegmann. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1962 ( 2 1964).
- Helge bei der Wieden: Stegmann, Josua. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 1271-1275.
Web links
- Publications by and about Josua Stegmann in VD 17 .
- Literature by and about Josua Stegmann in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stegmann, Joshua |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1588 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sülzfeld near Meiningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1632 |
| Place of death | Rinteln |